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9 Gough Square

Chambers of Grahame Aldous QC

LONDON, EC4A 3DG, ENGLAND
Tel:
Work 020 7832 0500
Fax:
Fax 020 7353 1344
DX:
439 LONDON CHANCERY LANE
Web:
www.9goughsquare.co.uk
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What we say about the set's legal practice in London Bar

Clinical negligence and healthcare

Within Clinical negligence and healthcare, tier 4

9 Gough Square is popular due to its ‘forward-looking’ and ‘commercial’ approach. Standout silks include ‘exceptional all-rounder’ Grahame Aldous QC. Christopher Stephenson is ‘popular with clients’ and ‘very good on procedure’. Laura Begley is also recommended, for her ‘clear advice’.

Crime

Within Crime, tier 5

Also recommended are: Bernard Thorogood at No5 Chambers; ‘heavyweight junior’ Paul Phillips and Michael Neofytou (a ‘shining star in the ascendancy’) at Charter Chambers; Anthony Metzer at Argent Chambers, who ‘conducts cases with skill and integrity’; Fred Ferguson’s ‘very strong eye for detail’ at 9 Gough Square; ‘excellent leader’ Camden Pratt QC and ‘competent and authoritative junior’ Julian Woodbridge at 1 King’s Bench Walk; Nadine Radford QC at 187 Fleet Street Chambers; Patrick Upward QC and Sophie Shotton at 15 New Bridge Street; Fiona Horlick at Outer Temple Chambers; and ‘technically brilliant’ solicitor advocate Jo Cooper, and the ‘thorough and conscientious’ Stephen Walters at Perren Buildings Chambers.

Fraud: crime (including money laundering and asset forfeiture)

Within Fraud: crime (including money laundering and asset forfeiture), 9 Gough Square (Chambers of Grahame Aldous QC) is a third tier firm,

At 9 Gough Square, Andrew Baillie QC is ‘very proficient in this area’, and Fred Ferguson has ‘great mastery of complex facts’.

Health and safety

Within Health and safety Health and safety – Leading Juniors

Personal injury

Within Personal injury, 9 Gough Square (Chambers of Grahame Aldous QC) is a second tier firm,

9 Gough Square is ‘proactive and innovative’ and has ‘good emerging talent coming through’. The set is praised for its excellent and ‘ferocious clerking’, led by Michael Goodridge. It includes ‘PI heavyweight’ John Foy QC; Grahame Aldous QC, ‘one of the best PI QCs out there’; and Andrew Ritchie QC, who has ‘unrivalled speed of thought’. ‘Excellent senior junior’ Jacob Levy ‘consistently delivers’, Laura Begley is ‘strong all round’, Stephen Glynn has ‘enviable knowledge’, Roger Hiorns ‘cannot be faulted’, and Stuart McKechnie is ‘seriously talented’. Jeremy Ford is also recommended for his ‘reassuring manner with clients’.

Professional discipline and regulatory law (including police law)

Within Professional discipline and regulatory law (including police law), 9 Gough Square (Chambers of Grahame Aldous QC) is a third tier firm,

Recommended individuals at 9 Gough Square include Vincent Williams, who is ‘meticulous in his work’, ‘very approachable’ and an ‘expert in police law’, and Edwin Buckett, who appeared in Masterman v Commissioner of Police, acting for the police in relation to a case that concerned the notification requirements in the Sexual Offences Act 2003.

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