Hailsham Chambers

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

• 'The service provided by Hailsham Chambers is consistently excellent. A notable feature of the Hailsham clerks’ room is their role in supporting and facilitating the set’s exceptional in-house training programme. The clerks and support staff are closely involved in organising bespoke seminars, briefing sessions, and more informal knowledge-sharing events, often tailoring these to client needs. This integrated approach between the barristers and clerking team adds real value and reinforces the set’s reputation for thought leadership and client service.'
• 'Clerks are professional, helpful and responsive.  Stuart Paley has been of great assistance in helping us set up a training seminar on maximising costs recovery for our Dispute Resolution Division.'
• 'The Clerks and wider Chambers team are 'chefs kiss' superb. Jan Yogeswaran deserves a special mention, she is superb at what she does of course but also the most down to earth person who makes everyone feel special. Lee Reynolds, Stuart Paley, Lewis Merison, Leah Ashcroft, James Defries are all superb.'
• 'The service from the clerk's room is excellent.'
• 'Hailsham Chambers stands out as a pre-eminent set in the field of costs law, particularly across high-stakes and technically demanding matters. The set is unique in combining deep specialisation with broad commercial and litigation expertise, allowing its members to handle costs disputes with a sophisticated understanding of the wider legal and strategic contex.'
• 'Hailsham have the best reputation of all costs sets, in our view and from speaking with industry peers. Strength-in-depth is a strong point, but outcomes are what influence their reputation the most.'

Lawyers

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.

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Jamie Carpenter KC

s a great rapport with judges and gets them on side from the outset. He is the best of the best in his field.’

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Alexander Hutton KC

‘Alexander has immense experience in costs law. He instils confidence with a strong presence in court.’

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.

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Mark Friston

Mark provides robust analysis combined with truly specialist expertise. He is a master of his field and his written advocacy is fluent and persuasive.'

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Dan Stacey

‘Dan is always very well-prepared and has an excellent ability to build a good rapport with clients. In court, his advocacy skills are something to behold, calmness personified but with a ruthless streak to ensure that a client's case has the best possible chance of success.'

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Imran Benson

‘Imran has deep knowledge of his subject and has great skill as an advocate in making the arcane seem beguilingly obvious.'

3

Stephen Bailey

‘Stephen is a specialist in costs and litigation funding. He is pragmatic and easy to work with. He is a confident and clear advocate.’

3

Joshua Munro

4

Alice Nash

‘Attention to detail, responsive, intelligent, and understands the brief.’

4

Alicia Tew

‘Alicia is an extremely bright costs barrister.’