James Bowling
4 Pump Court ‘James is very good. He is clever, gives clear advice, understands the technical aspects of cases and is good talking to clients.'
Construction
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.
Cyril Chern
4 New Square ‘Cyril is pre-eminent in cross-examination of witnesses and especially expert witnesses and does so on a multitude of construction specialisms and he does so in a calm and surgically precise manner and is a pleasure to watch. Simply put he is an extremely effective advocate who can read the court well, is liked by the judges and arbitrators he appears before and puts his points across superbly.’
Nicholas Collings
Atkin Chambers ‘Nicholas’ advice is clear and concise and his drafting powerfully persuasive. Nicholas’ grasp of technical issues is first-class.’
Richard Coplin
Keating Chambers ‘Richard is one of the best in the business. He totally gets it and is an absolute pleasure to work with. He is client friendly and always provides sound advice.'
Andrew Fenn
Atkin Chambers ‘Andrew is extremely client friendly. First class written advocacy based on mastering of the factual and technical case. The first draft from Andrew rarely requires amendment. Assured and compelling oral advocacy that rivals barristers that are many years his senior.'
Simon Henderson
4 Pump Court ‘Simon is a fantastic lawyer – outstanding judgement and a real team player. Simon is a pleasure to work with and is easily KC quality.’
Ebony Alleyne
Gatehouse Chambers ‘Ebony goes above and beyond in attention to detail in her preparations. As a result she delivers logical, razor sharp and highly intelligent cross examination. Her advocacy skills are impressive.'
Patrick Clarke
Atkin Chambers ‘Patrick has excellent analytical skills which inform the basis of a solid strategic posture in litigation. Vast technical experience. Committed to being a proactive team player with his sleeves rolled up.'
Robert Clay
Atkin Chambers 'Robert is a very experienced barrister with clear strategic process in his approach to claims.'
Thomas Crangle
4 Pump Court ‘Thomas is a joy to work with. He is solutions driven and slots seamlessly into our team. A disarming counsel in a number of ways but underestimated at your peril. Tom's cross examination of experts is a specific strength.'
Omar Eljadi
Atkin Chambers ‘Omar's strengths include his deep expertise in construction matters, impressive fact-finding skills and strong attention to details. He has distinguished experience in handling construction disputes. His participation in the legal team as counsel is invaluable.'
Simon Hale
4 Pump Court ‘Simon's command of the details while never losing sight of the bigger picture is second to none. A silk in waiting. His advocacy is clear, cogent and incisive.'
Abdul Jinadu
Keating Chambers ‘Abdul is extremely bright and very engaging. If Abdul says that he will meet a deadline, he will meet a deadline and the quality of his work is of the highest order.'
Kate Livesey
4 Pump Court ‘Kate is excellent – she is very thorough and quickly gets to grips with the difficult issues in the claim. When advising, Kate strikes the difficult balance between advising on the currently pleaded claim, while also keeping an eye on potential difficulties that may arise later on.’
Rachael O’Hagan
Keating Chambers ‘Rachael’s open but no-nonsense manner means that she builds good rapport with the tribunal and even opposing counsel. She is particularly effective at sorting the wheat from the chaff, and only cross-examining on the points that really mattered.’
Sarah Williams
Keating Chambers ‘Sarah’s key strength is her attention to detail, forensic analysis of the key facts and also thinking outside the box with difficult legal arguments. She is an all round excellent barrister and is attentive, efficient and hands-on.’
Luke Wygas
4 Pump Court ‘Luke has a great manner and ability to focus on the points which really matter. He is very easy to work with.’
Alexandra Bodnar
Keating Chambers 'Alexandra has an incredible eye for detail, she runs her cases like they were on rails. To say she is client and solicitor friendly is an understatement. She meshes perfectly with the solicitor team. If you are a solicitor, and you have a big construction case, she is the junior you want to keep your silk at peak performance. If you are a silk, she is the junior you want to keep you looking good.'
Timothy Chelmick
4 New Square ‘Tim's strengths are considerable. He is a great black letter lawyer who is also fluent on the technicalities of the industry and user-friendly and pragmatic.'
Mathias Cheung
Atkin Chambers ‘Mathias drafts very well and is good on his feet - an outstanding junior and definitely one to watch.'
Daniel Churcher
4 Pump Court 'Excellent clarity of thought and strategic approach to resolving complex cases backed up by strong advocacy skills.'
Tom Coulson
Keating Chambers ‘Tom is highly intelligent and very good in writing and oral advocacy. He is a great construction lawyer who is mature beyond his years. One of top juniors at the construction Bar already.’
