Three Raymond Buildings, with ‘excellent strength in depth’, is regarded by many as ‘one of the finest sets in the country’ for general crime work. Patrick Gibbs KC routinely handles high-profile cases – he defended actor Kevin Spacey, who was acquitted on charges of historic sexual offences against four men during a period spanning from 2001 to 2013. He is also leading Patrick Hill in the defence of a firearms officer charged with the murder of Chris Kaba, a drill musician who had previously served a sentence in a young offenders institution for firearms offences, during a police pursuit. Hugh Davies KC regularly prosecutes in homicide trials at the Old Bailey – he led in the re-trial of a former primary school teacher who ultimately admitted to stabbing her husband to death and burying his body in the garden of their Northampton home. In the clerks’ room, Emma Makepeace joined the set from 25 Bedford Row.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • 'Eddie Holland is an absolute pleasure to work with and very commercial.'
  • 'The clerks Charlie Tennant and Christina Eleftheriou are absolutely brilliant. They are wonderfully friendly and efficient.'
  • 'Charlie Tennant is a great addition to the clerking team!'
  • 'The clerks offer undoubtedly the best service across the bar. They have an intelligent, helpful and pro-active clerks' room which never make mistakes.'
  • 'They are at the very top of the tree for criminal defence work.'
  • 'Three Raymond Buildings is a strong chambers at every level of call.'
  • 'Three Raymond Buildings is a fabulous set with talented members. One of the benefits of instructing a barrister in this set is that clients almost always have continuity of counsel, but if that isn't possible, it is guaranteed that the case will be covered by someone more than capable.'
  • 'An excellent set with great strength in depth from silks to immaculately trained, very talented junior tenants.'

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.

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.