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Kings Chambers’ Lesley Anderson QC is ‘extremely combative and tenacious,’ and is ‘one of the best in the North West’. A ‘leader in the market’, Paul Chaisty QC is ‘pragmatic, knows his judges and has oodles of common sense’. Michael Booth QC is a heavyweight commercial litigator. Andrew Grantham, who is ‘very diligent, bright and conscientious’, and Neil Berragan, who is a ‘silk in the making’, are also recommended for commercial disputes. Mark Harper is a ‘very competent draftsman and an extremely able advocate’. The ‘impressive’ Martin Budworth handles high-profile sport-related matters. Jeffrey Terry, who is ‘intellectually rigorous, invariably thorough and unflappable under pressure’, is recommended for commercial and insurance-related litigation. Dr Mark Friston has an ‘unrivalled knowledge of all aspects of costs and costs litigation’. Louis Doyle provides ‘practical, no-nonsense commercial advice,’ and is recommended for insolvency and commercial matters. Andrew Latimer, Eleanor Temple and Lisa Walmisley also come highly recommended. The commercial and sport law practitioner David Casement QC recently joined the set from Exchange Chambers.

St Johns Buildings’ David Berkley QC, who is a recognised PPI expert, is ‘clear, concise and very commercial’. Susanne Muth, Pépin Aslett and David Uff continue to have strong commercial practices, and the ‘very careful, easy to work with and bright’ James Malam has a practice that is ahead of his call.

9 St John Street’s James Fryer-Spedding, Andrew Clark and Laura D’Cruz are all recommended for commercial and chancery work.

St James’s Chambers’ Robert Sterling has a broad chancery and commercial practice; Lucy Wilson-Barnes is active with revenue and director disqualification cases; and Sarah Harrison handles probate, tax and trust matters. Brad Pomfret has ‘everything you would expect a barrister to have’, and his ‘confidence and determination imply more than his seven years call’.

2010 saw Winston Hunter QC at Byrom Street Chambers handle several high-profile contractual matters. Simon Myerson QC has a heavyweight civil fraud, defamation and disciplinary practice.

18 St John Street Chambers’ Nicholas Fewtrell is an expert on the rules of limitation, and David Hoffman is a leading junior on complex contractual and commercial matters.

Exchange Chambers’ Mark Cawson QC is an insolvency expert who is a ‘very good lawyer, always well prepared and useable’. Edward Bartley Jones QC, (‘exudes confidence and clients love his incisive intellect’) handles a wide range of commercial disputes. Scott Redpath is recommended for pensions, as is Christopher Cook for intellectual property matters and Alison Graham-Wells for VAT Tribunal matters. Giles Maynard-Connor is a highly recommended insolvency junior.

Atlantic Chambers’ Graham Sellers has a national insolvency practice. David Green and Nicholas Jackson are recommended for property litigation, commercial and chancery matters.

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