Scott Allen
4 New Square‘Scott responds quickly, delivers exceptional service is very user-friendly and has a pragmatic approach.'
Professional negligence
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.
Francis Bacon
Hailsham Chambers‘Francis is a pleasure to work with, is extremely responsive and a bright, innovative thinker. Francis gets into the detail of claims, drafts documents with skill and is a brilliant advocate. ’
Ivor Collett
Crown Office Chambers ‘Ivor is excellent on his feet; he gets to grips with case quickly and has a very easy manner making him a pleasure to work with.'
Hugh Evans
4 New Square‘He combines intellect and his years of experience in a very affable way. He's a pleasure to work with and clients really enjoy working with him too.’
James Hall
Gatehouse Chambers‘James is simply wonderful to work with and has everything you would want in a barrister. He leaves no stone unturned and his thorough preparation means his advocacy is a joy to watch.'
Miles Harris
4 New Square ‘Miles is extremely capable; he drafts very well, has excellent attention to detail, is very commercial and great with clients. He is robust and works well as part of a team.'
Kate Livesey
4 Pump Court ‘She has a really detailed understanding of cases, the relevant facts and the key issues. ’
Charles Phipps
4 New Square‘Charles is the industry go-to for any complex issues arising from confidentiality or privilege disputes. He is very proactive, approaches matters with commercial sense and is an intellectual titan.’
Michael Ryan
7 King’s Bench WalkCarl Troman
4 New SquareIsabel Barter
4 New Square Chambers‘Super bright, client friendly and very good on her feet.’
Imran Benson
Hailsham Chambers‘Imran's individual strengths and qualities include practical, commercial advice which is delivered in a user-friendly manner. He has a wealth of experience in matters concerning professional negligence and approaches matters diligently with a keen eye to detail. ’
Michael Bowmer
4 New Square‘Michael is thorough and very detailed, happy to answer any questions put to him. The go-to for defendant solicitor negligence work, he has a clear sense of authority and calmness about him.’
Timothy Chelmick
4 New SquareLucy Colter
4 New Square‘Lucy works incredibly hard for her clients, she is completely on top of the facts, the law and the procedural issues. She always makes herself available and is extremely user-friendly and good fun to work with. ’
Peter Dodge
Radcliffe ChambersJason Evans-Tovey
Crown Office Chambers‘Jason is simply excellent. He can see the claim from early on and gives advice on the strategy right through to trial.’
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James Goudkamp
7 King’s Bench WalkRónán Hanna
Atkin ChambersHugh Jackson
Selborne ChambersKatie Powell
Atkin Chambers‘She is an excellent barrister with a brilliant writing style and a razor sharp legal mind.’
Ben Smiley
4 New Square‘He is a future silk, technically excellent.’
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Dan Stacey
Hailsham Chambers‘Dan is excellent at costs and professional negligence. Dan is straightforward, helpful and a pleasure to work with.’
David Thomas
2 Temple Gardens ‘A brilliant lawyer, super hardworking and excellent judgment. Writes beautifully. ’
Nik Yeo
Fountain Court ChambersEbony Alleyne
Gatehouse ChambersTom Asquith
4 New SquareNicola Atkins
Crown Office Chambers‘Nicola is a very good lawyer who is tactically astute, she always seems to get a great result for her client. She is particularly strong in construction professional negligence and associated insurance issues. ’
Nicholas Broomfield
4 New Square ‘Excellent on his feet, great with clients, always one step ahead.’
Paul Bury
Keating ChambersHe is super knowledgeable and intelligent – the kind of intelligence you would expect to see in a top-tier KC.’
Suzanne Chalmers
Crown Office Chambers‘She is really great in conference and a real team player’
Nicholas Collings
Atkin ChambersNicholas is clear and concise in his advocacy.’
Daniel Edmonds
Fountain Court Chambers‘A star junior barrister, he is an intellectual powerhouse in professional negligence with great knowledge and experience on cross-border and jurisdiction issues. Dan is carving a path as one of the leading juniors for the very complex claims in this field.’
Omar Eljadi
Atkin Chambers ‘Omar is extremely knowledgeable about the law and completely on top of the technical detail. He drafts beautifully, is a team player and a real pleasure to work with. ’
Doré Green
2 Temple Gardens ‘Doré has phenomenal attention to detail. He gets ‘under the bonnet’ of a case and really understands a case inside out and backwards and forwards.’
Chris Greenwood
4 New Square ‘Very thorough and thoughtful. Has a real love of the law which comes through both in terms of his preparation and his advocacy.’
