2 Hare Court’s expertise in crime, health and safety, and professional regulation inform its work in major inquests and inquiries and the proceedings arising from them. Jonathan Laidlaw KC regularly acts in high profile inquiries, including representing Harley Facades in the Grenfell Tower inquiry and Showsec/LiveNation, providers of security, in the Manchester Arena Bombing inquiry. Nikita McNeill acts for the Ministry of Defence in the Independent Inquiry relating to Afghanistan, in addition to acting as first junior counsel for the Welsh Government in module 3 of the Covid-19 inquiry.
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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.
Alexandra Tampakopoulos
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Nikita McNeill
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Craig Ferguson
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Ben Rich
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Christopher Geering
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Max Mills
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Iain Daniels
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Paul Renteurs
2 Hare CourtRising 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.
Harry Laidlaw
2 Hare Court