Aviation and travel

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.

1
Tom Bird
Quadrant Chambers
‘Very bright, reliable, and always goes the extra mile for his clients. Tom has a breadth and depth of knowledge far above his years of call. His technical knowledge is also excellent.’
1
Katherine Howells
Old Square Chambers
'Katherine is very thorough, very good with clients, and excellent at drafting legal documents. She is clearly very competent.'
1
David Murray
Fountain Court Chambers
1
Giles Robertson
Fountain Court Chambers
1
Bajul Shah
XXIV Old Buildings
Bajul is the complete barrister. An extensive knowledge of the aviation industry and technical aspects of all cases. His advocacy is first-rate. He is fearless and never reluctant to tell others where they are going wrong.'
2
Koye Akoni
Quadrant Chambers
‘Koye is a future star.’
2
Max Archer
XXIV Old Buildings
‘Max is simply phenomenal. He has a vast knowledge and experience well beyond his years of call. He is approachable, an absolute delight to work with, and a fiercely persuasive advocate.’
2
Tom Coates
Blackstone Chambers
2
Erin Hitchens
XXIV Old Buildings
'Erin is one of the best aviation juniors out there. The quiet assassin.'
2
Heather Murphy
XXIV Old Buildings
'Heather is a joy to work with: fantastically collaborative, a brilliant advocate and extremely knowledgeable.' 
3
Nicolas Damnjanovic
Fountain Court Chambers
Nicolas is very hard-working, intelligent, and a great support to his leaders.'
3
Joseph England
Quadrant Chambers
'Very user-friendly, reliable specialist counsel in aviation law - very collegiate and good written work. Hard working, persuasive, and intelligent.'
3
Emma Hilliard
7 King's Bench Walk
3
Philippa Jackson
39 Essex Chambers
3
Elizabeth Lindesay
7 King's Bench Walk
Elizabeth is a first-class counsel in aviation as well as insurance and reinsurance.'
3
Harry Wright
7 King's Bench Walk
'Harry is excellent. He is bright, articulate, and charming. He delivers concise and practical advice which is commercially sensible and in a client-friendly format.'
4
Frederick Alliott
7 King's Bench Walk
4
Malcolm Birdling
Brick Court Chambers
'Malcolm has an encyclopedic knowledge of public law concepts and cases and has a very persuasive written style.'  
4
Cleon Catsambis
3 Verulam Buildings
'Personable, with great attention to detail; very good and a fierce advocate who fights.'
4
Niamh Cleary
Fountain Court Chambers
She is extremely diligent and hardworking. Her advocacy is clear and confident.'
4
Tom Stewart Coats
XXIV Old Buildings
Tom is a formidable advocate - he delivers time and time again.'
4
James Goudkamp
7 King’s Bench Walk
'James has an extraordinary attention to detail. He is very articulate and able to explain complicated matters in layman's terms.'
4
Paul Henton
Quadrant Chambers
4
Deborah Horowitz
Fountain Court Chambers
4
Emma Hughes
3 Verulam Buildings
'Very promising junior with extraordinary ability to absorb information, sound analysis, and common sense approach, easy to work with and very responsive.'
4
Christopher Langley
Fountain Court Chambers
4
Christopher Loxton
3 Hare Court
4
Mark Stiggelbout
Quadrant Chambers
4
Craig Williams
Quadrant Chambers
'Craig is a very hard-working junior who gets to grips with the detail of a case very impressively.  His advice is always very clear and he has a good commercial head on him.'

Rising stars

Rising stars at the Bar are defined as barristers between four and eight years’ call who are seen as up-and-coming members of the Bar in their respective practice areas by clients and peers alike. They will already be instructed in high-profile, complex, and high-value contentious and non-contentious matters, working with and opposite more experienced leading counsel.

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Bethanie Chambers
XXIV Old Buildings
'She is very detail-focussed, excellent with clients, and operates at a level beyond her year of call.'