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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.
Christopher Harrison
4 Stone Buildings ‘A junior who shows total mastery of his brief, and his advocacy is exceptional.’
Tina Kyriakides
Radcliffe Chambers ‘Tina fights her client’s corner in court like nobody else, and she is fantastic at cross examining the most evasive of witnesses.’
David Lascelles
Littleton Chambers ‘David is technically excellent and able to charm both expert and lay witnesses in cross-examination.’
Niall McCulloch
Enterprise Chambers
Simon Adamyk
New Square Chambers ‘A junior who explores every possibly avenue in a case. A self-assured and strategic barrister.'
Alex Barden
Fountain Court Chambers ‘Excellent on detail, very commercial and collaborative, Alex works well under pressure.’
David Eaton Turner
New Square Chambers ‘David is an absolute pleasure to work with. His advocacy is compelling, and he is charming and good with clients.'
Ben Griffiths
Erskine Chambers
Patrick Harty
One Essex Court ‘So very smart, and so very unfazed, he appears to thrive on the knottiest of cases.’
Simon Johnson
Enterprise Chambers ‘Simon is outstanding, and his ability to deftly get to the core issues and present them concisely and persuasively is commendable.’
Tiran Nersessian
4 Stone Buildings ‘Tiran is an impressively big talent, with a down-to-earth and collaborative approach and an impeccable instinct for the points that will work.’
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Rebecca Page
Maitland Chambers
Paul Adams
Serle Court ‘Paul is extremely bright, clear and compelling on his feet, and leads with confidence.’
Tom Braithwaite
Serle Court ‘Tom is super-smart and experienced, his advocacy is excellent in an understated yet intelligent way, and he clearly has the ear of the judge.’
Christopher Buckley
Radcliffe Chambers ‘He has mastery over this area of law, and is understated yet firm and clear in his advocacy and advice.’
Sarah Clarke
Gatehouse Chambers ‘Sarah has a superb eye for detail, is fantastic with clients, and her arguments are always sensible and well-reasoned.’
Gregory Denton-Cox
4 Stone Buildings
David Drake
Serle Court ‘David quickly gets to grips with complicated issues to produce extremely clear and astute advice.’
James Knott
4 Stone Buildings ‘Exceptionally bright, methodical, calm, responsive and invested in the matters he is instructed in.’
Hugh Miall
XXIV Old Buildings ‘Hugh has excellent knowledge of corporate insolvency law, allied to commercial flair.’
Matthew Morrison
Serle Court ‘Hardworking and very user-friendly, Matthew has solid experience in handling shareholder disputes. He can digest facts quickly.’
Jack Rivett
Erskine Chambers ‘Jack is a very talented lawyer who is very driven and gets to the points quickly.’
Elizabeth Weaver
XXIV Old Buildings ‘Elizabeth is simply fantastic. She gets to the heart of the issue quickly and establishes a rapport with clients who trust her advice.’
Geoffrey Zelin
Enterprise Chambers
Fraser Campbell
Blackstone Chambers ‘Fraser is absolutely excellent: very responsive, great with clients, and brilliant in front of judges.’
Sri Carmichael
Wilberforce Chambers ‘Sri is an absolutely exceptional advocate. She is tenacious and meticulous.’
Tom Gentleman
4 Stone Buildings ‘Tom is very good at condensing a lot of information into a succinct pleading.’
Kavan Gunaratna
Enterprise Chambers
Alexander Halban
Littleton Chambers ‘Supremely quick on his feet, Alexander is an imperturbable junior.’
Donald Lilly
4 Stone Buildings ‘When instructing Donald, you get silk-quality work, and his effective advocacy style gets the key points across concisely and persuasively.’
Jonathan Lopian
New Square Chambers
Simon McLoughlin
Selborne Chambers ‘An exceptionally bright junior, Simon is great on his feet in court.’
Sam O’Leary
One Essex Court
Matthew Parfitt
Erskine Chambers ‘Matthew is fiercely intelligent, calm, decisive, and a commanding advocate who is unafraid to take difficult points.’
Adrian Pay
New Square Chambers ‘Adrian knows company law inside out and has a real understanding of what a court is likely to do.’
Alastair Tomson
4 Stone Buildings ‘He is tactically very astute with an encyclopaedic knowledge of the law, commercial nous and a truly excellent client touch.’
Daniel Warents
XXIV Old Buildings ‘Daniel has a tremendous talent for distilling legal propositions from complex caselaw and applying them to the facts.’
William Willson
South Square ‘Extremely commercial and very personable, William gets straight to the point and is an effective communicator.’
Harris Bor
Twenty Essex
Stephen Brown
Wilberforce Chambers ‘He is able to defuse situations created by high-stakes cases and demanding clients.’
Edward Crossley
4 Stone Buildings ‘Edward has a superbly analytical mind and is able to grasp the details quickly, ask pertinent questions, and provide reassuring advice.’
Rachael Earle
Wilberforce Chambers
Rosanna Foskett
Maitland Chambers
Daria Gleyze
Three Stone ‘Daria is first-rate, and she is able to come up with novel approaches to difficult situations.’
Katherine Hallett
Three Stone ‘She is very good on her feet and has an easy style with clients that generates confidence, and she is not afraid to address the difficult questions.’
Emma Hargreaves
Serle Court
Emma Horner
4 Stone Buildings ‘Emma is very thorough and detail-focused. She is able to distil swathes of information into a user-friendly format.’
Edward Knight
XXIV Old Buildings ‘Edward is an accomplished advocate who radiates confidence and competence.’
Anna Lintner
39 Essex Chambers ‘Anna understands complex matters quickly and reads the courtroom well.’
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Alec McCluskey
Maitland Chambers
Samuel Parsons
Erskine Chambers ‘Samuel is intelligent, with a keen eye for identifying the main issues in a case.’
Anna Scharnetzky
Erskine Chambers 'Anna’s technical analysis of complex areas of law is first-rate and her contributions are invaluable.'
Timothy Sherwin
XXIV Old Buildings
Chantelle Staynings
Erskine Chambers5
Amit Gupta – Enterprise Chambers ‘A fantastic advocate with a good personal touch who is dedicated to getting the right result for the client and strives to do so.’
Amit Gupta – Enterprise Chambers ‘A fantastic advocate with a good personal touch who is dedicated to getting the right result for the client and strives to do so.’
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.
Daniel Kessler
4 Stone Buildings ‘Daniel is excellent on the papers and very responsive. He shows good judgement.’
Zara McGlone
4 Stone Buildings ‘Knowledgeable, bright and efficient, Zara gives sensible commercial advice.’
Conor McLaughlin
Erskine Chambers ‘Conor is an absolute star: very bright, conscientious, organised and tenacious.’
James Shaw
Gatehouse Chambers ‘James is a fantastic junior who is very strong on complex points of company law.’