The chambers of Simon Thorley QC have practised in intellectual property law in the United Kingdom for over fifty years. Chambers currently comprises sixteen tenants, seven of whom practise as Queen’s Counsel.

The core of the work undertaken in chambers involves patents, registered trade marks, passing off, copyright, registered designs, design rights, confidential information and trade secrets. In addition, work carried out in chambers can involve information technology, computer contracts, media and entertainment law, scientifically complex litigation, arbitration, franchising, plant breeders rights, performing rights, semi-conductor topography rights, moral rights, and interrelated areas of European and UK competition and trade practices law.

Members of chambers are very experienced in dealing with technical subject matter. Currently members of chambers have, between them, undergraduate and post-graduate degrees in chemistry, engineering, physics, veterinary medicine, materials science, immunology, geophysics and psychology.

Chambers and its members are regularly recommended as leaders in the field of intellectual property and information technology law in leading legal directories, including Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500.