Michele De Gregorio
Crown Office Chambers
Rebecca Drake
39 Essex Chambers ‘Rebecca’s written advocacy is impressive. The quality of her drafting is excellent, as is the speed with which she produces it.’
Benjamin Fowler
4 New Square ‘Benjamin is a very reliable, very capable lawyer who is a genuine pleasure to work alongside. He quickly understands the detail and can see the issues. His written advises are clear and succinct, his advocacy is well-received by the bench and he is genuinely an all round delight to instruct.’
Jennie Gillies
4 Pump Court
Daniel Goodkin
4 Pump Court ‘Daniel is extremely bright and creative - focussed on winning and finding a solution. Unflappable.'
Rónán Hanna
Atkin Chambers ‘Rónán is very bright and capable, as well as being user friendly and responsive.’
Emma Healiss
Keating Chambers ‘Emma is excellent to work with. She is responsive and easy to work with, as well as being technically excellent.’
David Johnson
Atkin Chambers ‘David is excellent technically and strategically and always delivers on time even in very difficult circumstances.'
Samar Abbas Kazmi
Atkin Chambers ‘Samar is extremely bright and very quick. He has a laser-like focus on the important points, and expresses himself beautifully. He knows when to press a point in argument and when to yield gracefully. He is an excellent junior.'
Zulfikar Khayum
Atkin Chambers ‘Zulfikar is very responsive, client friendly, and very sharp. He is unfailingly helpful and on top of the matter, as well as very likeable.’
Thomas Lazur
Keating Chambers ‘Tom is quick on his feet, and always thoroughly prepared for advocacy. Tom is fantastic across the detail, enthusiastic and rigorous advocate. Tom is down to earth, prepared to roll up his sleeves and is a great team player.’
Sarah McCann
Gatehouse Chambers ‘Sarah's drafting is very good quality, clear and persuasive. She has a good straightforward manner with clients and is commercial. She is also approachable and easy to work with.'
George McDonald
4 New Square ‘It probably goes without saying that George is very bright. He gets to grips with matters very quickly. His stand-out quality is his user-friendliness. He is always an absolute pleasure to work with.’
Charles Pimlott
Crown Office Chambers 'Charles is excellent to work with. He is super responsive and always makes himself available. His drafting is first rate, and his advice on merits and strategy is always spot on.'
Katie Powell
Atkin Chambers 'Katie is very responsive and clear and decisive in her advice. She is excellent on the detail, but still able to see the bigger picture.'
Ben Sareen
Keating Chambers ‘Ben is excellent on the detail and as a result, his written work is very good. Ben is popular for a reason.’
Hugh Saunders
4 New Square ‘Hugh is extremely hardworking – he definitely goes the extra mile for clients. He is also very user-friendly, and quickly builds a rapport with clients. His legal analysis and written work are first-rate.’
Melissa Shipley
39 Essex Chambers ‘Melissa is an excellent junior, who is comfortable leading cases or working with KCs. Melissa’s detailed understanding of the technical and factual issues quickly earn her the respect and confidence of clients.'
James Thompson
Keating Chambers ‘James is very practical, rolls up his sleeves and gets totally gets stuck into the detail of the claim. He is clear and very user friendly.'
Matthew Thorne
4 Pump Court ‘Matthew is exceptionally bright, with the gift of being able to explain and convey complex legal issues in a persuasive and compelling manner to both clients and the court. He comfortably holds his own against silks.’
Jennie Wild
Keating Chambers 'Jennie is very intelligent, incredibly hard working and very perceptive as to the needs of a given case. Her appetite for the technical detail is considerable. She researches issues thoroughly and provides comprehensive notes on the position. Very professional.'
Lauren Adams
Atkin Chambers ‘Lauren is exceptional on her feet with complex legal arguments and very much has the ear of the judge. She is at home when pitched against counsel many years her senior, including silks.’
Tom Asquith
4 New Square ‘Tom is an excellent and persuasive advocate, extremely easy to work with. One of Tom's most significant strengths is client management, something unique to most great barristers. Tom has an impressive emotional intelligence, balanced with an ability to clearly and constructively explain complex legal issues to clients in a way that puts them at ease.’
Mischa Balen
Atkin Chambers ‘He is a brilliant barrister and definitely a go-to junior. His written work is outstanding and he is extremely efficient. A real pleasure to work with.’
Peter Brogden
Keating Chambers ‘Peter is clear and considered when it comes to providing legal advice and obviously has a great understanding of the construction industry.'
Paul Bury
Keating Chambers ‘Paul is an absolute star. He has an impressive grip of all legal issues but it is his manner that sets him above the others. He works extremely hard and brings so many new angles to cases. A joy to work with and he will go very far.’
