2020 Bar Shortlist
CIVIL LIBERTIES AND HUMAN RIGHTS
SET OF THE YEAR
Blackstone Chambers
Brick Court Chambers
Doughty Street Chambers
Garden Court Chambers
Matrix Chambers
CIVIL LIBERTIES AND HUMAN RIGHTS
SILK OF THE YEAR
Heather Williams QC (Doughty Street Chambers)
Phillippa Kaufmann QC (Matrix Chambers)
Raza Husain QC (Matrix Chambers)
Sir James Eadie QC (Blackstone Chambers)
Stephanie Harrison QC (Garden Court Chambers)
CIVIL LIBERTIES AND HUMAN RIGHTS
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
Adam Wagner (Doughty Street Chambers)
Edward Craven (Matrix Chambers)
Hanif Mussa (Blackstone Chambers)
Maya Sikand (Garden Court Chambers)
COMMERCIAL LITIGATION
SET OF THE YEAR
Brick Court Chambers
Essex Court Chambers
Fountain Court Chambers
Littleton Chambers
Maitland Chambers
South Square
Wilberforce Chambers
COMMERCIAL LITIGATION
SILK OF THE YEAR
Bankim Thanki QC (Fountain Court Chambers)
Catherine Newman QC (Maitland Chambers)
Charles Samek QC (Littleton Chambers)
David Foxton QC (Essex Court Chambers)
David Wolfson QC (One Essex Court)
Ewan McQuater QC (3 Verulam Buildings)
Felicity Toube QC (South Square)
Thomas Lowe QC (Wilberforce Chambers)
COMMERCIAL LITIGATION
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
Anna Dilnot (Essex Court Chambers)
Christopher Newman (Twenty Essex)
Craig Morrison (Brick Court Chambers)
Jamie Goldsmith (One Essex Court)
Laura John (Fountain Court Chambers)
Leona Powell (Blackstone Buildings)
Scott Ralston (3 Verulam Buildings)
Sharif Shivji (4 Stone Buildings)
Simon Hattan (Serle Court)
CONSTRUCTION AND ENERGY
SET OF THE YEAR
4 Pump Court
Atkin Chambers
Keating Chambers
CONSTRUCTION AND ENERGY
SILK OF THE YEAR
Adam Constable QC (Keating Chambers)
Andrew Rigney QC (Crown Office Chambers)
David Streatfeild James QC (Atkin Chambers )
Paul Darling QC (39 Essex Chambers)
Paul Reed QC (Hardwicke)
CONSTRUCTION AND ENERGY
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
David Pliener (Hardwicke)
James Bowling (4 Pump Court)
Kate Livesey (4 Pump Court)
Paul Buckingham (Keating Chambers)
Richard Coplin (Keating Chambers)
Simon Hale (4 Pump Court)
CRIME
SET OF THE YEAR
2 Bedford Row
2 Hare Court
6KBW College Hill
Red Lion Chambers
Three Raymond Buildings
CRIME
SILK OF THE YEAR
Clare Montgomery QC (Matrix Chambers)
Clare Wade QC (Garden Court Chambers)
Gillian Jones QC (Red Lion Chambers)
Hugo Keith QC (Three Raymond Buildings)
Oliver Saxby QC (6 Pump Court)
CRIME
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh (Matrix Chambers)
Gudrun Young (2 Hare Court)
Leila Gaskin (Charter Chambers)
Neil Saunders (Three Raymond Buildings)
Paul Raudnitz (QEB Hollis Whiteman)
EMPLOYMENT
SET OF THE YEAR
11KBW
Blackstone Chambers
Littleton Chambers
Matrix Chambers
Old Square Chambers
EMPLOYMENT
SILK OF THE YEAR
Andrew Short QC (Outer Temple Chambers)
Jane Mulcahy QC (Blackstone Chambers)
Karon Monaghan QC (Matrix Chambers)
Michael Ford QC (Old Square Chambers)
Thomas Linden QC (Matrix Chambers)
EMPLOYMENT
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
Claire Darwin (Matrix Chambers)
Edward Kemp (Littleton Chambers)
Sam Neaman (Littleton Chambers)
Sophie Belgrove (11KBW)
Stuart Brittenden (Old Square Chambers)
EU AND COMPETITION
