Hugh Davies OBE KC
Three Raymond Buildings 'A devilishly good cross-examiner and a true fighter who puts fear into his opponents.'
‘Jam packed with talented, caring barristers’, Three Raymond Buildings is ‘a truly first class set’ with a wide range of inquests and inquiry experience. Hugo Keith KC continues to act as lead counsel to the Covid-19 inquiry, with 2024 Silk Saba Naqshbandi KC acting for the largest warranty provider and building control inspector nationally, NHBC, in the Grenfell Tower inquiry. Patrick Gibbs KC is a go-to for inquests involving the actions and omissions of state agents, exemplified by his work as leading advocate for the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation in the inquest into the death of Alexander Litvinenko. Hugh Davies OBE KC specialises in representing members of the police family, including representing a police firearms officer in the inquest into the death of Sean Fitzgerald during a pre-planned operation. Sarah Le Fevre is instructed to represent the National Police Chiefs Council in the Covid-19 inquiry, while Bo-Eun Jung was instructed for the inquiry in modules 1 and 2 of the same.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
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- 'The set is jam packed with talented, caring barristers. A truly first class set.'
- 'The clerks are efficient, helpful and pleasant to work with.'
- 'Three Raymond Buildings are our preferred choice when instructing Counsel for inquests. They have an excellent inquest team who are all thorough in their approach. All of the individuals we have worked with from Three Raymond Buildings have been personable and sensitive when required. '
- 'The clerks are always responsive and available. I have always found them efficient and solutions based.'
- '3 Raymond Buildings is one of the premier sets in the country for Inquiry work.'
- 'The clerks are extremely helpful.'
- 'Strong set, with a range of counsel with differing levels of expertise and varieties of experience. '
- 'The clerks are very helpful and personable.'
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.
Hugo Keith KC
Three Raymond Buildings ‘Hugo is highly intelligent and hard working. An exceptional choice for difficult and high profile inquests and inquiries.'
Richard Horwell KC
Three Raymond Buildings 'Richard is a phenomenal barrister. A very powerful advocate and a force of nature in the hearing room.'
Stephen Walsh KC
Three Raymond Buildings ‘A much respected senior practitioner. Stephen is calm, sensible, intelligent and a highly effective lawyer.'
Clair Dobbin KC
Three Raymond Buildings ‘Incredibly hard working, Clair is a master of the detail. Her calm court room manner belies an huge amount of industry.’
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.
Saba Naqshbandi KC
Three Raymond Buildings ‘Saba's intelligence is immediately recognisable and it demands a respect and captures attention.'
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.
Sarah Le Fevre
Three Raymond Buildings ‘Sarah's legal knowledge is exceptional, she has significant insight and her strengths are her strong advocacy and her down to earth style with clients.'
Kevin Baumber
Three Raymond Buildings ‘Kevin brings his criminal nous to the coroners court - sensible and practical.'
Bo-Eun Jung
Three Raymond Buildings ‘Bo is bright, engaging, very able and a dream to work with. She is on the ball with the detail of a task almost instantaneously.'
Edmund Gritt
Three Raymond Buildings ‘Edmund is an indomitable force at Inquests. He is utterly brilliant, capable of both charm and completely destructive cross-examination.'
Ailsa Williamson
Three Raymond Buildings 'Ailsa is a fabulous advocate. She readily secures the confidence of tribunals and her clients.'
Genevieve Woods
Three Raymond Buildings 'Genevieve is a fantastic advocate who has excellent attention to detail and is able to cut through a significant amount of information to logically process the salient points and issues.'
Daniel Mansell
Three Raymond Buildings 'Daniel is an outstanding junior. He has the rare ability to be both intellectually very sharp and also excellent with clients.'