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.

2
Robert Dacre
Cloth Fair Chambers
2
Keith Mitchell
Libertas Chambers
3
Kathryn Arnot Drummond
5KBW
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3
Catherine Collins
Three Raymond Buildings
3
Polly Dyer
Cloth Fair Chambers
‘Polly is strategic, intelligent and responsive. She puts clients at ease in difficult situations.'
3
Leila Gaafar
6KBW College Hill
‘Leila is phenomenal.  She is incredibly bright and hard-working, superb with clients, and tactically astute.’
3
Frederick Hookway
5KBW
‘He has a strong courtroom presence and a very fair but rigorous approach.'
3
Jennifer Newcomb
QEB Hollis Whiteman
‘Jennifer is excellent, her advocacy is persuasive and engaging, and her dedication to her work is obvious to all.’
3
Matt Lawson
Libertas Chambers
‘Matthew has sterling judgement and a commanding presence.’
4
Alexander dos Santos
Serjeants’ Inn Chambers
. He charms juries and has judges eating out of his hand.’
4
Ben Holt
5KBW
4
Tim Hunter
2BR
4
Rupert Kent
5KBW
4
Amy Oliver
2 Harcourt Buildings
‘An exceptionally good junior.’
4
Jessica Tate
Foundry Chambers
 
4
Annie Johnston
Millennium Chambers
4
Roxanne Morrell
Libertas Chambers

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.

1
Molly Dyas
2 Bedford Row
Molly has an instinctive grasp of the perfect tactics for any fraud case.'
1
Tom Phillips
QEB Hollis Whiteman
'An eloquent and smooth advocate.'