SET OF THE YEAR
39 Essex Chambers
Blackstone Chambers
Brick Court Chambers
Matrix Chambers
Monckton Chambers
EU AND COMPETITION
SILK OF THE YEAR
Helen Mountfield QC (Matrix Chambers)
Jessica Simor QC (Matrix Chambers)
Kieron Beal QC (Blackstone Chambers)
Marie Demetriou QC (Brick Court Chambers)
Philip Moser QC (Monckton Chambers)
EU AND COMPETITION
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
Anneli Howard (Monckton Chambers)
Ben Lask (Monckton Chambers)
Gerard Rothschild (Brick Court Chambers)
Jason Pobjoy (Blackstone Chambers)
Paul Luckhurst (Blackstone Chambers)
Sarah Abram (Brick Court Chambers)
FAMILY AND CHILDREN
SET OF THE YEAR
1 Hare Court
1 King’s Bench Walk
29 Bedford Row Chambers
4 Paper Buildings
Queen Elizabeth Building (QEB)
FAMILY AND CHILDREN
SILK OF THE YEAR
Deborah Bangay QC (1 Hare Court)
Jonathan Southgate QC (29 Bedford Row Chambers)
Philip Marshall QC (1 King’s Bench Walk)
Teertha Gupta QC (4 Paper Buildings)
Tim Amos QC (Queen Elizabeth Building (QEB))
FAMILY AND CHILDREN
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
Harry Oliver (1 King’s Bench Walk)
Henry Clayton (4 Paper Buildings)
Joy Brereton (4 Paper Buildings)
Marina Faggionato (Queen Elizabeth Building (QEB))
Nichola Gray (1 Hare Court)
INSOLVENCY
SET OF THE YEAR
Enterprise
Maitland Chambers
Serle Court
South Square
XXIV Old Buildings
INSOLVENCY
SILK OF THE YEAR
Catherine Addy QC (Maitland Chambers)
Daniel Bayfield QC (South Square)
David Allison QC (South Square)
Elspeth Talbot Rice QC (XXIV Old Buildings)
Philip Jones QC (Serle Court)
INSOLVENCY
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
Henry Phillips (South Square)
Linden Ife (Enterprise Chambers)
Reuben Comiskey (Radcliffe Chambers)
Sharif Shivji (4 Stone Buildings)
Tiran Nersessian (4 Stone Buildings)
INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION
SET OF THE YEAR
3 Verulam Buildings
39 Essex Chambers
Essex Court Chambers
Fountain Court Chambers
One Essex Court
Quadrant Chambers
Twenty Essex
INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION
SILK OF THE YEAR
Anneliese Day QC (Fountain Court Chambers)
Charles Kimmins QC (Twenty Essex)
Gavin Kealey QC (7 King’s Bench Walk)
Graham Dunning QC (Essex Court Chambers)
Harry Matovu QC (Brick Court Chambers)
Rachel Ansell QC (4 Pump Court)
Roger Stewart QC (4 New Square)
Simon Rainey QC (Quadrant Chambers)
Veronique Buehrlen QC (Keating Chambers)
INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
Alexander Milner (Fountain Court Chambers)
Edward Ho (Brick Court Chambers)
Harris Bor (Twenty Essex)
Jane Davies Evans (3 Verulam Buildings)
Karen Gough (39 Essex Chambers)
Lucas Bastin (Essex Court Chambers)
Mark Chennells (Atkin Chambers)
Sandra Healy (7 King’s Bench Walk)
Sean Aughey (11KBW)
IP, IT AND MEDIA
SET OF THE YEAR
4 Pump Court
5RB
8 New Square
Atkin Chambers
Hogarth
IP, IT AND MEDIA
SILK OF THE YEAR
Adrienne Page QC (5RB)
Alex Charlton QC (4 Pump Court)
Catrin Evans QC (Matrix Chambers)
Charlotte May QC (8 New Square)
David Streatfeild-James QC (Atkin Chambers)
Hugo Cuddigan QC (11 South Square)
Ian Mill QC (Blackstone Chambers)
Simon Malynicz QC (3 New Square)
IP, IT AND MEDIA
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