Simon Henderson
4 Pump CourtMatthew Jackson
Hailsham Chambers‘Clear, down to earth and approachable.’
Anthony Jones
4 New Square‘Anthony is a brilliant team player who inspires confidence in all who work with him. His written work is some of the best and he is a polished and accomplished advocate.’
Saleem Khalid
Deka Chambers‘ Saleem is an outstanding barrister. He is both extremely user-friendly and an astute advocate.’
Kyle Lawson
Brick Court Chambers‘He is super brainy, writes well and his analysis always shows great judgement. He is so user-friendly that it is a pleasure to deal with him. ’
Pippa Manby
4 New Square‘She is hardworking, diligent and easy to deal with. She is recommended for professional negligence matters.’
Sarah McCann
Gatehouse ChambersCaroline McColgan
Crown Office ChambersJoshua Munro
Hailsham Chambers ‘Joshua is a leading light with genuine gravitas, who more than holds his own against silks.’
Niamh O’Reilly
Hailsham Chambers‘She is responsive, bright and commercial. An impressive advocate.’
Thomas Ogden
4 New SquareElizabeth Ovey
Radcliffe Chambers‘Elizabeth is attentive to detail, careful and considered.’
James Purchas
4 Pump Court ‘James has excellent analytical skills, he is a man for detail, both in terms of absorbing facts and in identifying all the issues such that one can rely on his advice. He is also very thorough on the pleadings.’
James Sharpe
3 Verulam BuildingsSophie Shaw
Brick Court Chambers‘Sophie Shaw is a superb addition to any counsel team with a big brain and lots of big case experience. She has been involved with several of the most important audit negligence cases in recent years.’
Tom Shepherd
4 New Square‘Tom has a helpful insolvency and company background that makes him a leading expert on any professional negligence claim that involves a corporate transaction. Tom has gravitas and gives robust but pragmatic advice.’
Jonathan Steinert
Henderson ChambersCarlo Taczalski
Crown Office Chambers‘Carlo is a fantastic advocate and leader in his field.’
Kate Vaughan-Neil
4 Pump Court‘Kate manages situations with confidence and aplomb, providing reassurance, focus and firm guidance. Kate rises to the challenge of the unexpected, relishing the creative freedom and nailing her client's objectives every time.’
Benjamin Wood
4 New Square‘Ben is great to work with and an invaluable part of the team. He is a great strategist; he never loses sight of the client's objectives and how best to achieve them.’
Luke Wygas
4 Pump Court‘Down to earth and user-friendly, he is a team player and a pleasure to work with.’
Theo Barclay
4 New Square Chambers ‘Theo is very user-friendly and is a pro-active barrister who is prepared to work hard to ensure the client gets a high standard of legal advice.’
Tom Bell
Gatehouse Chambers‘Tom is an exceptional team player, picks up the work quickly, analyses it, and produces sensible, compelling work. Always analytical but with an eye to the commercial practicalities.’
Elizabeth Boon
Crown Office Chambers‘Elizabeth is very robust and has an excellent grip of strategy.’
Lucie Briggs
Atkin Chambers‘A go-to senior junior who is to-the-point and good with clients. Doesn’t mess around, she gets the job done.’
Brenna Conroy
Keating Chambers‘She is excellent on mastering technical detail and cutting through expert evidence. She has a great handle on case strategy and assessment of merits.’
Thomas Crangle
4 Pump CourtPaul Fisher
4 New Square Chambers‘Paul is very commercial, turns documents round quickly, and is a gentleman on his feet; polite yet ruthless.’
Benjamin Fowler
4 New Square‘He is well organised and a calm, a lateral thinker and the ultimate safe pair of hands. His advocacy style is calm, focused and effective.’
Daniel Gatty
Gatehouse Chambers‘He is good with clients, delivers realistic commercial advice. He prepares thoroughly for court and meetings. ’
John Greenbourne
Crown Office ChambersMichael Harper
Crown Office Chambers‘Michael is an extremely bright, careful and effective barrister. He leaves no stone unturned, and steadily builds an overwhelming case on behalf of his client.’
Richard Harrison
DevereuxStephen Innes
4 New Square‘A fountain of knowledge when it comes to anything related to professional negligence.’
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David Johnson
Atkin Chambers‘He delivers very clear written and spoken advice.’
Christopher Knowles
Fountain Court ChambersChris is an excellent barrister. He is hardworking and effective.'
