Commercial litigation

Leading Silks
2025 Silks
2026 Silks

Leading Silks

KCs at the very top of their field, with a long-established record of market-defining cases, and widespread endorsement from clients and peers. All silks appointed in the last two rounds are listed further below.

Jonathan Adkin KC

Robert Anderson KC

Blackstone Chambers

Adrian Beltrami KC

3 Verulam Buildings

1

Jonathan Crow KC

4 Stone Buildings

Helen Davies KC

Brick Court Chambers

Justin Fenwick KC

4 New Square Chambers

Jonathan Gaisman KC

7 King's Bench Walk

Patrick Goodall KC

Fountain Court Chambers

Alan Gourgey KC

Wilberforce Chambers

Andrew Green KC

Blackstone Chambers

Richard Handyside KC

Fountain Court Chambers

Mark Howard KC

Brick Court Chambers

Andrew Hunter KC

Blackstone Chambers

Elizabeth Jones KC

Neil Kitchener KC

One Essex Court

Tim Lord KC

Brick Court Chambers

Kenneth MacLean KC

One Essex Court

Ali Malek KC

3 Verulam Buildings

1

Philip Marshall KC

Serle Court

Duncan Matthews KC

Ewan McQuater KC

3 Verulam Buildings

Laurence Rabinowitz KC

One Essex Court

David Railton KC

Fountain Court Chambers

Simon Salzedo KC

Brick Court Chambers

Joe Smouha KC

Essex Court Chambers

Bankim Thanki KC

Fountain Court Chambers

Sonia Tolaney KC

One Essex Court

Daniel Toledano KC

One Essex Court

John Wardell KC

Wilberforce Chambers

Tom Weisselberg KC

Blackstone Chambers

1

Simon Rainey KC

Quadrant Chambers

Tom Adam KC

Brick Court Chambers

David Allen KC

7 King's Bench Walk

2

Stephen Auld KC

One Essex Court

Camilla Bingham KC

One Essex Court

George Bompas KC

4 Stone Buildings

2

John Brisby KC

4 Stone Buildings

Jeffrey Chapman KC

Fountain Court Chambers

Alain Choo Choy KC

One Essex Court

Charles Dougherty KC

2 Temple Gardens

Philip Edey KC

Vernon Flynn KC

Brick Court Chambers

2

Lord Grabiner KC

One Essex Court

Thomas Grant KC

Wilberforce Chambers

David Head KC

3 Verulam Buildings

Richard Hill KC

4 Stone Buildings

Stephen Houseman KC

Essex Court Chambers

Timothy Howe KC

Fountain Court Chambers

Nigel Jones KC

Gatehouse Chambers

Daniel Jowell KC

Brick Court Chambers

Gavin Kealey KC

7 King's Bench Walk

Charles Kimmins KC

Richard Lissack KC

Fountain Court Chambers

Paul Lowenstein KC

John McCaughran KC

One Essex Court

Paul McGrath KC

Essex Court Chambers

Ian Mill KC

Blackstone Chambers

Richard Morgan KC

Maitland Chambers

Hugh Norbury KC

Jeffery Onions KC

One Essex Court

Andrew Onslow KC

3 Verulam Buildings

Craig Orr KC

One Essex Court

Nathan Pillow KC

Essex Court Chambers

Stuart Ritchie KC

Fountain Court Chambers

Rebecca Sabben-Clare KC

7 King's Bench Walk

Andrew Thompson KC

Erskine Chambers

Nigel Tozzi KC

Lord Wolfson KC

One Essex Court

David Allison KC

Charles Béar KC

Fountain Court Chambers

Aidan Casey KC

33 Chancery Lane

Graham Chapman KC

4 New Square Chambers

Stephen Cogley KC

Jonathan Cohen KC

Littleton Chambers

Simon Davenport KC

Anneliese Day KC

Fountain Court Chambers

Peter De Verneuil Smith KC

3 Verulam Buildings

Graham Dunning KC

Essex Court Chambers

Andrew George KC

Blackstone Chambers

Charles Graham KC

One Essex Court

Andrew Hochhauser KC

Essex Court Chambers

Sa’ad Hossain KC

One Essex Court

3

David Joseph KC

Essex Court Chambers

3

Robert Levy KC

Three Stone

Daniel Lightman KC

James MacDonald KC

One Essex Court

Alan Maclean KC

Blackstone Chambers

Hodge Malek KC

3 Verulam Buildings

Roger Masefield KC

Brick Court Chambers

Harry Matovu KC

Brick Court Chambers

Andrew Mitchell KC

Fountain Court Chambers

Clare Montgomery KC

Matrix Chambers

Stephen Moriarty KC

Fountain Court Chambers

David Mumford KC

Maitland Chambers

Jonathan Nash KC

3 Verulam Buildings

Tim Penny KC

Wilberforce Chambers

Anthony Peto KC

Blackstone Chambers

Rosalind Phelps KC

Fountain Court Chambers

David Quest KC

3 Verulam Buildings

Elspeth Talbot Rice KC

XXIV Old Buildings

Stephen Rubin KC

Fountain Court Chambers

Richard Salter KC

3 Verulam Buildings

