Ashley Blood-Halvorsen

About me

Ashley is down to earth, approachable and connects well with lay clients who are often appearing in court for the first time. Part of her customer service offering is being responsive and providing advice that is straight to the point.

Ashley is a prize winning barrister, having been awarded both the Nicholas Pumfrey Memorial Scholarship and the Blackstone Entrance Scholarship by Middle Temple, and the Dean’s Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) Scholarship. In addition, she won the Baron Dr Ver Heyden de Lancey Prize as the best Middle Temple student on the BPTC at her centre.

Interests

Outside work, Ashley’s varied interests include Jewish apocalyptic literature, Freddie Mercury and day trading stocks on listed exchanges.

What my clients say

Recommendations

“It has been great to co work with Ashley on a very complex and contentious case. I cannot recommend her enough for her

technical knowledge and skill. I was even more impressed with Ashley’s attitude to the case and that she was just as

passionate, as I am, in order to get the best result for my client. My client and I felt the case was safe in her hands and I will

definitely be briefing her again in the near future.”

Richard Port MBE, George Green LLP

“Thanks very much for the advice. Please pass on my thanks to counsel – prompt, straight to the point, clear and

professionally done.”

Oxfordshire Solicitor

"I do not have Ashley’s contact details, but could you express my thanks to her? I did so after the court hearing, but she did so

well and was so friendly beforehand when we discussed the relevant details that I would like again to express my appreciation

of her work."

Client

“A quick message to say thank you again for your thorough preparation and representation today. Count on getting

instructions again. I find you listen to explanations, take on board background information, and good to get along with.”

Bruce Turner, Chapman & Chubb

“I really enjoyed working with you last week - you are clearly skilled in achieving that necessary balance between legal

argument and pragmatism. I hope we’ll have another opportunity before too long.”

Senior Mediator

Professional & academic

Academic qualifications

Law (LLB) 1st Class, University of Derby

BA (Hons) History (Religion), University of Toronto, Canada

BPTC (BPP University) Very Competent 2017

Certificate in Civil Law, Paris II-Panthéon Assas University 2012

Scholarships

Baron Dr Ver Heyden de Lancey Prize, Middle Temple 2018

Leeds Medico-Legal Society Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence Prize 2017

Dean’s BPTC Scholarship 2015

Sweet & Maxwell Law Prize 2014

Nicholas Pumfrey Memorial Scholarship, Middle Temple 2014

Blackstone Entrance Scholarship, Middle Temple 2014

Land Law Prize, UoD 2013

Scholarship, Fondation pour le Droit Continental 2012

Professional bodies

Chancery Bar Association

STEP (Full Member)

Property Bar Association (associate member)

Midland Chancery and Commercial Bar Association