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Index of tables
- Professional negligence – Leading Sets
- Professional negligence – Leading Silks
- Professional negligence – New Silks
- Professional negligence – Leading Juniors
Professional negligence – Leading Sets
Professional negligence – Leading Silks
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- Sue Carr QC Four New Square
- Nicholas Davidson QC Four New Square
- Justin Fenwick QC Four New Square
- Mark Hapgood QC Brick Court Chambers
- Christopher Moger QC 4 Pump Court
- Michael Pooles QC Hailsham Chambers
- John Powell QC Four New Square
- Roger Stewart QC Four New Square
- Jeremy Stuart-Smith QC Four New Square
- John Wardell QC Wilberforce Chambers
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- Andrew Bartlett QC Crown Office Chambers
- Michael Brindle QC Fountain Court Chambers
- Robert Moxon Browne QC 2 Temple Gardens
- Stuart Catchpole QC Thirty Nine Essex Street
- Jeremy Cousins QC 11 Stone Buildings
- Michael Douglas QC 4 Pump Court
- Colin Edelman QC Devereux
- Lord Faulks QC 1 Chancery Lane
- Mark Howard QC Brick Court Chambers
- Patrick Lawrence QC Four New Square
- John Ross QC 1 Chancery Lane
- Jonathan Seitler QC Wilberforce Chambers
- Mark Simpson QC Fountain Court Chambers
- Christopher Symons QC 3 Verulam Buildings
- Roger ter Haar QC Crown Office Chambers
- Nigel Tozzi QC 4 Pump Court
- Thomas Weitzman QC 3 Verulam Buildings
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- Martin Bowdery QC Atkin Chambers
- Christopher Butcher QC 7 King’s Bench Walk
- Ian Croxford QC Wilberforce Chambers
- Chantal-Aimée Doerries QC Atkin Chambers
- Graham Eklund QC Four New Square
- William Flenley QC Hailsham Chambers
- Clive Freedman QC Littleton Chambers
- Michael Furness QC Wilberforce Chambers
- Jonathan Gaisman QC 7 King’s Bench Walk
- Michael Harvey QC Crown Office Chambers
- Charles Hollander QC Brick Court Chambers
- Nigel Jones QC Hardwicke
- George Leggatt QC Brick Court Chambers
- Bernard Livesey QC Hailsham Chambers
- Simon Lofthouse QC Atkin Chambers
- Guy Mansfield QC One Crown Office Row
- John Martin QC Wilberforce Chambers
- Graeme McPherson QC Four New Square
- Stephen Moriarty QC Fountain Court Chambers
- Alexander Nissen QC Keating Chambers
- Guy Philipps QC Fountain Court Chambers
- Rory Phillips QC 3 Verulam Buildings
- Keith Rowley QC Radcliffe Chambers
- Alan Steinfeld QC XXIV Old Buildings
- David Streatfeild-James QC Atkin Chambers
- Marcus Taverner QC Keating Chambers
- Anthony Temple QC 4 Pump Court
- Michael Tennet QC Wilberforce Chambers
- Adrian Williamson QC Keating Chambers
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- Tom Adam QC Brick Court Chambers
- James Ayliffe QC Wilberforce Chambers
- Neil Block QC Thirty Nine Essex Street
- David Blunt QC 4 Pump Court
- Sean Brannigan QC 4 Pump Court
- Christopher Butcher QC 7 King’s Bench Walk
- Alain Choo Choy QC One Essex Court
- Aidan Christie QC 4 Pump Court
- James Cross QC 4 Pump Court
- Michael Driscoll QC Maitland Chambers
- Graham Dunning QC Essex Court Chambers
- Timothy Dutton QC Fountain Court Chambers
