Administrative law and human rights

Leading juniors
Rising stars

Leading Juniors

Leading juniors are those with significant experience of key cases, strong market recognition from both peers and clients, and are seen as future candidates for silk.

Matrix Chambers

4 New Square Chambers

'A deeply knowledgeable and committed junior.'

Christopher Knight

'An incredible advocate, with exceptional legal acumen.'

Monckton Chambers

'Eric is such a joy to work with for many reasons: he is skilled in explaining complicated legal concepts in simple terms, tailoring it to the audience, and is very quick to respond in fast paced litigation. His written and oral advocacy is outstanding. Judges appreciate his advocacy and are assisted by both his submissions and questioning of witnesses. '

Garden Court Chambers

‘Patrick has fantastic judgement and is a tenacious advocate. He always makes his point and his points are always well-judged.’

Doughty Street Chambers

'An exceptional barrister who is a star of the future.'

Malcolm Birdling

Brick Court Chambers

'He enjoys the intellectual challenge of a difficult case, and he easily applies his deep knowledge of the law to the facts of his cases, and the issues in dispute.'

'A creative thinker and safe pair of hands with all the right skills.'

Matrix Chambers

'Raj is incredibly intelligent, insightful, tactical and forward-thinking.'

Catherine Dobson

39 Essex Chambers

'Catherine's legal analysis is razor sharp. She has very strong instincts on how to present arguments best to a judge. She is extremely diligent, and always thinks strategically.'

Heather Emmerson

Garden Court Chambers

'Owen is an expert on protest law. He is a sound tactical and strategic advisor.'

Nikolaus Grubeck

Monckton Chambers

'He is one of the most intelligent barristers at the Bar, and is incredibly down to earth.'

Brick Court Chambers

'David is a dedicated, hard-working and tenacious advocate.'

Field Court Chambers

Brick Court Chambers

'Tim is a match for any silk. He is a formidable advocate, equally comfortable with novel legal issues and with challenging factual cases.'

Julianne Kerr Morrison

Monckton Chambers

Matrix Chambers

'Helen has a huge brain. She is extremely responsive to her solicitors and can turn her hand to anything. Her advocacy is wonderful.'

Blackstone Chambers

'An excellent tactical thinker.'

Gráinne Mellon

Garden Court Chambers

‘Gráinne is highly conscientious and person-centred in her approach to cases and clients. She has good attention to detail and leaves no stone unturned.’

Blackstone Chambers

'Naina is a compelling advocate, who is able to cut through to the heart of a case.'

Blackstone Chambers

‘Jason has a brilliant mind, allied to very strong emotional intelligence, and provides a wonderful service to instructing solicitors.’

'She is a truly persuasive advocate with a gift for eloquence. Her intelligence sparkles in court.'

Landmark Chambers

'Julia is fiercely bright, bold and incredibly hard-working.'

Blackstone Chambers

'He is proactive, pragmatic and approachable.'

Garden Court Chambers

'Tim's advocacy is measured, meticulous and performed with gravitas. He is a stalwart barrister.'

Katherine Barnes

39 Essex Chambers

‘Katherine is very responsive, with brilliant attention to detail and consistently delivers high-quality work.'

1 Crown Office Row

'She is an exceptionally quick thinker and can see the key point in a case in a flash. She always has command of the details of a case.'

'John has an understated confidence which is very effective in the court room.'

Garden Court Chambers

Landmark Chambers

'Miranda is incredibly client-driven. Her focus is always on achieving the best results for the client, and she is persuasive and diligent.'

Blackstone Chambers

'A junior who listens and is firm in his advice.'

Nicholas Chapman

Temple Garden Chambers

Audrey Cherryl Mogan

Garden Court Chambers

‘A junior with thorough and insightful knowledge of human rights and protest law.’

Blackstone Chambers

'A client focused barrister, who always provides very thoughtful, timely advice.'

Blackstone Chambers

'Emma is an outstanding barrister with a dynamic approach.'

'Katherine has a meticulous eye for detail and she is strong on her feet.'

Matrix Chambers

'Emma is a superb advocate, and she is able to explain difficult points of law easily to clients.'

Landmark Chambers

'Matthew is a powerful advocate.'

Landmark Chambers

'Leon is committed and approachable, great at cutting through complex cases to get to the key points, and at making difficult points seem simple.'

Garden Court Chambers

Alasdair Henderson

1 Crown Office Row

'Alasdair is an outstanding barrister. His client care is second to none, and his ability to simplify complex cases is remarkable.'

Darryl Hutcheon

Matrix Chambers

'He has an exceptional eye for detail and makes even the most complex cases seem simple. His written work is extraordinary - clear, concise, and compelling.'

