Kate Brunner KC
Albion ChambersAlbion Chambers provides ‘a great service with a good skill set within their criminal team’ handling a wide variety of criminal law matters, including murder, sexual offences, violence, fraud and drug offences. Adam Vaitilingam KC, ’a first-choice silk for murders who prepares cases thoroughly and identifies the key issues at the outset’, recently prosecuted in a nine-handed murder trial. Sarah Regan is ‘a class act’ and prosecuted a man for a stranger rape. . Edward Hetherington is ’outstanding and goes above and beyond responsively and comprehensively’ and is regularly instructed on murder and organised crime cases.
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Testimonials
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- 'The clerks at Albion Chambers are professional and have a wealth of experience. Ken Duthie and Charlotte Fryer are always on hand to assist with queries and provide a prompt and effective response.'
- 'The clerks are very responsive and will do all they can to assist with any query or new instruction. The regulatory clerk, Ken Duthie, is very reliable.'
- 'Albion Chambers has an excellent set of counsel with a good range of experience.'
- 'Albion Chambers is a great set and has a good spread of skills.'
- 'Albion Chambers is the go-to set. It is an excellent team of criminal practitioners that deal with the full range of criminal and regulatory matters with an excellent selection of reliable and approachable silks.'
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.
Adam Vaitilingam KC
Albion Chambers ‘Adam is meticulous, and his wide-ranging knowledge and expertise across practice areas are invaluable. He is easygoing and a first-class advocate.’
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.
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Edward Hetherington
Albion Chambers ‘Edward is a skilled, persuasive, down to earth and courageous advocate.’
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Charley Pattison
Albion Chambers ‘Charley is a tenacious advocate whose fearless approach is respected by judges and opponents and admired by juries.’
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Sarah Regan
Albion Chambers ‘Sarah is an exceptional advocate. Her cases are always meticulously prepared with great attention to detail. She is a formidable opponent but always approaches her cases in a spirit of fairness.’
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Rupert Russell
Albion Chambers ‘Rupert is an intelligent and thoughtful barrister. He has extremely good judgement, provides sound advice and is very good on his feet.’
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Emma Martin
Albion Chambers