- Nicholas Elliott QC 3 Verulam Buildings
- David Foxton QC Essex Court Chambers
- David Hart QC One Crown Office Row
- David Halpern QC Four New Square
- Ben Hubble QC Four New Square
- Edwin Johnson QC Maitland Chambers
- Philip Jones QC Serle Court
- Andrew Lenon QC One Essex Court
- Tim Lord QC Brick Court Chambers
- Ali Malek QC 3 Verulam Buildings
- Philip Marshall QC Serle Court
- Ian Mill QC Blackstone Chambers
- Simon Monty QC Four New Square
- Leigh-Ann Mulcahy QC Four New Square
- Andrew Neish QC 4 Pump Court
- Jeremy Nicholson QC 4 Pump Court
- Christopher Nugee QC Wilberforce Chambers
- Andrew Onslow QC 3 Verulam Buildings
- Craig Orr QC One Essex Court
- Howard Palmer QC 2 Temple Gardens
- Robert Pearce QC Radcliffe Chambers
- David Phillips QC Wilberforce Chambers
- David Pittaway QC Hailsham Chambers
- Laurence Rabinowitz QC One Essex Court
- Mark Raeside QC Atkin Chambers
- Paul Rees QC One Crown Office Row
- David Sears QC Four New Square
- Joanna Smith QC Wilberforce Chambers
- Michael Soole QC Four New Square
- Martin Spencer QC Hailsham Chambers
- Andrew Sutcliffe QC 3 Verulam Buildings
- Bankim Thanki QC Fountain Court Chambers
- Anthony Trace QC Maitland Chambers
- Francis Tregear QC XXIV Old Buildings
- Ronald Walker QC 12 King’s Bench Walk
- Andrew White QC Atkin Chambers
Professional negligence – New Silks
Professional negligence – Leading Juniors
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- Francis Bacon Hailsham Chambers
- Jason Evans-Tovey Crown Office Chambers
- John Greenbourne Crown Office Chambers
- Julian Greenhill Wilberforce Chambers
- Alastair Hammerton 1 Chancery Lane
- Peter Irvin Brick Court Chambers
- Kate Livesey 4 Pump Court
- Siân Mirchandani Four New Square
- Deepak Nambisan Fountain Court Chambers
- Andrew R Nicol Four New Square
- John Norman 1 Chancery Lane
- Matthew Parker 3 Verulam Buildings
- Charles Phipps Four New Square
- Leona Powell Blackstone Chambers
- Christopher Russell 2 Temple Gardens
- Rebecca Sabben-Clare 7 King’s Bench Walk
- Clare Stanley Wilberforce Chambers
- Oliver Ticciati 4 Pump Court
- Giles Wheeler Fountain Court Chambers
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- Scott Allen Four New Square
- Rachel Ansell 4 Pump Court
- David Blayney Serle Court
- Glenn Campbell Hailsham Chambers
- Suzanne Chalmers Crown Office Chambers
- Edmund Cullen Maitland Chambers
- James Cutress Fountain Court Chambers
- Jonathan Davies-Jones 3 Verulam Buildings
- Jonathan Dawid Brick Court Chambers
- Charles Dougherty 2 Temple Gardens
- David Drake Serle Court
- Thomas Dumont Radcliffe Chambers
- Jonathan Evans Wilberforce Chambers
- Michael Gadd XXIV Old Buildings
- Patrick Goodall Fountain Court Chambers
- Andrew Goodman 1 Chancery Lane
- Timothy Harry Maitland Chambers
- Simon Henderson 4 Pump Court
- Simon Howarth Crown Office Chambers
- James Howells Atkin Chambers
- Matthew Jackson Hailsham Chambers
- Krista Lee Keating Chambers
- Daniel Lightman Serle Court
- Paul Mitchell Hailsham Chambers
- John Odgers 3 Verulam Buildings
- Elizabeth Ovey Radcliffe Chambers