39 Essex Chambers

'A junior who is well respected by judges, and has phenomenal attention to detail.'

'Ruth is very strong on human rights law. A very insightful analyst and a very clear, concise and effective communicator.'

Blackstone Chambers

39 Essex Chambers

'Annabel is an insightful junior.'

Cornerstone Barristers

Jackie McArthur

Essex Court Chambers

Blackstone Chambers

'Ravi is strategic, dedicated and demonstrates great judgement.'

Scarlett Milligan

39 Essex Chambers

'Scarlett has a fiery determination to achieve the best possible results for her clients. She is courageous, bold, and clients love her. She is highly determined and fiercely bright.'

George Molyneaux

Blackstone Chambers

'An incredibly clever and astute barrister, who has an enviable combination of technical knowledge and tactical acumen.'

Old Square Chambers

'Charles is a fantastic environmental lawyer.'

5 Essex Chambers

'A true expert who is very responsive, and turns things around incredibly quickly. He understands clients.'

'Jane is conscientious and approachable.'

Doughty Street Chambers

'A brilliant and very experienced public law expert with a particular mastery of human rights law.'

Navid Pourghazi

Blackstone Chambers

'A junior with meticulous attention to detail.'

Monckton Chambers

Blackstone Chambers

'Celia is wise far beyond her year of call. She is confident making difficult calls under pressure.'

Vivienne Sedgley

4-5 Gray's Inn Square

Matrix Chambers

'A very able practitioner with extensive knowledge and experience.'

James Stansfeld

Matrix Chambers

'A very powerful advocate who always retains the confidence of the court.'

Azeem Suterwalla

Monckton Chambers

'A formidable senior junior. He provides robust, sensible and strategically sound advice to extremely vulnerable clients with compassion, and remains calm and thoughtful under pressure.'

Benjamin Tankel

39 Essex Chambers

'Benjamin is highly strategic and his judgement is impeccable.'

‘Rachel is a master of all the key skills. She has a complete command of the law, is highly astute and demonstrates impeccable judgement. She has the ear of the court and is very persuasive. She’s a fighter.’

Fountain Court Chambers

'Jacob has a first-class intellect. A wonderful, quick-witted advocate.'

Yaaser Vanderman

Brick Court Chambers

Garden Court Chambers

'A direct and compelling advocate.'

Sarah Wilkinson

Blackstone Chambers

'A very approachable and engaging junior with a calm and measured demeanour.'

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Joanna Evans

25 Bedford Row

'An effective and committed advocate.'

6KBW College Hill

Matrix Chambers

Isabel Buchanan

Blackstone Chambers

'Isabel is extremely bright. Her legal analysis is impeccable.'

Matrix Chambers

'A junior with impressive knowledge of administrative law matters.'

Ayesha Christie

Matrix Chambers

'Ayesha has a unique ability to look at a case holistically and make creative legal arguments, including policy challenges, without ever losing sight of what matters the most to the client.'

Garden Court Chambers

'An assiduous junior with a sharp intellect. He is an authoritative advocate.'

Stephanie David

39 Essex Chambers

'A brilliant lawyer with a first class legal mind. She is assiduous and determined.'

Landmark Chambers

'Ben is an outstanding barrister. His legal advice is always very thorough and rational.'

39 Essex Chambers

'A sound advocate who wins clients' confidence quickly.'

Admas Habteslasie

Landmark Chambers

'A very strong, very intelligent advocate, who is clearly passionate about and dedicated to human rights matters.'

Essex Court Chambers

'Naomi is a star in the field of human rights law.'

Blackstone Chambers

'Hollie gets on top of the issues really quickly. An incredibly responsive junior.'

Joshua Hitchens

Outer Temple Chambers

Garden Court Chambers

'Bijan is extremely responsive and easy to work with. He is able to think of innovative arguments, and he has intellectual rigour.'

5 Essex Chambers

'Her manner and delivery is as excellent as her analysis. She is both charming and tenacious in court.'

Daniel Isenberg

'A highly articulate advocate on this feet, who makes his points with great force, but not aggressively so.'

Natasha Jackson

Landmark Chambers

'A team player with a meticulous eye for detail.'

6KBW College Hill

'Paul is a very calm and measured advocate, who has the ear of the court.'

Matrix Chambers

'Jessica is impressive in every way - she is bright, empathetic and efficient. Her drafting and advocacy are superb.'

'He has a superb mind, and judges listen to him as if he were a KC.'

5 Essex Chambers

Doughty Street Chambers

Monckton Chambers

'An extremely bright and practical junior.'

