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18 Red Lion Court

Chambers of David Etherington QC

LONDON, EC4A 3EB, ENGLAND
Tel:
Work 020 7520 6000
Fax:
Fax 020 7520 6248/9
DX:
478 LONDON CHANCERY LANE
Web:
www.18rlc.co.uk
Email:
London, Chelmsford

What we say about the set's legal practice in London Bar

Crime

Within Crime, 18 Red Lion Court (Chambers of David Etherington QC) is a third tier firm,

Clients consistently praise the ‘quality of representation by counsel, and also the quality of administration by the clerks’ at 18 Red Lion Court. David Etherington QCis very conscientious, a good lawyer and a first-class advocate’, and Anthony Arlidge QCalways provides excellent service to both solicitors and clients’. Peter Carter QC is also recommended. John Lyons has ‘excellent interpersonal skills’, and Jennifer Dempster is ‘a skilful and competent advocate’.

Fraud: crime (including money laundering and asset forfeiture)

Within Fraud: crime (including money laundering and asset forfeiture), 18 Red Lion Court (Chambers of David Etherington QC) is a second tier firm,

18 Red Lion Court has a heavy prosecution focus and provides ‘generally high levels of advocacy with some remarkable individual barristers’. The ‘utterly dependableAntony Shaw QC is recommended, as is David Etherington QC, who is ‘one of the most articulate QCs at the bar’. Allison Clarecan reduce the complex to easily understood propositions of fact or law’, and Tom Payneis a real star’.


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