- Paul Parker Four New Square
- Rosalind Phelps Fountain Court Chambers
- Angus Piper 1 Chancery Lane
- Camille Slow Atkin Chambers
- Richard Smith One Crown Office Row
- Kate Vaughan-Neil 4 Pump Court
- Richard Walford Serle Court
- Steven Walker Atkin Chambers
- Ian Wright Crown Office Chambers
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- Jeffrey Bacon Littleton Chambers
- Richard Booth One Crown Office Row
- N G Casey 7 King’s Bench Walk
- Geraldine Clark Serle Court
- Nicholas Craig 3 Verulam Buildings
- Graham Chapman Four New Square
- Richard Coleman Fountain Court Chambers
- Ivor Collett 1 Chancery Lane
- Peter Cranfield 3 Verulam Buildings
- Grant Crawford Radcliffe Chambers
- Ruth den Besten Serle Court
- Clare Dixon Four New Square
- Peter Dodge Radcliffe Chambers
- Helen Evans Four New Square
- Eva Ferguson Hailsham Chambers
- Julian Field Crown Office Chambers
- Andrew George Blackstone Chambers
- Matthew Hardwick 3 Verulam Buildings
- Miles Harris Four New Square
- David Herbert XXIV Old Buildings
- Stephen Innes Four New Square
- Edward Knight XXIV Old Buildings
- James Leabeater 4 Pump Court
- Gary Lidington 11 Stone Buildings
- Christopher Lundie 2 Temple Gardens
- Shantanu Majumdar Radcliffe Chambers
- Sophie Mallinckrodt 3 Verulam Buildings
- Lynne McCafferty 4 Pump Court
- Stephen Midwinter Brick Court Chambers
- David Murray Fountain Court Chambers
- Dov Ohrenstein Radcliffe Chambers
- Fionn Pilbrow Brick Court Chambers
- Benjamin Pilling 4 Pump Court
- Peter Ratcliffe 3 Verulam Buildings
- Stuart Ritchie Littleton Chambers
- Tiffany Scott Wilberforce Chambers
- Nikki Singla Wilberforce Chambers
- Daniel Shapiro Crown Office Chambers
- Jonathan Steinert Henderson Chambers
- Alex Hall Taylor Four New Square
- Michael Taylor 4 Pump Court
- Rebecca Taylor Crown Office Chambers
- Carl Troman Four New Square
- Andrew Warnock 1 Chancery Lane
- Elizabeth Weaver XXIV Old Buildings
- David Yates Pump Court Tax Chambers
- Nicholas Yell 1 Chancery Lane
Four New Square is the ‘leading chambers in the professional negligence arena; it is well clerked and provides a consistently high-quality service’. Leading silks include Justin Fenwick QC, who has ‘excellent client skills’; Nicholas Davidson QC, who is described as ‘a master of cross-examination’; Sue Carr QC, who is ‘adaptable’ and gives ‘prompt, commercial advice’; Jeremy Stuart-Smith QC, who is ‘a true class act’; and Roger Stewart QC, who is ‘peerless’. Graeme McPherson QC is ‘outstanding’, and Ben Hubble QC is ‘absolutely at the top of his game’. The ‘first-rate’ Leigh-Ann Mulcahy QC and the ‘excellent’ David Turner QC are also singled out. The set fields ‘many standout juniors’, including the ‘helpful, bright and personable’ Fiona Sinclair. Jamie Smith is ‘intellectually very strong’, and Siân Mirchandani provides ‘sensible, commercial and practical advice’. Also recommended are the ‘impressive’ Clare Dixon; the ‘responsive’ Helen Evans; Anneliese Day, who ‘has excellent judgement’; the ‘very hardworking’ Scott Allen; Richard Liddell, who is ‘intelligent and meticulous’; and ‘budding star’ Carl Troman.