Charles Samek KC

Littleton Chambers

Daniel Saoul KC

4 New Square Chambers

Tom Smith KC

Steven Thompson KC

XXIV Old Buildings

Richard Waller KC

7 King's Bench Walk

3

Paul Downes KC

Quadrant Chambers

Tim Akkouh KC

Essex Court Chambers

Lance Ashworth KC

Michael Bloch KC

Blackstone Chambers

Michael Bools KC

Brick Court Chambers

Richard Boulton KC

One Essex Court

David Cavender KC

One Essex Court

Aidan Christie KC

Richard Coleman KC

Fountain Court Chambers

Matthew Collings KC

Maitland Chambers

Edward Cumming KC

XXIV Old Buildings

Derrick Dale KC

Fountain Court Chambers

Jonathan Davies-Jones KC

3 Verulam Buildings

Huw Davies KC

Essex Court Chambers

Jasbir Dhillon KC

Brick Court Chambers

David Edwards KC

7 King's Bench Walk

Ben Elkington KC

4 New Square Chambers

Shaheed Fatima KC

Blackstone Chambers

Michael Fealy KC

One Essex Court

Jeffrey Gruder KC

Essex Court Chambers

Siobán Healy KC

7 King's Bench Walk

Lexa Hilliard KC

Wilberforce Chambers

Charles Hollander KC

Brick Court Chambers

Robert Howe KC

Blackstone Chambers

Louise Hutton KC

Essex Court Chambers

Sebastian Isaac KC

One Essex Court

John Jarvis KC

3 Verulam Buildings

Peter Knox KC

David Lord KC

Michael McLaren KC

Fountain Court Chambers

Richard Millett KC

Essex Court Chambers

Alexander Milner KC

Fountain Court Chambers

Fenner Moeran KC

Wilberforce Chambers

Terence Mowschenson KC

Wilberforce Chambers

Zoe O’Sullivan KC

Tamara Oppenheimer KC

Fountain Court Chambers

Daniel Oudkerk KC

Essex Court Chambers

James Pickering KC

Enterprise Chambers

Graham Read KC

Philip Riches KC

Patricia Robertson KC

Fountain Court Chambers

Alistair Schaff KC

7 King's Bench Walk

Andrew Scott KC

Blackstone Chambers

Sharif Shivji KC

4 Stone Buildings

Tony Singla KC

Brick Court Chambers

Stephen Moverley Smith KC

XXIV Old Buildings

Andrew Sutcliffe KC

3 Verulam Buildings

Felicity Toube KC

Nick Vineall KC

Antony White KC

Matrix Chambers

Victoria Windle KC

Blackstone Chambers

4

Robert-Jan Temmink KC

Quadrant Chambers

Andrew Ayres KC

James Bailey KC

Wilberforce Chambers

Gregory Banner KC

Maitland Chambers

David Blayney KC

James Brocklebank KC

7 King's Bench Walk

Adam Cloherty KC

XXIV Old Buildings

Simon Colton KC

One Essex Court

Rupert D’Cruz KC

Littleton Chambers

Edward Davies KC

Erskine Chambers

Josephine Davies KC

Rhodri Davies KC

One Essex Court

Anthony de Garr Robinson KC

One Essex Court

Anna Dilnot KC

Essex Court Chambers

Orlando Fraser KC

4 Stone Buildings

Andrew Fulton KC

Steven Gee KC

Monckton Chambers

Patrick Green KC

Henderson Chambers

Alexander Gunning KC

One Essex Court

Dakis Hagen KC

Matthew Hardwick KC

3 Verulam Buildings

Jonathan Harris KC

George Hayman KC

Maitland Chambers

Justin Higgo KC

Paul Key KC

Essex Court Chambers

Adam Kramer KC

3 Verulam Buildings

Blair Leahy KC

David Lewis KC

Gatehouse Chambers

David Lewis KC

John Machell KC

Stephen Midwinter KC

Brick Court Chambers

Matthew Parker KC

3 Verulam Buildings

Conall Patton KC

One Essex Court

Fionn Pilbrow KC

Brick Court Chambers

Rajesh Pillai KC

3 Verulam Buildings

Thomas Plewman KC

Brick Court Chambers

James Potts KC

Erskine Chambers

David Reade KC

Littleton Chambers

Rupert Reed KC

Stephen Robins KC

Amy Rogers KC

Paul Sinclair KC

Fountain Court Chambers

Richard Slade KC

Brick Court Chambers

George Spalton KC

4 New Square Chambers

Clare Stanley KC

Wilberforce Chambers

John Taylor KC

Fountain Court Chambers

Francis Tregear KC

XXIV Old Buildings

Henry Warwick KC

Henderson Chambers

Geraint Webb KC

Henderson Chambers

Robert Weekes KC

Blackstone Chambers

James Willan KC

Essex Court Chambers

Emily Wood KC

Essex Court Chambers

Adam Zellick KC

Fountain Court Chambers

5

Guy Blackwood KC

Quadrant Chambers

5

Yash Kulkarni KC

Quadrant Chambers

Lawrence Akka KC

Adam Al-Attar KC

David Alexander KC

Michael Ashcroft KC

Oliver Assersohn KC

XXIV Old Buildings

Siward Atkins KC

Maitland Chambers

