Intellectual property

‘Stuart is one of the stars of the junior IP Bar. With a brilliant mind and incredible work ethic, he’s on top of his brief and extremely presentable in front of clients.’

Miles Copeland

‘Miles is unflappable. He is cool under pressure and delivers great advice.'

Michael Hicks

‘Michael is very well respected by judges. He is quick on his feet and able to absorb complex arguments quickly.'

Guy Hollingworth

One Essex Court

‘Guy is probably the best trade mark and copyright IP barrister at the London Bar. He is at the very top of his field as a trial lawyer with a wonderful court manner, and he is forensic, detailed and knowledgeable.’

Isabel Jamal

‘Isabel integrates seamlessly into the broader legal team. She provides well-thought-through, pragmatic advice on the strengths and weaknesses of the case and the associated strategic decisions regarding its presentation, and she is excellent at seeing how the various parts of the case interact with each other and charting persuasive arguments that avoid any landmines.’

Amanda Michaels

'Amanda is highly commercial and has extensive experience. Her advocacy is based on a market-leading insight into the underlying mechanisms of UK practice, which means she is able to guide UK Hearing Officers in novel manners.'

Kathryn Pickard

‘Kathryn is razor-sharp, both in her oral advocacy and written work. Those who have worked with her attest to her range of abilities, as she has a great work ethic, turns around work product expeditiously, is unafraid of running novel points, has superb drafting, and is also great on her feet.'

Jaani Riordan

‘Jaani is a star of the junior IP Bar. He is forensic, committed, hard working and smart, and he is on top of the legal issues across the board.’

'Guy is incredibly smart, provides very convincing written submissions and knows how to present a case to its best advantage. He is very pleasant to work with and is very client-friendly.'

James Whyte

'There is no hesitation in recommending James to clients. He is thorough and detailed in his advice, he is a pleasure to work with, and he maintains a calm demeanour, even in the most stressful of times.'

Chris Aikens

‘Chris is outstanding on his feet and his written work is excellent. He is a barrister you can really trust and has the judgement of Solomon.’

Tom Alkin

‘Tom is an absolute pleasure to work with. He has great judgement on which points to run and how best to frame them, he is a very strong advocate, and he is also an excellent team player.'

‘Joe is extremely bright and a deep thinker. He contributes well to discussions with clients, other counsel, and experts, and in his advocacy, he is clear with good arguments.'

Gwilym Harbottle

'Gwilym is incredibly knowledgeable on copyright matters, provides clear and commercial advice, and gets to grips with the real issues in a case very quickly.'

Denise McFarland

‘Denise's technical knowledge across her specialisms is second-to-none. She is incredibly thorough and able to explain complex points of law, practice and procedure to clients in a language they can understand, and what truly sets Denise apart is her commercial acumen and desire to understand a client's commercial objectives.'

Katherine Moggridge

‘Katherine has a fierce intelligence and an uncanny ability to get right to the nub of the matter quickly and with clear expression. She is clear, articulate, and efficient, and she is one of the finest barristers.'

Geoffrey Pritchard

‘Geoffrey is an experienced barrister and works well as part of a wider team. He is responsive and commercial too.'

‘Tim is a strong patents junior barrister with a great personality. He is on top of all facets of the case and provides excellent advice throughout.'

Charlotte Blythe

‘Charlotte is extremely user friendly, approachable and pragmatic. She is great on her feet and cool under pressure, and her written work is clear and methodical and always delivered on time.'

Charles Brabin

'Charles has incredible attention to detail and is considered in his drafting. Both these traits are really reassuring when working on pleadings or evidence with him, as you can be sure he has contemplated the multiple different ways a particular passage can be interpreted, and he is also always willing to explain and discuss alternative wording.'

Beth Collett

‘Beth is sharp with an eye to the wider strategy. Beth is very collaborative, taking on board and enhancing the ideas of others in the team, and she is a forthright advocate who can think on her feet and use both passion and a forensic attention to detail to make her case.’

Michael Conway

'Michael is very clever, he is a good communicator, and he is easy to get on with. He is particularly good on his feet responding to questions from the judge on the key issues, demonstrating a firm grasp of the issues and a quick mind.'

Christopher Hall

‘Christopher is intelligent, hard working and very impressive on his feet. He comfortably goes toe-to-toe with the leading silks.’

‘Jonathan is one of the IP barristers who is equally adept at contractual litigation, so a go-to person for disputes involving a mixture of contractual interpretation and IP. Very user friendly, personable and easy work with.'

Thomas Jones

‘Thomas is an excellent junior destined for bigger things. Very impressive on his feet, he gets very involved in the detail and is more accessible than most at the IP Bar.’