4 Pump Court is commended for ‘excellent attention to detail’ and has ‘a very professional team of clerks’. Recent work for the ‘excellent’ Christopher Moger QC includes acting for Barclays in a claim for over £100m against the administrators of a Guernsey-based company. Aidan Christie QC has ‘very strong analytical skills’; James Cross QC’s ‘ability to understand complex matters and plead them in an intelligible fashion is first rate’; Andrew Neish QC is ‘a fighter in the courtroom’; and Jeremy Nicholson QC’s ‘attention to detail and sound advice is first class’. Standout juniors include the ‘very hardworking’ Rachel Ansell, Simon Henderson, who is an ‘excellent advocate’, and Kate Livesey, who has ‘impressive attention to detail’.
The ‘pre-eminent’ Brick Court Chambers is ‘outstanding for professional negligence work’. Mark Howard QC is ‘a real leader’; Mark Hapgood QC is ‘one of the best in the field’; Charles Hollander QC ‘always gives highly intelligent advice’; and Tom Adam QC has ‘a razor-sharp mind’. Among the juniors, Jonathan Dawid is ‘top notch’; Fionn Pilbrow is ‘responsive and very bright’; and Peter Irvin is ‘highly recommended ’.
3 Verulam Buildings has ‘a good range of barristers and they are all very capable’. Leading silks include Andrew Sutcliffe QC, who is ‘really willing to get behind his clients’; the ‘excellent’ Andrew Onslow QC; Christopher Symons QC, who is ‘first rate’ and is advising in an action brought by shipowners against a major City firm alleging negligent advice. Recommended juniors include the ‘brilliant’ Sophie Mallinckrodt; Matthew Parker, who has ‘first-class intellect’; and Jonathan Davies-Jones, who is ‘hardworking and really gets stuck in’.
Wilberforce Chambers provide a ‘good, all-round service’ and is ‘an excellent set, with brilliant barristers’. These include Jonathan Seitler QC, who is a ‘first-choice silk for property-related claims’; Michael Tennet QC, who ‘gives sound advice’; and the ‘experienced’ David Phillips QC. John Martin QC has an ‘excellent reputation’, and Joanna Smith QC, whose ‘preparation and attention to detail is second to none’, is also singled out. For juniors, Clare Stanley is ‘an excellent all-rounder’; Jonathan Evans ‘gives very clear advice’; Julian Greenhill is singled out for his experience in property and solicitors claims; and Nikki Singla is ‘highly intelligent’.
The clerks at Atkin Chambers ‘always provide a top-notch service’, and the barristers are ‘highly intelligent’. David Streatfeild-James QC is ‘first class’, and notable instructions for Simon Lofthouse QC included a case concerning allegations of negligence in the design of mechanical equipment at a major bank. Chantal-Aimée Doerries QC is ‘technically very able’, and James Howells and Camille Slow are among the leading juniors at the set. David Sears QC recently joined Four New Square.
Crown Office Chambers is ‘an efficient set that is pleasant to deal with’. Roger ter Haar QC is ‘a real star’, and appeared in the notable case of Jones v Kaney, which examines whether expert witnesses are in any way immune from suit. Michael Harvey QC is ‘a fantastic advocate’. Leading juniors include ‘the extremely personable’ Ben Quiney; John Greenbourne, who is ‘very capable and good on his feet’; Simon Howarth, who ‘really knows his stuff’; the ‘excellent’ Jason Evans-Tovey; and Suzanne Chalmers, who is ‘efficient, concise and user friendly’.
Fountain Court Chambers is a ‘top commercial set’ with barristers who ‘are always of excellent quality’, including the ‘exceptionally talented’ Mark Simpson QC; the ‘responsive’ Stephen Moriarty QC, who is ‘a delight to work with’; Bankim Thanki QC, who has ‘impressive attention to detail’; Michael Brindle QC, who is ‘an accomplished performer’; and the ‘very able and intelligent’ Guy Philipps QC. Juniors singled out by clients include Deepak Nambisan, James Cutress, Rosalind Phelps and David Murray. Craig Orr QC recently joined One Essex Court.