Amanda Michaels (Hogarth)
David Glen (11KBW)
David Sherborne (5RB)
Isabel Jamal (8 New Square)
Jaani Riordan (8 New Square)
Jane Phillips (5RB)
Jessie Bowhill (8 New Square)
Tom Alkin (11 South Square)
PERSONAL INJURY AND CLINICAL NEGLIGENCE
SET OF THE YEAR
1 Crown Office Row
39 Essex Chambers
7BR
9 Gough Square
Serjeants’ Inn Chambers
PERSONAL INJURY AND CLINICAL NEGLIGENCE
SILK OF THE YEAR
David Platt QC (Crown Office Chambers)
Edward Faulks QC (1 Chancery Lane)
Elizabeth-Anne Gumbel QC (1 Crown Office Row)
Neil Block QC (39 Essex Chambers)
Simeon Maskrey QC (7BR)
William Audland QC (12 King’s Bench Walk)
PERSONAL INJURY AND CLINICAL NEGLIGENCE
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
Catherine Foster (Crown Office Chambers)
Claire Watson (Serjeants’ Inn Chambers)
Jeremy Pendlebury (7BR)
Judith Ayling (39 Essex Chambers)
Patrick Vincent (12 King’s Bench Walk)
PRIVATE CLIENT: TRUSTS AND PROBATE
SET OF THE YEAR
5 Stone Buildings
Radcliffe Chambers
Ten Old Square
Wilberforce Chambers
XXIV Old Buildings
PRIVATE CLIENT: TRUSTS AND PROBATE
SILK OF THE YEAR
Brian Green QC (Wilberforce Chambers)
Elspeth Talbot Rice QC (XXIV Old Buildings)
Francis Barlow QC (Ten Old Square)
Henry Legge QC (5 Stone Buildings)
Shân Warnock-Smith QC (5 Stone Buildings)
PRIVATE CLIENT: TRUSTS AND PROBATE
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
Georgia Bedworth (Ten Old Square)
James Brightwell (Serle Court)
Judith Bryant (Wilberforce Chambers)
Lynton Tucker (New Square Chambers)
Piers Feltham (Radcliffe Chambers)
PUBLIC LAW
SET OF THE YEAR
11KBW
Blackstone Chambers
Brick Court Chambers
Landmark Chambers
Matrix Chambers
Monckton Chambers
PUBLIC LAW
SILK OF THE YEAR
Andrew Sharland QC (11KBW)
David Lock QC (Landmark Chambers)
Helen Mountfield QC (Matrix Chambers)
Ian Wise QC (Monckton Chambers)
Karon Monaghan QC (Matrix Chambers)
Philip Coppel QC (Cornerstone Barristers)
Sam Grodzinski QC (Blackstone Chambers)
PUBLIC LAW
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
Christopher Knight (11KBW)
Claire Darwin (Matrix Chambers)
David Blundell (Landmark Chambers)
Francis Hoar (Field Court ChambersChambers)
Hanif Mussa (Blackstone Chambers)
Jude Bunting (Doughty Street Chambers)
Katherine Apps (39 Essex Chambers)
Sarah Hannett (Matrix Chambers)
REAL ESTATE, ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING
SET OF THE YEAR
Falcon Chambers
Landmark Chambers
Wilberforce Chambers
REAL ESTATE, ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING
SILK OF THE YEAR
Andrew Butler QC (Tanfield Chambers)
James Maurici QC (Landmark Chambers)
Joanne Wicks QC (Wilberforce Chambers)
Nicholas Grundy QC (Five Paper)
Ranjit Bhose QC (Cornerstone Barristers)
Saira Kabir Sheikh QC (Francis Taylor Building)
Sasha White QC (Landmark Chambers)
Timothy Morshead QC (Landmark Chambers)
REAL ESTATE, ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
Christiaan Zwart (39 Essex Chambers)
Daniel Dovar (Tanfield Chambers)
Elizabeth Fitzgerald (Falcon Chambers)
Jamal Demachkie (Hardwicke)
Jonathan Manning (4-5 Gray’s Inn Square)
Melissa Murphy (Francis Taylor Building)
Ned Westaway (Francis Taylor Building)
Samantha Riggs (25 Bedford Row)
SHIPPING
SET OF THE YEAR
