Amanda Bostock
Three Raymond Buildings‘Amanda is a top quality advocate. She is always well prepared and totally in command of her case. Her witness handling is focused and precise. Her oral arguments are effective, persuasive and pithy.’
Extradition
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.
Catherine Brown
6KBW College Hill'Catherine is a silk in the making. She has star quality, both in relation to her knowledge, interpretation and application of the law, and in her ability to make complex legal issues appear simple in her written and oral submissions. She has a very engaging advocacy style and is very quick on her feet. Catherine is always well prepared.'
Louisa Collins
5 St Andrews Hill'A great advocate and very able lawyer. She inspires confidence.'
Natasha Draycott
5 St Andrews Hill
Malcolm Hawkes
Doughty Street Chambers'He has a unique combination of qualities - empathy, determination, legal creativity, poise and sharpness of mind. A superb advocate, even under heavy fire.'
Nicholas Hearn
Three Raymond Buildings'He has a great depth of expertise in field of extradition and his judgment when giving advice and presenting cases is excellent. He is incredibly effective when cross-examining both experts and lay witnesses. He is always well prepared, and his submissions are always attractive and persuasive. He makes light work of cutting through complex issues of law and fact.'
Rebecca Hill
5 St Andrews Hill
Hannah Hinton
Serjeants’ Inn Chambers'Hannah has a deep understanding of the law and is able to inspire confidence with the judges she appears before.'
Florence Iveson
Matrix Chambers
Ben Keith
5 St Andrews Hill 'Hugely experienced leading junior. Very intelligent with a vast range of knowledge. His advocacy is confident, authoritative and persuasive.'
Amelia Nice
Doughty Street Chambers‘Amelia is a fantastic extradition brief. She is confident, bright and a pleasure to work with.’
Adam Payter
6KBW College Hill‘He has an outstanding knowledge of extradition law and excellent tactical judgement. His advice is clear and accessible.’
James Stansfeld
Matrix Chambers'In extradition he is undoubtedly one of the top juniors in the field. He has an encyclopedic knowledge of the law and is able to apply it in practice. His written work is top class and there is no issue too complicated for him. He gains the trust and respect of clients and judges alike in this area.'
Mary Westcott
Doughty Street Chambers'Mary is incredibly diligent and hard-working. She is extremely experienced and well versed in extradition law and procedure having dealt with a wide range of differing cases over a number of years. She is hugely helpful to solicitors that instruct her. She has a clear and direct advocacy style which is always which appears to endear her to tribunals.'
David Ball
36 Group'David is someone you always want on your side. He is able to make the most complex point understandable and is a truly gifted advocate.'
Hannah Burton
Matrix Chambers‘Hannah is meticulous in her approach and does not leave any stone unturned. She is fantastic to work with from a solicitor’s perspective and she puts clients at ease. Her advocacy style is one that engages her tribunal and is highly clear and persuasive.’
Richard Evans
6KBW College Hill'Richard Evans is excellent. Hard working and totally professional.'
Myles Grandison
Temple Garden Chambers‘He is a very capable, bright, diligent, good-humoured and effective barrister. He exudes a reassuring quiet confidence that makes for very attractive advocacy.’
Ania Grudzinska
Guernica 37 Chambers'Hard-working and reliable with sound knowledge of extradition law. Advocacy that resonates with judges and often achieves results when the odds appear stacked against her.'
Rebecca Hadgett
Three Raymond Buildings‘An extremely intelligent, strategic thinking but with exceptional client care and advocacy skills.’
Graeme Hall
Doughty Street Chambers'Graeme's understated approach is seriously effective. A clever lawyer, one to watch.'
Laura Herbert
Crucible Chambers‘Laura is a formidable barrister, with the perfect balance of exceptional qualities expected of a leading advocate. Her thorough preparedness shines through in court, with a clear command of case law, dealing with judicial and opposing counsels interventions with ease. In cross-examination, Laura’s disarming personability secures excellent results and helpful admissions.’
Kathryn Howarth
Temple Garden Chambers'Kathryn is an excellent and persuasive advocate before all tribunals. She addresses complex issues with skill and care combining an excellent grasp of the law with practicality. She is very experienced in extradition, a persuasive advocate and her written and oral advocacy is at the highest level. She has an innate understanding of the best points and Judges agree.'
Stefan Hyman
9BR Chambers'Stefan is a regular in the extradition courts, in particular for the prosecution. He is extremely personable, knows his extradition law and is a good and reliable junior.'
Ben Joyes
9BR Chambers'Ben is a regular practitioner in the extradition field and is a diligent and hard-working junior with a good base of defence work. He has a thorough grounding in extradition law and a likeable advocacy style which endears him to courts and opponents.'