Nico Leslie
Fountain Court ChambersGary Lidington
Radcliffe Chambers ‘Gary is an astute pleader, consummate advocate, a real client pleaser, reliable and refreshingly clear. An excellent strategist and expert negotiator, he’s the complete package in the world of professional negligence.’
Marc Lixenberg
Atkin Chambers‘ Marc is very dedicated, accessible and pleasant to work with. He is receptive to other people's comments and dogged in following things up.’
Patrick Maxwell
Crown Office Chambers ‘Patrick is a very tough opponent. His advocacy is very polished and his is always the most prepared person in the room.’
Heather McMahon
Hailsham Chambers ‘A very hardworking, intelligent and thorough barrister. Very committed to her cases, and willing to go the extra mile to completely understand an issue.’
William Moffett
Radcliffe ChambersEdmund Neuberger
Atkin Chambers‘Highly recommended.'
Andrew Nicol
4 New SquarePaul Parker
4 New SquareNicholas Pilsbury
Hailsham Chambers ‘Nick consistently provides exceptional and quality advice.’
Saaman Pourghadiri
3 Verulam Buildings‘He is very approachable, friendly and a delight to work with. His drafting skills are excellent and he is able to grasp complicated issues very quickly.’
Richard Sage
Crown Office Chambers ‘Richard is just great to have on the team. His advice is clear and his strategic recommendations are sound, he is excellent with clients and can sense the direction they are heading in and tailors his approach to respond to that.’
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Jonathan Titmuss
Gatehouse Chambers‘Technically brilliant, he is able to master the complex and make challenging situations appear simple and straightforward. He has an encyclopaedic knowledge of insolvency law and which is second to none.'
Simon Arnold
Forum Chambers‘He is one of the most rounded and commercial barristers at the junior Bar. He is also very responsive and produces great written work.’
Stephen Bailey
Hailsham Chambers‘He is very quick, responsive to the tribunal and prepared to keep going even when under fire.’
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Henry Bankes-Jones
Hailsham Chambers‘He is pragmatic and delivers great commercial advice. He is one of the best.’
Natasha Bennett
Fountain Court ChambersAlexandra Bodnar
Keating Chambers‘She has a brilliant legal mind.'
James Bowling
4 Pump Court‘James is charming and great with clients. He leads a case with creativity and thoroughness and he has incredible knowledge of case authorities’
Tom Coulson
Keating ChambersDaniel Crowley
2 Temple Gardens‘Daniel is an exceptionally erudite and relentlessly thorough barrister, combining a sharp intellect with an extraordinary work ethic and an unwavering determination to secure the best outcomes for his clients. His meticulous preparation and deep understanding of complex legal issues translate into precise, persuasive advocacy, marked by incisive cross-examination and strategically sound arguments.’
Mark Cullen
4 New SquareHannah Daly
4 New Square Chambers‘Hannah always quickly gets on top of the details and adopts a forensic approach to her instructions. Her cross-examination style is excellent and very effective.’
Nick Daly
Fountain Court Chambers'He is very clear, very user friendly, brilliant in conference with clients. He is good to work with.'
Jonathan Dawid
Brick Court Chambers'He has a sharp eye for complex or subtle legal issues and is quick to identify and address potential problems. His written work is meticulous, and his advocacy is calm, precise and persuasive.'
Jack Dillon
Gatehouse Chambers'Jack is strong across the board. He is technically excellent and always on top of the detail, meaning his advice is top drawer, while also being exceptionally easy to work with and client friendly.’
David Drake
Serle CourtPia Dutton
3 Verulam Buildings ‘She is intellectually formidable and able to grapple with some hugely complicated legal issues.’
Alexander Echlin
Hailsham Chambers‘Alex is a safe pair of hands. He provides sensible and commercial advice which is always thought-out and useful; clients always know that he is on their side, and will fight their corner.’
Kort Egan
Gatehouse ChambersBenjamin Faulkner
Wilberforce ChambersJoshua Folkard
Twenty Essex‘He is extremely personable, sharp-minded and gets to nub of the issue in short order. Great with clients and a pleasure to work with; a go-to junior for all commercial claims. ’
James Frampton
Keating Chambers ‘James grapples with complex cases effortlessly and soaks up detail like a sponge. He is incredibly efficient, his drafting is superb and you can trust that he will quickly get to grips with complex factual and legal issues.’
Helen Galley
XXIV Old BuildingsMargaret Griffin
Hailsham Chambers‘She has excellent knowledge and experience, especially in cases with an element of trusts, probate or private client work. Extremely efficient.’
