Blackstone Chambers

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

• 'Danny Compton is both a responsive and helpful clerk.'
• 'The clerks at Blackstone Chambers are personable and generally very responsive. Derek Sutton in particular is very helpful and proactive.'
• 'The clerks are very responsive and professional. They display courtesy, a willingness to help and fast turnaround times. Stand out clerks are Derek Sutton, Billy Brian and Danny Compton.'
• 'The clerking service is very good.'
• 'The best of the best in the employment sphere, Blackstone also hold great training events on complex topical issues.'
• 'Blackstone are a great high court chambers for top of the range employment work, and are very commercial in their approach.'

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.

1

Tom Croxford KC

Tom possesses an encyclopaedic mastery of employment law that borders on the formidable. Tom’s ability to quickly absorb technical detail is almost unsettling, and his strategic instincts are consistently sound. He simply delivers results—silky, but not too silky’

1

Paul Goulding KC

Paul is the simply the best practitioner in the employee competition arena. His legal ability and attention to detail are second to none.’

1

Diya Sen Gupta KC

Diya  is a complete star. Her oral advocacy is first class - she adapts her style effortlessly depending on the witness and the judge, and deploys her arguments convincingly. She also inspires the confidence of lay clients, and delivers often complex advice in a thoughtful, nuanced and clear way.'

1

Jane Mulcahy KC

A calm and considered advocate.'

2

Dinah Rose KC

3

Kate Gallafent KC

Kate is one of the very best. Extremely knowledgeable, commercial and pragmatic, a superbly effective advocate. As a mediator she has shrewd judgement and wins the trust of the parties.’

4

Robert Howe KC

2024 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

Tristan Jones KC

‘Tristan is friendly, efficient and reasonable. His submissions in court are clear and engaging, and he can strike up a great rapport with the bench. A class act.’

1

Craig Rajgopaul KC

handles difficult clients, opponents and Judges with ease. He is always on top of the detail and his advocacy is superb.'

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.

3

Hollie Higgins

‘Hollie has an impressive work ethic, level of productivity and clarity of advice.'

3

George Molyneaux

George is quick to grasp the complexities of litigation, handles hearings with an extraordinary degree of precision and has an astounding capacity for absorbing new material '

4

Kerenza Davis

‘Kerenza is an excellent barrister in every respect. Not only is she an expert in employment law, but she is also incredibly commercial, practical and strategic in the advice she delivers. Her advocacy is incredibly impressive.'

4

Tom Mountford

Tom is hugely intelligent and analytical, plus he is a smooth and confident advocate.’

4

Navid Pourghazi

‘Navid is a truly outstanding employment and discrimination law junior. Proactive, clear, and user-friendly in his dealings with solicitors; a team player par excellence. He is unafraid to get off the fence and give a decisive view.'

4

Celia Rooney

She is fantastically committed, hard-working and tenacious. A brilliant team-member.’

5

Sarah Wilkinson

Sarah is very thorough and pragmatic.'

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.

1

Zafar Ansari

‘Zafar has exceptional attention to detail. His written advocacy is of the highest standard, and he is a very safe pair of hands. Zafar has a calm and reassuring manner, and earns the trust of lay clients easily’

1

Emmeline Plews