Victoria Jones

3PB

‘Victoria is well prepared, responsive, proactive and great to work with. She has a thorough knowledge of trade mark law, is able to put forward oral arguments clearly and concisely, and thinks quickly on her feet.'

Heather Lawrence

'Heather's strengths include the thoroughness of her preparation, the ability to make the right tactical decisions, her quiet and understated advocacy that is nevertheless highly effective, an understanding of scientific and technological matters, particularly chemistry, her drafting skills applied to the preparation of pleadings, and her willingness and ability to work with her instructing solicitors as a team.'

Jonathan Moss

‘Jonathan is strong on copyright matters. He is pragmatic and practical.'

Jamie Muir Wood

‘Jamie is very good to work with, practical and thoughtful, and generally has a proposal to sort out a problem. Very good experience in trade marks disputes, and he is a strong advocate.'

Alaina Newnes

One Essex Court

‘Alaina is an expert at getting on top of complex facts quickly and is very responsive, easy to work with and great on strategy. She writes well and produces very helpful, concise notes for those who lead her, identifying the most important points from a legal, procedural and commercial perspective.’

Daniel Selmi

‘Daniel has a very compelling style of advocacy which puts the case at its very strongest. He is phenomenally bright and able to master cases of the utmost complexity, whether in technical or legal aspects.'

Stephanie Wickenden

Serle Court

‘Stephanie has excellent command of the papers and her advocacy skills are very good. She represents excellent value for her level of call and is much in demand.'

Ashton Chantrielle

‘Ashton's career is progressing extremely well. Her written work is top-shelf, she is excellent before the court, and she is client-friendly.'

‘Adam has a good overview of the strategic battlegrounds of the case and is always available to give a view on decision points throughout the case. His oral advocacy is thoughtful, structured, and tailored to the panel.'

Theo Barclay

4 New Square Chambers

‘Theo is an exceptionally bright and commercial barrister who deals with complex fact patterns and commercial issues with apparent ease. His advocacy is particularly impressive, as he is calm and unflappable under pressure with a particular talent for thinking on his feet to respond to unexpected points.'

Iona Berkeley

‘Iona is an extremely thorough and intelligent barrister who is great at looking around corners to anticipate the next steps in proceedings.'

Nicole Bollard

3PB

'Nicole is a clear communicator who is able to explain a range of complex intellectual property issues in concise terms.'

Sam Carter

‘Sam has very detailed knowledge of the law relating to trade mark infringement and passing off.'

Thomas Elias

Serle Court

‘Thomas is strong of mind and willing to make the difficult arguments in his client's best interests. He provides the advice that matters at an early stage, cuts through issues, and is a quick thinker on his feet.'

Dominic Hughes

‘Dominic is a first-rate IP barrister with considerable experience and expertise across the full spectrum of IP rights. He is excellent with clients and with judges, as well as respectful to the other side, and he is always a first choice.'

Andrew Lomas

One Essex Court

'Andrew is bright, hard working, and a lot of fun to work with. He will in the fullness of time rise to the top.'

Ben Longstaff

'Ben presents as a very calm and erudite barrister. He grasps difficult situations quickly and is able to distil the points in issue with ease, he is client friendly but equally adept at providing unpalatable advice when required, and he works extremely hard and has very good response times.'

Georgina Messenger

‘Georgina is an excellent advocate, she presents the case in a clear, persuasive way and is a delight to work with. Her knowledge of IPO trade mark proceedings is outstanding and her work is always of a high quality.'

Jacqueline Reid

‘Jacqueline is direct and ferocious, and someone whom you would always want in your corner. She can be very straight talking, which clients appreciate.'

‘Nick is hardworking and always willing to take on tasks to help meet deadlines. His written work is of a high quality.'

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.

Faizul Azman

3PB

'Faizul is an extremely robust individual with a mind for clear and concise advice. He has a particular eye for niche details, thinks outside the box, and is extremely commercially minded.'

‘Alice is a go-to junior at the IP Bar. She is competent, thorough, and responsive.’

Thomas Lunt

‘Thomas is exceptionally talented, very bright, and personable. He gets stuck in with the work and consistently makes helpful suggestions and drives things forward.'

Mitchell Beebe

‘Mitchell has a great, can-do attitude and his prior experience as a solicitor means he has a good understanding of the work needed to support a case to trial.'

Edward Cronan

'Edward is an excellent junior with a deep understanding of patent law. He is not afraid, in a constructive and appropriate way, to challenge those more senior so that the very best case is presented.'

Kyra Nezami