Gaynor Chambers
Keating Chambers ‘Gaynor's key strength is her technical acumen and attention to detail. She is excellent at getting to the bottom of an issue and as a result she is able to provide high quality advice tailored to the specific matter.'
Jess Connors
39 Essex Chambers 'She is extremely thorough and very quick to get on top of complex technical detail.'
Brenna Conroy
Keating Chambers 'Brenna is technically brilliant and a grafter. She never backs down from a good fight. Brenna is also a pleasure to work with, leading or being part of a wider team.'
Simon Crawshaw
Atkin Chambers ‘Simon is very well-versed in planning and construction with quick turnaround times when further instructions are given. He is very proactive and provides detailed advice promptly.'
Laura Crowley
4 Pump Court
Felicity Dynes
Atkin Chambers ‘Felicity is extremely bright, laser focused in her written advice and advocacy, a clever cross-examiner and a delight to work with. A top choice junior barrister.'
Anthony Edwards
39 Essex Chambers
Matthew Finn
Keating Chambers ‘Matthew is one of the best all-round juniors on the market for big-ticket construction cases.'
Paul Fisher
4 New Square ‘Paul is very bright and identifies the key issues quickly. He is a pleasure to work with. Calm and reassuring with clients. Able to read the room effectively.'
James Frampton
Keating Chambers ‘James' ability to digest and distil the detail is impressive. He is exceptionally hard-working, quick to grasp the key issues, easy to work with and highly valued by our team and clients alike. James' is incredibly bright, quick thinking and his advocacy is sharp and precise.
Caroline Greenfield
Atkin Chambers ‘Caroline is an highly analytical and responsive, with excellent attention to detail. Her written work is of a very high standard and she gives robust and clear advice, focusing on the key points.’
Chris Greenwood
4 New Square
Dalton Hale
Atkin Chambers ‘An extremely able lawyer who is able to deliver his advice clearly and with an eye to the wider commercial aspects of a dispute.’
Patrick Hennessey
39 Essex Chambers 'Patrick's strengths are his speed at picking up the key issues, his advocacy skills which are well beyond his level of seniority, down to earth nature and accessibility and responsiveness.'
David Hopkins
39 Essex Chambers 'David is excellent at approaching issues from first principles, getting to the nub of the issue. David also gets on well with clients, helping them take confidence in his advice. David's written advocacy is very sharp. He has a precise yet persuasive style.'
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Laura Hussey
Atkin Chambers ‘Laura produces excellent written legal submissions leading to a successful adjudication result. A team player who is a pleasure to work with.'
Emma Hynes
Gatehouse Chambers 'Emma is forensic in her analysis and has an exceptional ability to articulate her arguments.'
Ed Jones
4 Pump Court 'Ed's strategic input while also tackling a huge amount of detail is invaluable.'
Vivek Kapoor
39 Essex Chambers ‘Vivek offers judicial insight into a range of construction disputes, drawing upon his experience as a practising arbitrator. He consistently demonstrates a confident and robust demeanour in court which is welcomed by the courts and clients alike. He pleads astutely and efficiently to deliver excellent outcomes for his clients.’
Andrew Kearney
Gatehouse Chambers 'Andrew's main strength is his ability to very quickly get to the major issues in the case, and then articulate those major issues with brevity and clarity. This flows through to his advocacy, which is always focused and precise.'
Simon Kerry
Gatehouse Chambers 'Simon is a very clear communicator. He is able to distil complicated issues into client-friendly advice, both in writing and in conference. His drafting skills are strong. He is an asset to any case on which he works.'
Saleem Khalid
Deka Chambers ‘Saleem is simply outstanding. His knowledge and application of construction and related insurance and professional indemnity law is first rate. His skills as an advocate place him head and shoulders above his peers.'
Katie Lee
Gatehouse Chambers
Nicholas Maciolek
Atkin Chambers ‘Nicholas is a very good junior counsel, who is able to process large volumes of information rapidly. He is very proactive, and clearly knows his stuff.'
Caroline McColgan
Crown Office Chambers 'Caroline is excellent: a very good construction lawyer, very bright, extremely hard-working, dedicated and terrific with clients. She is also a very good cross-examiner, and a delight to work with.'
John McMillan
Keating Chambers ‘John's drafting is typically excellent but his advocacy is particularly impressive.'
Edmund Neuberger
Atkin Chambers ‘Edmund is easy to work with and extremely responsive. He adopts a hands on approach and simplifies the entire process for those working with him.'
Thomas Ogden
4 New Square 'Tom is able to clearly articulate strategic and tactical points and was quick to get across the detail quickly.'