4 Pump Court
7 King’s Bench Walk
Essex Court Chambers
Quadrant Chambers
Twenty Essex
SHIPPING
SILK OF THE YEAR
Alistair Schaff QC (7 King’s Bench Walk)
David Bailey QC (7 King’s Bench Walk)
John Russell QC (Quadrant Chambers)
Michael Ashcroft QC (Twenty Essex)
Simon Croall QC (Quadrant Chambers)
Simon Rainey QC (Quadrant Chambers)
SHIPPING
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
Alexander Wright (4 Pump Court)
Benjamin Coffer (Quadrant Chambers)
David Semark (Quadrant Chambers)
Henry Byam-Cook (Twenty Essex)
Luke Pearce (Twenty Essex)
Stewart Buckingham (Quadrant Chambers)
TAX
SET OF THE YEAR
Essex Court Chambers
Gray’s Inn Tax Chambers
Monckton Chambers
Pump Court Tax Chambers
Temple Tax Chambers
TAX
SILK OF THE YEAR
Melanie Hall QC (Monckton Chambers)
Michael Gibbon QC (Maitland Chambers)
Nicola Shaw QC (Gray’s Inn Tax Chambers)
Roger Thomas QC (Pump Court Tax Chambers)
Sam Grodzinski QC (Blackstone Chambers)
TAX
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
John Brinsmead-Stockham (11 New Square)
Michael Firth (Gray’s Inn Tax Chambers)
Raymond Hill (Monckton Chambers)
Zizhen Yang (Pump Court Tax Chambers)
REGIONAL BAR
SET OF THE YEAR
30 Park Place
3PB
Garden Court North
Parklane Plowden
St John’s Chambers
REGIONAL BAR
SILK OF THE YEAR
Caroline Rees QC (30 Park Place)
Leslie Blohm QC (St John’s Chambers)
Paul Greaney QC (New Park Court)
Pete Weatherby QC (Garden Court North)
Vanessa Meachin QC (3PB)
REGIONAL BAR
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
Alex Troup (St John’s Chambers)
David Went (Exchange Chambers)
Nicholas David Jones (Civitas Law)
Tom Royston (Garden Court North Chambers)
Victoria Clifford (No5 Barristers Chambers)
SCOTTISH BAR
STABLE OF THE YEAR
Ampersand Advocates
Arnot Manderson Advocates
Axiom Advocates
Compass Chambers
Terra Firma Chambers
SCOTTISH BAR
SILK OF THE YEAR
Aidan O’Neill QC (Ampersand)
David Johnston QC (Axiom Advocates)
James Findlay QC (Terra Firma)
Roddy Dunlop QC (Axiom Advocates)
Ruth Crawford QC (Axiom Advocates)
SCOTTISH BAR
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
Duncan Hamilton (Arnot Manderson Advocate)
Jennifer Nicholson (Ampersand)
Laura-Anne van der Westhuizen (Ampersand)
Nicola Gilchrist (Arnot Manderson Advocates)
Usman Tariq (Ampersand)
CLERKING/PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
CLERK OF THE YEAR
Adam Cope (The 36 Group)
Faye Patis (QEB Hollis Whiteman)
Richard Summerscales (6KBW College Hill)
Ryan Barrow (Six Pump Court)
Samantha Jones (3 Verulam Buildings)
Sean Gentleman (Pump Court Chambers)
Toby Sparrow (Crown Office Chambers)
Tristan Whigham (12 King’s Bench Walk)
CLERKING/PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
TEAM OF THE YEAR
Hailsham
Hardwicke
Keating Chambers
One Essex Court
Serjeants’ Inn Chambers
Wilberforce Chambers
CLERKING/PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
SENIOR CLERK/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR
Colin Cook (Garden Court Chambers)
Jemma Tagg (Twenty Essex)
Michael Goodridge (9 Gough Square)
Oliver Parkhouse (12 King’s Bench Walk)
Paul Bunting and Darren Madle (Selborne Chambers)
Robert Archer (Farringdon Chambers)
Tony Burgess and Paul Dennison (Brick Court Chambers)