Edward Sawyer
Wilberforce Chambers ‘Edward is both thoughtful and practical and sees the full picture. He combines technical knowledge with commercial awareness and is one of the most highly rated senior juniors.’
Pensions
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.
Lydia Seymour
Outer Temple Chambers ‘Lydia makes a very complicated topic clear and understandable. She is great with clients and provides both technical and pragmatic advice.’
Sebastian Allen
Wilberforce Chambers ‘Sebastian is a stand-out pensions counsel. His approach is incisive, clear, collaborative and innovative. His technical legal work is top-notch and he's a genuine pleasure to work with.‘
Fraser Campbell
Blackstone Chambers ‘He is very collegiate and handles difficult clients with great diplomacy, tact and charm. His grasp of pensions law is extremely impressive.’
Nicholas Hill
Outer Temple Chambers ‘He can be relied on to fight his client’s corner with great skill, and is adept at finding innovative solutions. He has extensive knowledge of the legal issues which arise in pensions disputes.'
Naomi Ling
Outer Temple Chambers ‘Naomi is an excellent technical lawyer. Her advice is comprehensible and direct, and she is not shy of challenging the views of those around her to secure the best for her client.’
Saul Margo
Outer Temple Chambers ‘Saul is impressive on his feet, with a pragmatic and measured style.’
James McCreath
Wilberforce Chambers ‘He’s a real superstar – very smart and gets to the nub of issues very quickly.’
Henry Day
Radcliffe Chambers ‘Henry has great experience in advising on pensions litigation. He provides lucid and succinct advice.’
Wendy Mathers
Radcliffe Chambers ‘A very strong advocate, who is sagacious and knowledgeable on pensions law.'
Saaman Pourghadiri
4 New Square ‘Saaman presents arguments clearly and persuasively, and demonstrates good judgement on which points to press and which to leave.'
Thomas Robinson
Wilberforce Chambers ‘Thomas is fiercely intellectual, incredibly hardworking, and solutions-focused.'
Philip Stear
Outer Temple Chambers ‘His technical ability and critical analysis is of the highest standard.’
James Walmsley
Wilberforce Chambers
Michael Ashdown
Wilberforce Chambers
Chloe Bell
3 Verulam Buildings ‘She is a practical barrister, and is able to assimilate a substantial quantity of information at great speed. A good team player on large cases.'
Victoria Brown
Outer Temple Chambers 'Solicitors would instruct her in a flash - she is approachable, friendly and level-headed.'
Nigel Burroughs
4 New Square
Jonathan Chew
Wilberforce Chambers 'He’s very bright and strategic, a tremendous team player who demonstrates great judgement.'
Elizabeth Grace
Outer Temple Chambers ‘A very responsive and practical junior, with a constructive and pragmatic approach to cases.'
Patrick Halliday
11KBW
Joseph Steadman
Wilberforce Chambers ‘Joseph is hugely talented, cogent and eloquent, with a sharp eye for detail.’
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.
Patrick Tomison
Outer Temple Chambers ‘Patrick has a real eye for the memorable turn of phrase that encapsulates everything you want to say about a case - something that will really lodge in the mind of the judge.’