Ben Lloyd
6KBW College Hill‘Ben is one of the leading extradition junior barristers. If there were treasury counsel for extradition prosecution counsel, he would lead the pack. A humble advocate of conspicuously discerning ability, he is fearless in presenting his client’s case while remaining a true gentleman.’
Benjamin Seifert
1 Crown Office Row‘Ben is charming, engaging and a polished advocate. His submissions are focused, eloquent and well-structured. He is a pleasure to work with and to be against. Ben demonstrates great judgement when choosing which arguments to run, giving his submissions real weight.’
Jonathan Swain
9BR Chambers'Excellent knowledgeable and fantastic to work with.'
Alex Tinsley
Doughty Street Chambers'Alex has an incredibly creative and meticulous legal mind. His drafting is consistently brilliant – elegant, thoughtful, and forensic. He brings real intellectual depth to every case yet remains remarkably humble and grounded. A standout barrister and a real pleasure to work with.'
Saoirse Townshend
Temple Garden Chambers'Combines huge experience with excellent judgment and laser-like intelligence. A fabulous advocate in writing and in court too.'
David Williams
5 St Andrews Hill‘Without doubt one of the best advocates within the extradition Bar, able to put forward the client’s case in court in a way like few other barristers are able to.’
Danielle Barden
5 St Andrews HillGeorgia Beatty
5 St Andrews Hill‘Georgia consistently demonstrates excellence in her legal practice, particularly in the areas of drafting and handling complex matters. Her meticulous attention to detail and comprehensive understanding of the law enable her to navigate intricate legal issues with ease.’
Toby Cadman
Guernica 37 Chambers'He has a very wide ranging set of knowledge and is able to utilise his knowledge of multi-jurisdictions to the advantage of his lay and professional clients. He is as adept at dealing with lay witnesses as professional witnesses and adopts a very clear and thoughtful approach to all cross examination.'
Julia Farrant
Furnival Chambers'Wonderful professional. Excellent analytical skills and very fluent as a speaker. Totally dedicated and easy to get on with.'
George Hepburne Scott
Church Court Chambers
Reka Hollos
Three Raymond Buildings‘Reka is an impressive opponent, and is carving a solid practice at the extradition Bar. She has a forceful advocacy style, and will go very far.’
Rachel Kapila
Cloth Fair Chambers'She is able to quickly assimilate information and is assiduous in her preparation. This means that she really inspires confidence in her clients.'
Sophia Kerridge
5 St Andrews Hill
Gemma Lindfield
5 St Andrews Hill‘Gemma is detailed, thorough, and careful when advising and bold in court.’
Émilie Pottle
Temple Garden Chambers'Emilie is a versatile advocate with overlapping complimentary practice areas that are not that common allowing her to raise interesting points that others may not think of.'
Sian Priory
5 St Andrews Hill
Ciju Puthuppally
Three Raymond Buildings‘Ciju is a very impressive advocate. He is hard-working and details oriented. As an advocate he has a measured and persuasive style.’
Mark Smith
5 St Andrews Hill'Mark is a methodical advocate who advances complex points in a calm and reassuring manner. His submissions are often detailed, and he is always on top of the law and his papers. He is pragmatic and tries to narrow the issues as much as possible. He is always very pleasant to deal with.'
Adam Squibbs
Furnival Chambers‘Adam is very diligent and bright. His oral and written advocacy is always extremely thorough and effective.’
Robbie Stern
Matrix Chambers'Robbie is a fantastic barrister, able to grasp complex cases quickly and deal with difficult issues pragmatically and in a way far beyond his year of call. His oral and written advocacy are equally impressive. He will undoubtedly go far at whatever he turns his hand to.'
Juliet Wells
11KBW ‘Juliet is an excellent professional, she is detail-oriented, sharp and assertive. She is a well-read person with impeccable legal background, and a very friendly person. She manages to raise every team member to her level of expectation and quality.’
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.
Joe O’Leary
5 St Andrews Hill‘Excellent young barrister and advocate in court, already delivering great results and who will no doubt become one of the best in due course.’
Rebecca Thomas
5 St Andrews Hill
Sophie Stevens
9BR'Popular with clients and solicitors alike. Strives always for the best outcome and identifies issues and material supportive of a client’s case. Excellent at obtaining material to advance her arguments.'
Tom Davies
Red Lion Chambers'Despite being relatively junior in extradition, he has developed a reputation as a safe pair of hands who can be trusted in prosecution cases. He is a robust advocate, as adept with technical points as he is with broader human rights arguments.'
Douglas Wotherspoon
9BR Chambers'Has a gravitas and maturity beyond his years' call. A barrister that really enjoys the intellectual rigour of extradition. In court he has a calm, authoritative and informed style that judges and clients appreciate.'