Alexandra Littlewood

Monckton Chambers

'She is an exceptional junior, whose drafting, strategic insight and advocacy all well exceed her year of call.'

Blackstone Chambers

Emily MacKenzie

Brick Court Chambers

'She has a brilliant brain.'

Jennifer MacLeod

Brick Court Chambers

'Jennifer is extremely intelligent and she applies her formidable intellect to every case in which she is involved. She has a phenomenal work ethic.'

Monckton Chambers

'Clever, even in an area with lots of clever barristers.'

Catherine Meredith

Doughty Street Chambers

'A passionate barrister who goes above and beyond to ensure the best outcomes for her clients.'

Penelope Nevill

Matrix Chambers

'A passionate and insightful junior.'

Cornerstone Barristers

'An ambitious, learned and quick-witted junior.'

6KBW College Hill

Matrix Chambers

'He is always on hand to give clear and realistic advice throughout the life of a case. He goes the extra mile for his clients.'

12 King's Bench Walk

'A junior with a hugely analytical eye.'

Cornerstone Barristers

'Sarah is very quick to digest complex information and her advice is fantastic - she cuts through the issues and presents them in a very clear, concise way, always providing solutions.'

Essex Court Chambers

Emmanuel Sheppard

3 Verulam Buildings

'A diligent junior.'

Natasha Simonsen

Blackstone Chambers

'She is extraordinarily clever, and a good strategist.'

Michael Spencer

Doughty Street Chambers

'Michael has a clear case strategy, and he is analytical in his approach.'

'A very persuasive junior.'

39 Essex Chambers

'He sees straight to the heart of the issue irrespective of the complexities. If your case is in court you want Tom on your side.'

Luke Tattersall

Essex Court Chambers

Francis Taylor Building

Matrix Chambers

'A highly analytical, creative, strategic and tactical junior.'

39 Essex Chambers

'Emily has an encyclopaedic knowledge of public law. She is astute, bold and innovative in her approach. She is incredibly hard-working, determined and leaves no stone unturned.'

No5 Barristers' Chambers

'Stuart is a dedicated and hard-working barrister. His knowledge of law, particularly as it relates to parole and prison law matters, is exceptional.'

5 Essex Chambers

'She is enormously hard-working and also indomitably positive in her approach. She sails through crises and is never daunted.'

Doughty Street Chambers

'She is extremely bright - a quick learner with an always excellent command of the facts.'

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Cecilia Ivimy

11KBW

'Cecilia is clear-sighted, very driven, and works incredibly hard.'

Rising stars

Rising stars at the Bar are defined as barristers between four and eight years’ call who are seen as up-and-coming members of the Bar in their respective practice areas by clients and peers alike. They will already be instructed in high-profile, complex, and high-value contentious and non-contentious matters, working with and opposite more experienced leading counsel.

Henderson Chambers

Matrix Chambers

'Rosalind is very strategic, and her drafting is highly persuasive.'

Garden Court Chambers

'She is extremely approachable, fearless, and is able to think laterally about cases.'

Francis Taylor Building

'Conor is simply excellent. His advocacy style is measured and assured. He is superb on his feet.'

Henderson Chambers

‘Freya has a comprehensive understanding of the law. She is very team oriented.’

Cornerstone Barristers

‘Sam is incredibly tenacious. He has an encyclopaedic knowledge of constitutional legal positions that he is able to draw upon with apparent ease to make coherent and compelling arguments. He is very impressive and punches above his year of call.’

Donnchadh Greene

Doughty Street Chambers

'He is very talented, and his keen legal mind is a valuable asset to any legal team.'

Raphael Hogarth

'Raphael is very pragmatic, with superb attention to detail, and his technical knowledge is impressive.'

Doughty Street Chambers

‘A fiercely intelligent, prodigious talent who is unquestionably destined for greatness.’

‘He is rigorous, responsive and very intelligent.’

Jagoda Klimowicz

Brick Court Chambers

'A clear-sighted and independent thinker.'

Landmark Chambers

‘He is serene under pressure and has excellent technical knowledge.’

Brick Court Chambers

'Emma is a fearless advocate, respected by clients and the court alike.'

Elena Papamichael

Garden Court Chambers

'Elena is a fantastic barrister. She is a fighter and goes out to bat for each client. She is personable and has a warm manner in court.'

Monckton Chambers

'Will is highly intelligent, easy to work with and reliable.'

Garden Court Chambers

‘He is proactive, creative in his thinking, great on his feet and thrives under pressure.’

Gayatri Sarathy

Blackstone Chambers

‘Gayatri is extremely bright and exceptionally hard-working.’

'A dedicated and committed barrister.'