Mark Howard KC
Absolutely at the top of his game. A brilliant tactician.'
Brick Court Chambers continues to impress with its members' involvement in an array of high-profile cases, offering ‘huge strength in depth for fraud work’. Members of the set continue to be involved in "tuna bonds" scandal litigation concerning the fraudulent and corrupt procurement of sovereign guarantees worth $2bn, with Richard Blakeley KC, newly appointed silk as of March 2024, representing the Republic of Mozambique in proceedings against Credit Suisse, VTB and Privinvest Group companies; Ben Woolgar and Frederick Wilmot-Smith acting for the Privinvest defendants; and Stephen Midwinter KC, Laura Newton, and Tom Wood instructed by banks that provided syndicated lending to Mozambique. Tim Lord KC, leading a team including Thomas Plewman KC, represents Ziyavudin Magomedov and his companies in relation to high-value disputes around the world arising out of an alleged conspiracy to carry out a corporate raid of assets belonging to the former tycoon, who is currently serving a prison sentence in Russia.. Fred Hobson KC and Richard Blakeley KC took silk in March 2024.
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Testimonials
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- 'Paul Dennison is always available and great at finding solutions.'
- 'Tony Burgess and Paul Dennison lead a high-quality team with approachability, warmth, real skill and a deep knowledge of their chambers and its caseload.
- 'The clerks are excellent, in particular Ellie Sanders and Luke Carvalho.'
- 'The clerks are second to none. Tony Burgess and Paul Denisson are stars, and the clerks room is friendly and efficient.'
- 'Brick Court is always exceptional in every way, from its most senior KC to its most junior junior.'
- 'Excellent chambers that is amongst the best.'
- 'Brick Court is a chambers with huge strength in depth for fraud work and great expertise.'
- 'Members of the set are absolutely brilliant - commercially savvy and generally incredibly bright.'
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.
Tim Lord KC
very able and effective cross-examiner.'
Vernon Flynn KC
He always has the ear of the judge. He speaks with charm and eloquence and is nimble on his feet. His powers of persuasion are extraordinary.'
Roger Masefield KC
Simon Salzedo KC
Simon is a grand master on his feet. He is technically brilliant, extremely easy to work with and hugely responsive.'
Simon Birt KC
His advocacy inspires confidence - he is thoughtful, measured, precise, persuasive and completely robust and resolute.'
Daniel Jowell KC
An elegant oral advocate, who has a good sense of what the court is looking for and the ability to deliver it.'
Stephen Midwinter KC
A ferocious cross-examiner and a go-to silk for complex civil fraud cases.'
Michael Bools KC
An imperturbable and authoritative advocate.'
Alec Haydon KC
Alec has great clarity of mind and always provides sound advice.'
Harry Matovu KC
A silk with intellectual rigour who can get the court eating out of his hands.'
Fionn Pilbrow KC
His advocacy is engaging and clear, and he is particularly user-friendly, both with clients and solicitors.'
Thomas Plewman KC
He is an excellent tactician and a talented advocate.'
Tony Singla KC
A super advocate who nails the right points quickly.'
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.
Richard Blakeley KC
Richard is incredibly bright and focused, as well as tough and resilient. He is also calm and confident under pressure.'
Fred Hobson KC
Fred is the full package: clever, personable and engaging.'
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.
Richard Eschwege KC
tenacious and tough advocate, who is willing to take the fight to opponents.'
Craig Morrison KC
He is an assured, eloquent and persuasive advocate.'
2025 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.
Edward Harrison KC
Edward is calm under pressure, utterly unflappable and brings razor-sharp clarity to the most challenging of fraud cases. He is a silk in waiting.’
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.
Laura Newton
Laura is extremely intelligent, elegant on paper and a polished advocate. Absolutely superb.'
Joanne Box
She is a star civil fraud barrister. Very intelligent, methodical and has very sound judgement.'
Edward Ho
Exceptionally easy to work with, not fazed by anything and extremely quick to identify key issues.'
Geoffrey Kuehne
A real workhorse, who is brilliant at mastering the most complex sets of facts and presenting them to a court in a concise and compelling way.'
Ben Woolgar
He has the ability to get to the essence of a case and to find points which the judges will find of interest.’
Sarah Bousfield
She is a very sound barrister.'
William Hooper
He has an outstanding legal brain.'
Kyle Lawson
Kyle's ability to combine a first-class intellect with an affable and easy-going manner makes him a joy to work with.'
Tom Pascoe
A composed advocate who takes sensible positions and defends them.'
Georgina Petrova
She is incredibly quick at absorbing complex facts and getting to the heart of the dispute.'
Sophie Shaw
She's an excellent junior - very strong technically and very hard working, with a good eye for detail.'
Charlotte Tan
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.
Jessie Ingle
Jessie has a very analytical eye. She is responsive, calm and clear in her advice.'
Frederick Wilmot-Smith
His intellect is just fierce. He is charming with clients and solicitors, and a real team player.'
Tom Wood
He has a great nose for fraud litigation. A junior with great strategic insight.'