Hailsham Chambers has ‘very wide experience’ and as a set is ‘safe, thorough and intellectually second to none’. Among the silks, Michael Pooles QC is praised as a ‘well-respected veteran of the professional liability world’, and William Flenley QC is ‘intellectual and practical’. The ‘excellent’ Bernard Livesey QC recently defended a law firm against a multimillion-pound claim for alleged breach of duty. Key juniors include Derek Holwill, Glenn Campbell and Paul Mitchell.
2 Temple Gardens is a ‘fantastic set’ where notable silks include Robert Moxon Browne QC, who is a ‘ferocious cross-examiner’, the ‘first-rate’ Howard Palmer QC, and Neil Moody QC, who is recognised for his technology and construction experience. Andrew Miller, Christopher Lundie and Sonia Nolten are among the standout juniors for the set.
With ‘good variety and depth’, leading silks at 1 Chancery Lane include Lord Faulks QC, who has a ‘calm but commanding manner in court’; and John Ross QC, who ‘leaves no stone unturned’, and recently represented the building owner in Baylis Farms Ltd v Dymott Builders Ltd, which involved a complaint of defective workmanship during the construction of an office building. Leading juniors include Alastair Hammerton, who is ‘excellent on strategy’, Angus Piper, and Andrew Warnock, who has a ‘good eye for detail’.
Keating Chambers is a ‘very strong set’, where key individuals include Marcus Taverner QC, who is ‘highly recommended for construction matters’; the ‘brilliant’ Alexander Nissen QC; and Adrian Williamson QC, who is a ‘leader in the field’. Also recommended are Krista Lee and the ‘very able’ Adam Constable QC.
7 King’s Bench Walk is a ‘terrific set of chambers’ with the ‘standout’ Christopher Butcher QC and Jonathan Gaisman QC, who is recognised for his experience in audit negligence cases. N G Casey and Rebecca Sabben-Clare are singled out as junior counsel.
Maitland Chambers has a ‘responsive clerking team’, and counsel who are ‘well respected and approachable’. Anthony Trace QC is ‘particularly strong on cross-examination’, and Edwin Johnson QC is recognised for his experience in acting for and against solicitors, and in property-related matters. At the junior level, Andrew Walker QC is ‘very personable’.
Praised for its ‘commercial awareness’, the team at XXIV Old Buildings is ‘great at providing efficient responses’. Among the silks are Alan Steinfeld QC, who is ‘a real expert’, and the ‘excellent’ Francis Tregear QC. Also recommended are Michael Gadd, who is ‘efficient and to the point’, the ‘very strong’ Elizabeth Weaver, and Edward Knight, who is ‘first class’.
Radcliffe Chambers is an ‘impressive set’ that features the ‘diligent’ Keith Rowley QC. Also recommended are the ‘intelligent’ Thomas Dumont, the ‘well-prepared’ Elizabeth Ovey, and the ‘personable’ Grant Crawford.
Described as a ‘solid set’, Selborne Chambers includes Justin Kitson, who is ‘good at giving a very clear explanation of issues’, and the ‘brilliant’ Hugh Jackson. Jeremy Cousins QC recently joined 11 Stone Buildings.
Serle Court provides a ‘first-class service’, with ‘strong juniors to back the silks’. Philip Marshall QC ‘finds good points where others would not’, and Philip Jones QC has ‘a remarkable ability to get to the heart of technical legal issues in a pragmatic manner’. Also recognised are the ‘commercial and knowledgeable ’ Richard Walford, the ‘hardworking’ Ruth den Besten, Daniel Lightman, and the ‘bright’ David Drake.
One Crown Office Row is a ‘consistently top quality’ set. Guy Mansfield QC is ‘impressive’, and Richard Smith is also recommended.
One Essex Court’s Alain Choo Choy QC is ‘massively intelligent, thorough, an exceptionally clear analyst ’. Andrew Lenon QC is also singled out.
The ‘capable and hardworking’ Christopher Smith QC at Essex Court Chambers is recommended, as is David Foxton QC.
Clive Freedman QC at Littleton Chambers is ‘very methodical’.