Simon Atrill KC

Fountain Court Chambers

David Bailey KC

7 King's Bench Walk

Adam Baradon KC

Blackstone Chambers

Robin Barclay KC

Fountain Court Chambers

Zoë Barton

Wilberforce Chambers

6

Tony Beswetherick KC

South Square

Richard Blakeley KC

Brick Court Chambers

Christopher Boardman KC

Radcliffe Chambers

Anna Boase KC

One Essex Court

Hermann Boeddinghaus KC

4 Stone Buildings

Matthew Bradley KC

4 New Square Chambers

Jeremy Brier KC

Essex Court Chambers

Edward Brown KC

Essex Court Chambers

Hannah Brown KC

One Essex Court

Noel Casey KC

7 King's Bench Walk

James Collins KC

Essex Court Chambers

Alexander Cook KC

4 Stone Buildings

Philip Coppel KC

Cornerstone Barristers

Nicholas Craig KC

3 Verulam Buildings

Ian Croxford KC

Wilberforce Chambers

Edmund Cullen KC

Maitland Chambers

David Davies KC

Essex Court Chambers

Andrew De Mestre KC

4 Stone Buildings

Ruth den Besten KC

Essex Court Chambers

James Duffy KC

Fountain Court Chambers

Laurence Emmett KC

One Essex Court

Richard Eschwege KC

Brick Court Chambers

Andrew Fletcher KC

3 Verulam Buildings

Charles Gibson KC

Henderson Chambers

Richard Gillis KC

One Essex Court

Andreas Gledhill KC

Blackstone Chambers

Orlando Gledhill KC

One Essex Court

Jamie Goldsmith KC

One Essex Court

Alec Haydon KC

Brick Court Chambers

Josephine Higgs KC

7 King's Bench Walk

Fred Hobson KC

Brick Court Chambers

Stephen Hofmeyr KC

7 King's Bench Walk

Michael Holmes KC

7 King's Bench Walk

Philippa Hopkins KC

Essex Court Chambers

Laura John KC

Fountain Court Chambers

6

Hugh Jory KC

4 New Square Chambers

Farhaz Khan KC

3 Verulam Buildings

Jawdat Khurshid KC

7 King's Bench Walk

Edward Levey KC

Fountain Court Chambers

Max Mallin KC

Wilberforce Chambers

James McClelland KC

Brick Court Chambers

William McCormick KC

Selborne Chambers

Dan McCourt Fritz KC

6

James Morgan KC

Radcliffe Chambers

Craig Morrison KC

Brick Court Chambers

Thomas Munby KC

Maitland Chambers

Hanif Mussa KC

Blackstone Chambers

Sonia Nolten KC

2 Temple Gardens

Edmund Nourse KC

One Essex Court

Shail Patel KC

4 New Square Chambers

Luke Pearce KC

David Peters KC

Essex Court Chambers

Mark Phillips KC

Alexander Polley KC

One Essex Court

Tom Poole KC

Oliver Powell KC

Outer Temple Chambers

Iain Quirk KC

Essex Court Chambers

Jamie Riley KC

3 Verulam Buildings

David Scorey KC

Essex Court Chambers

Tiffany Scott KC

Wilberforce Chambers

Akhil Shah KC

Fountain Court Chambers

James Sheehan KC

Essex Court Chambers

Nikki Singla KC

Wilberforce Chambers

Nicholas Sloboda KC

One Essex Court

Adam Solomon KC

Littleton Chambers

Andrew Spink KC

Outer Temple Chambers

Peter Susman KC

Henderson Chambers

Sudhanshu Swaroop KC

Michael Todd KC

Erskine Chambers

Nicholas Trompeter KC

Selborne Chambers

Ben Valentin KC

Fountain Court Chambers

Alexander Wright KC

6

Jeremy Richmond KC

Quadrant Chambers

2025 Silks

KCs at the very top of their field, with a long-established record of market-defining cases, and widespread endorsement from clients and peers. All silks appointed in the last two rounds are listed further below.

Rupert Allen KC

Fountain Court Chambers

Alex Barden KC

Fountain Court Chambers

Alexander Brown KC

One Essex Court

Fraser Campbell KC

Blackstone Chambers

Anton Dudnikov KC

Essex Court Chambers

William Edwards KC

3 Verulam Buildings

Edward Harrison KC

Brick Court Chambers

Ciaran Keller KC

Essex Court Chambers

Justin Kitson KC

Selborne Chambers

Donald Lilly KC

4 Stone Buildings

Michelle Menashy KC

One Essex Court

Matthew Morrison KC

1

Robert Mundy KC

Serle Court

Rebecca Page KC

Maitland Chambers

Angharad Parry KC

Jason Robinson KC

7 King's Bench Walk

Niranjan Venkatesan KC

One Essex Court

David Walsh KC

Essex Court Chambers

2026 Silks

KCs at the very top of their field, with a long-established record of market-defining cases, and widespread endorsement from clients and peers. All silks appointed in the last two rounds are listed further below.