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Eleanor Grey KC
39 Essex Chambers 'Eleanor is phenomenal in the healthcare field and is a go-to silk for both inquiries and judicial review in that area.'
39 Essex Chambers has ‘a well-deserved reputation for providing skilled and dedicated advocates’, and ‘is increasingly being looked at as the ’go to’ set for inquests and inquiries’. Eleanor Grey KC continues to act as senior counsel leading the team of counsel representing the Department of Health and Social Care and its various executive agencies in the Infected Blood inquiry, for which Jenni Richards KC is a key name in the counsel to the inquiry team. Samantha Jones is instructed by the Post Office as senior junior counsel leading on matters relating to Phase 5 of the Horizon inquiry, focusing on the group litigation.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- '39 Essex have a well deserved reputation for providing skilled and dedicated advocates.'
- 'The clerking team is excellent and is regularly praised as one of the best in the business!'
- 'This Chambers has phenomenal strength in depth. Their juniors are a revelation and work at a level far beyond their call.'
- 'The clerks are extremely effective and can be relied upon to identify appropriate barristers for the task in hand.'
- '39 Essex is increasingly being looked at as the 'go to' set for inquests and inquiries. '
- 'The clerks are real titans of their game – they know the industry and their area of law inside out, and are really committed to it beyond the 9-5.'
- 'Fantastic chambers - my go to on all public law matters.'
- 'The clerks are all engaged, helpful and responsive.'
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.
Jenni Richards KC
39 Essex Chambers ‘Jenni is a strong and calming presence in any case. She is very bright and extremely well prepared, and tenacious in her representation of her client.'
Kate Grange KC
39 Essex Chambers ‘Kate has a skillful mastery of a wide range of complex technical issues across multiple expert disciplines, and her excellent command of a plethora of technical detail.'
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Alan Payne KC
39 Essex Chambers
James Strachan KC
39 Essex Chambers ‘James has that rare combination of a huge brain and spot-on judgement. He gets straight to the heart of the issue.’
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.
Scarlett Milligan
39 Essex Chambers ‘Exceptional in every area – Scarlett’s advice is solid, robust and considers all angles, her drafting work is exceptional and her legal analysis is invariably flawless.’
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Anna Bicarregui
39 Essex Chambers ‘A very measured and thoughtful junior, who is a good team player and delightful to work with.’
Emily Wilsdon
39 Essex Chambers ‘Emily is exceptional. She is immensely organised, incredibly hard working and a brilliant team player.'
Rachel Sullivan
39 Essex Chambers ‘Rachel is an excellent junior. She is user-friendly, practical and has excellent judgment. She is incredibly hard working and dedicated.’
Nicola Kohn
39 Essex Chambers ‘Nicola is a strong advocate who reads her tribunal well. She is always on to top of her brief and robust advances the interests of her clients.’
Katharine Scott
39 Essex Chambers
Daniel Laking
39 Essex Chambers ‘Excellent attention to detail, analytical, and an excellent team member.’