St Ives Chambers
‘Sophie has a real presence in the courtroom. She has vast experience in dealing with cases involving serious sexual offences.’
The criminal practice group at St Ives Chambers has expertise in prosecuting and defending across a wide range of serious crime cases involving homicide, human trafficking and sexual offences.
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Testimonials
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- 'James Harte is highly commended for his down-to-earth nature, responsiveness and communication with clients.'
- 'St Ives Chambers offers an exceptional service. Criminal clerks go above and beyond to ensure that desired counsel is available to conduct both hearings and attend conferences.'
- 'St Ives are excellent. It has a strong body of juniors dealing with some heavyweight work.'
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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.
St Ives Chambers
‘Simon works tirelessly and expeditiously and is highly commended for his business-like manner, eye for strategy, strength of advocacy, cross-examination and closing submissions. He is a realist who understands how best to use all resources to undermine the prosecution case brick by brick.’
St Ives Chambers
'Michael is a go-to junior barrister for prosecuting and defending sexual offences. He has an encyclopaedic knowledge of complex areas.'
Lucinda Wilmott-Lascelles
St Ives ChambersLeading Juniors
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.
St Ives Chambers
‘Sophie has a real presence in the courtroom. She has vast experience in dealing with cases involving serious sexual offences.’
St Ives Chambers
‘Simon works tirelessly and expeditiously and is highly commended for his business-like manner, eye for strategy, strength of advocacy, cross-examination and closing submissions. He is a realist who understands how best to use all resources to undermine the prosecution case brick by brick.’
St Ives Chambers
'Michael is a go-to junior barrister for prosecuting and defending sexual offences. He has an encyclopaedic knowledge of complex areas.'
Lucinda Wilmott-Lascelles
St Ives Chambers