Laurence Page
4 Pump Court ‘Laurence is proactive, entrepreneurial, enthusiastic, and generally excellent.'
Richard Sage
Crown Office Chambers ‘Richard is not afraid to get his hands dirty: his calm demeanour and comprehensive understanding of construction is admirable. His performance in hearings is impressive, and his drafting skills are robust. His grasp and application of arbitration procedures is invaluable, and his breadth of knowledge and experience is exceptional.’
David Sawtell
39 Essex Chambers ‘David has a forensic knowledge of construction law and is incredibly bright. He combines this with a commercially minded approach to advice. The combination, plus his knowledge of leasehold matters, is invaluable.'
Gideon Scott Holland
Keating Chambers ‘Gideon is an extremely reliable and responsive barrister, with unrivaled expertise and ability in handling PFI related disputes. He is easy to work with, and a great team player.'
Robert Scrivener
4 Pump Court ‘Robert has the exceptional ability to be on top of the detail for almost every part of a large case. He is easy to deal with, very responsive, has a good eye for strategy, and generally effective advocacy.'
David Sheard
Keating Chambers ‘David is widely acknowledged as one of the most cerebral barristers in what is a world-beating set. His advice and drafting is exceptionally good and he has an ability to get to the crux of an issue in a short space of time.'
Gideon Shirazi
4 Pump Court ‘Good advocate. Gideon is very considered and he handles complex legal points with ease. He is also able to explain those points to clients in clear terms.'
Alice Sims
Keating Chambers ‘Alice has a very good depth of experience, thanks to her work as a judge sitting on various tribunals in various specialist fields, and always brings a good and fresh insight to the case.’
Harry Smith
Keating Chambers ‘Very bright, lateral thinker, able to condense complexities into something clients can understand, user-friendly. He writes well and is excellent value for money in what is an expensive chambers.'
Robert Stokell
Crown Office Chambers ‘Robert has great attention to detail and a calm and reasoned approach.'
Carlo Taczalski
Crown Office Chambers ‘Carlo is very commercial, but not scared to get into the detail and provide robust advice on the merits too. He is a top class barrister.'
Quentin Tannock
4 Pump Court ‘Quentin is an excellent advocate. He is sharp and gets to the heart of the key issues efficiently. His is adept at presenting difficult concepts and issues to arbitral tribunals in a way that is easy to understand and digest and he is a fiercely sharp cross-examiner.'
Charlie Thompson
Keating Chambers ‘Charlie is clever and thoughtful. In technically-heavy trials, he deals with the experts and the expert evidence with ease. His advocacy is excellent and he brings the judge with him to the conclusion of every point – which is a difficult skill.’
Ryan Turner
Atkin Chambers 'Ryan's attention to detail is second to none and he has a fantastic ability to digest and distil huge amounts of information to produce clear and concise advice and drafting. Very accessible and user friendly. A real pleasure to work with an an invaluable part of the team on a very large and complex matter.'
Helena White
Gatehouse Chambers
Dermot Woolgar
Crown Office Chambers 'Dermot is very thorough on paper and sets out his advice in a very client friendly manner. He is accessible and approachable which is key, while also being robust in his views. Dermot has a broad practice which is often hugely beneficial in complex cases.'
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.
Joshua Brown
Crown Office Chambers ‘Joshua is an excellent barrister and has the ability to cut to the heart of a case and provide first-rate advice. His attention to detail, often in the face of hundreds of pages of documents and complex issues is exceptional. His advocacy and subsequent reporting further reflects his diligence and he has, in fact, never failed to deliver the outcome desired by clients.’
Harriet Di Francesco
Keating Chambers ‘Harriet has very great attention to detail and excellent caliber in the construction area.'
Kort Egan
Gatehouse Chambers ‘Kort is assured and controlled. Methodical preparation leads to calm yet persuasive advocacy. Understands strategy as well as the law.'
George Eyre
Gatehouse Chambers ‘George has exemplary knowledge of both the law and of the client's commercial needs. An ability to retain, understand and analyse a huge amount of information and consistently apply it to queries and issues as they develop.'
Arthur Graham-Dixon
Atkin Chambers ‘Arthur is an exceptional construction junior. His ability to synthesise a significant factual record in a short timeframe, provide accurate and commercially informed advice, and to produce very high quality written work, is impressive.'
Callum Monro Morrison
Keating Chambers ‘Callum is very bright, calm and a delight. He is brilliant at pleading and dealing with tricky points of law.'
Max Twivy
Atkin Chambers 'Max is extremely detailed, sharp and engaged. He is responsive and is very pleasant to work with. Certainly a name to watch for the future.'