39 Essex Chambers

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

• 'The clerks are very responsive and helpful. Jamie Tucker in particular adds real value.'
• 'The clerks at 39 Essex are extremely helpful and attentive to clients needs. This is particularly so insofar as providing recommendations and availability of certain counsel.'
• 'The clerking team, led by Jamie Tucker, are brilliant and really user friendly. There is no hard sell but instead practical solution led responsiveness.' 
• 'The clerks are superb, amenable, adaptable and responsive. They will do whatever they can to serve the client.' 
• '39 Essex is an excellent chambers with real strength in depth.'
• 'The costs and litigation funding team is a leading team in the country.' 
• 'They have the best and strongest costs team in the industry.' 
• '39 Essex has become a powerhouse for costs and litigation funding work.' 

Silks

Leading Silks

KCs at the very top of their field, with a long-established record of market-defining cases, and widespread endorsement from clients and peers. All silks appointed in the last two rounds are listed further below.

1

Simon Browne KC

39 Essex Chambers

'Simon enthusiastically applies his expert knowledge of costs to advise on clear strategies in what is a difficult case. He proactively and expeditiously responds to queries from lawyers and clients and is always happy to listen to the arguments of the legal team and incorporate them into is advice.'

2

Vikram Sachdeva KC

39 Essex Chambers

'Vikram has an ability to diffuse contention and he is always charming which works well with clients and in court.'

2

Judith Ayling KC

39 Essex Chambers

2023 Silks

KCs at the very top of their field, with a long-established record of market-defining cases, and widespread endorsement from clients and peers. All silks appointed in the last two rounds are listed further below.

Nicola Greaney KC

39 Essex Chambers

‘Nicola is extremely thorough, highly intelligent and has excellent judgment. She is a quiet but highly effective advocate.’

Juniors

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.

2

Shaman Kapoor

39 Essex Chambers

 'Shaman is incredible to work with. He is consistently impressive in all respects - advisory, advocacy, mediation, seminars - everything. He is practical, strategic, commercially astute, and, importantly, exceptionally approachable.' 

4

Daniel Laking

39 Essex Chambers

 ‘Dan’s knowledge is beyond his years of call. His work was always to a very high standard and he is able to turn around complex work in a very short time.’