DESIGN CHAMBERS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & INTERNET BARRISTERS Richard Hodgson       Michael Stephens      Owen Keane      Elizabeth Green     Stefan Liban 24 Arterberry Road,  Wimbledon,  London,  SW20 8AH,  United Kingdom Tel:  + 44 (0) 20 7353 0747      Fax:  + 44 (0) 20 8947 3869       General e-mail

Michael Stephens, BA (Hons) 1983 (Middle Temple) - click name for direct e-mail.   Please see our e-mail attachment policy

Michael Stephens took his degree at Keele University, and was a Blackstone Exhibitioner at the Middle Temple.  Michael mainly practices from his Birmingham Chambers, St.Ives Chambers (Whittal Street, Birmingham, B4 6DH, Tel: 0121-236 0863).

His practice is now mainly orientated to commercial matters and professional negligence, including all commercial aspects of intellectual property, e-business and media law.   He is willing to appear in the Technology and Construction Court (formerly the Official Referees Court) on all matters that that court now hears.  He is a member of the Midland Chancery & Commercial Bar Association as well as the Technology and Construction Bar Association.  Michael is also willing to take on cases concerning complex questions of trading standards and consumer law.

Michael is particularly keen on ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution), and is able to sit as an Arbitrator, Mediator or Conciliator.  He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (F.C.I.Arb) and a Qualified Mediator under the Academy of Experts.   Michael is always willing to give advice on whether ADR would be a cost and/or time effective solution to a given dispute.

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