James Boyd
Kings ChambersEmployment
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.
Martin Budworth
Kings ChambersParas Gorasia
Old Square Chambers ‘Paras is exceptionally strong in his approach to assessing key battle grounds within factually dense and legally complex high-value claims. His service levels and response times exceed expectations.’
Catherine Knowles
Exchange Chambers ‘Catherine is a highly effective advocate, extremely impressive in a trial, and incredible in cross-examination.’
Anisa Niaz-Dickinson
Kings Chambers ‘Anisa is great at getting into the details of cases and conducting robust cross-examination. She is also extremely calm under pressure. Anisa is able to handle particularly complex cases against difficult claimants and really put the clients at ease.’
Jason Searle
St John’s BuildingsDavid Campion
Nine Chambers ‘David is excellent at managing claims with many witnesses and voluminous bundles to the satisfaction of the employment tribunal. Keeping tribunals onside is key to getting the best possible outcomes, and David’s outcomes are excellent. He is able to limit cross-examination to the key issues in the claim. He is not flashy or aggressive which works very well with claimants with disabilities in particular. He is a very effective advocate.’
Nigel Grundy
Nine Chambers ‘Nigel is excellent in his area of expertise. He is extremely knowledgeable, personable and professional. Nigel is able to review copious amounts of information quickly to get up to speed on any case referred to him. He has no weaknesses at all.’
Louise Quigley
Nine Chambers ‘Louise has exceptional client rapport. She possesses a commanding understanding of complex cases and legal issues, and demonstrates formidable advocacy skills time and time again. Louise is also approachable and easy to work with.’
Amy Smith
Nine Chambers ‘Amy is an excellent advocate. She is always well-prepared and highly knowledgeable, and is also great with clients. She is strongly recommended.’
Paul Draycott
Doughty Street ChambersAnnette Gumbs
St John’s Buildings ‘Annette has an analytical and detailed approach to cases which benefits her clients. She is incisive in cross-examination and sticks to the big and/or best points. Her closing submissions are concise and to the point which furthers her clients’ cases.’
Jamie Jenkins
St John’s Buildings
Ghazan Mahmood
St John’s Buildings
Scott Redpath
Exchange Chambers ‘Scott is approachable, and possesses a wealth of specialist knowledge.’
David Tinkler
Exchange Chambers ‘David is a brilliant barrister. He is really level-headed and down-to-earth which is invaluable when dealing with lay clients and witnesses, and he has a wonderful ability to ensure they remain calm in what for some is their first time in a court of law.’
Ben Williams
Kings Chambers ‘Ben is a go-to counsel. He is very knowledgeable, down to earth, approachable and good with clients. He is also very good on his feet. Ben is always willing to go above and beyond and provides fantastic support.’
Lena Amartey
Nine Chambers ‘Lena is fantastic with clients who all respond very well to her. She is a tenacious and thorough advocate. One of her real strengths is the ability to adapt her advocacy style depending on the kind of claimant. She is also always thoroughly prepared and inspires confidence in clients.’
Stefan Brochwicz-Lewinski
Nine Chambers ‘Stefan is an exceptionally talented advocate. He is incredible to watch in court: quick thinking, articulate and persuasive. He always performs brilliantly in court and puts clients in the best possible position they can be in.’
Katie Nowell
Nine Chambers ‘Katie is highly intelligent and cuts through to the substantive issues very quickly. She is very thorough in her preparation, is accessible for instructing solicitors and easily puts clients at ease. She is an excellent advocate, persistent and effective in cross-examination and clear in submissions.’
David Flood
St John’s BuildingsLaura Gould
Old Square Chambers ‘Laura is pragmatic and diligent. She tailors her work to the needs of the individual and is great with the clients. She gets amazing results every time. Laura has great knowledge of NHS clients and industry-specific matters.’
Richard McLean
Exchange Chambers‘Richard’s strengths are his commercial approach and good client skills.’
Sam Proffitt
Kings Chambers ‘Sam is an outstanding junior barrister. His prior experience as a solicitor places him well above others in terms of client care and commerciality. He is always well on top of his brief, and is creative and dynamic with his advocacy too. He really is tenacious in his approach, and gets results.’
Thomas Wood
St John’s Buildings ‘Thomas is very knowledgeable and is very good with clients. He will often go above and beyond in matters.’
Carlo Breen
Nine ChambersBruce Henry
Kenworthy’s ChambersSarah Johnson
Kenworthy’s ChambersLaura Kaye
Nine Chambers 'Laura is an exceptional barrister. She is polite and courteous and knows how to challenge either the tribunal or claimant in the correct and most impactful way. She is robust when required (but only where the situation requires it). Her legal knowledge and advocacy are excellent.'
Robert Lassey
Nine Chambers ‘Rob is brilliant at getting into the details of cases and dealing with the twists and turns of litigation. He also makes powerful submissions and his client care is outstanding.’
Rachael Levene
Nine Chambers ‘Rachael has superb understanding of the law and can apply it to the facts in a case with great skill combined with her standout advocacy skills. Tactically astute, Rachael knows when to play the best cards to achieve the best outcome for the client. She is thorough and engages with instructing solicitors proactively to ensure all are on the same page. She is a go-to barrister for tricky and complex tribunal claims.’
Martin Mensah
Nine Chambers 'Martin is an extremely diligent and experienced advocate. He has patience with his instructing solicitors and their clients. He is very knowledgeable and makes you feel very much at ease in his position. Martin is honest and practical as well as helpful and solution-focused. He will always go the extra mile to help instructing solicitors and their clients.'
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.
Rosie Kight
Kings Chambers ‘Rosie is a fantastic, tenacious, and robust advocate while remaining very courteous, and she is not unnecessarily aggressive. Rosie is brilliant with witnesses and has a gift of getting even the difficult judges on her side.’
Rachel Senior
Kings Chambers ‘Rachel is extremely pragmatic and commercial in her approach. Given her fairly recent call, Rachel is very knowledgeable and a quick thinker whilst on her feet.’