Emma Healiss
Keating Chambers‘Emma is excellent. She is very clear and concise on her feet and presents the case in a way that is very easy for the court to digest and adopt.’
Nicholas Hill
Outer Temple Chambers‘ He is very quick witted, and extremely thorough, with a truly impressive appetite for hard work. He is also an innovative forensic thinker with great tactical instincts.’
Gideon Scott Holland
Keating Chambers‘Gideon is a smooth operator, who brings a calm authority to everything that he does.'
Sara Ibrahim
Gatehouse Chambers‘Sara provides clear and comprehensive advice with a settlement-orientated approach. Sara is a persuasive advocate who is calm under pressure.’
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Simon Kerry
Gatehouse ChambersTimothy Killen
3 Verulam Buildings‘Tim is a powerful advocate who has an uncanny ability to make what might not seem obvious to many, obvious.’
Seohyung Kim
4 New Square Chambers‘She is very available and easy to work with. She is quick to turn things around under pressure and an invaluable member of the team.’
Lisa Lacob
3 Verulam BuildingsDavid Mcllroy
Forum Chambers‘David is excellent when it comes to liaising with clients. He takes time to make sure his explanations are understood and above all is very personable.'
George McPherson
3 Verulam Buildings‘George is an outstanding barrister, he is calm under pressure and is brilliant with clients.’
Jennifer Meech
Serle Court'Jennifer has a wide range of specialist knowledge. She thinks about the issues with great care and is always well-prepared, her legal analysis is outstanding.'
Alice Nash
Hailsham Chambers‘Alice is very responsive, and offers practical advice.’
Martyn Naylor
4 Pump Court ‘Martyn is incredibly diligent and knowledgeable on all matters involving contracts and insurance. He is a polished and persuasive advocate and great to work with on long term, complex court proceedings.’
James Newman
Selborne ChambersRachael O’Hagan
Keating ChambersFrancesca O’Neill
Deka Chambers‘Francesca takes on work with great enthusiasm, dealing with issues of causation and technical arguments with vigour and ease. She is brilliant on her feet, eloquent, confident and astute with her opponents and the court’
Peter Oliver
4 Pump Court‘ Peter is a forceful advocate, he delivers clear and straightforward advice on complex matters. He is user-friendly, polite and professional, personable and engaging.’
Seb Oram
3PBElaine Palser
Outer Temple ChambersCharles Pimlott
Crown Office Chambers‘Charles is a pleasure to work with and a real team player. His drafting is first class and his advice is always sensible, pragmatic and 'on the money'. ’
Helen Pugh
Outer Temple Chambers‘Helen is a dedicated worker, committed to achieving the best outcomes for her clients. She will leave no stone unturned and put in all the hard yards.’
Peter Ratcliffe
3 Verulam BuildingsAdam Rushworth
One Essex CourtTheodor van Sante
3 Verulam BuildingsLucas Fear Segal
2 Temple Gardens ‘Lucas is highly intelligent and is able to assimilate vast quantities of complex information in record time. He is razor sharp and gets to the point very quickly indeed.’
David Sheard
Keating ChambersFrederick Simpson
Crown Office Chambers‘Frederick is very impressive.’
Andrew Spencer
Deka Chambers ‘ He is extremely user friendly. He gives his advice with confidence in a way that you are in no doubt of the strengths or weaknesses of your case. He guides you.’
Jack Steer
4 New Square Chambers‘Jack has a brilliant ability to quickly assess a tricky situation and give a clear firm opinion. Clients love his no-nonsense approach and that he does not shy away from giving a firm view, rather than sitting on the fence.’
Quentin Tannock
4 Pump CourtAlicia Tew
Hailsham Chambers‘She is approachable, strong with clients and provides commercial and pragmatic advice. You want her on your side.’
Matthew Thorne
4 Pump Court‘Matthew is good on the detail and being able to convey very difficult and technical legal contractual points to the client.’
Helena White
Gatehouse ChambersSimon Williams
Radcliffe Chambers'He has a great combination of intellect and sound commercial sense. A great team player, his advocacy is always very clear, unfussy and extremely persuasive.'
Harry Wright
7 King’s Bench Walk‘Harry is able to give very constructive and focused advice. He is quick to get to the heart of the issue, and, importantly, he is unfailingly charming and pleasant to work with.'
Louis Zvesper
Gatehouse Chambers‘He is approachable and very detail-focused.’
Richard Anderton
Hailsham ChambersEdward Bennion-Pedley
Selborne ChambersAndrew Brown
Crown Office Chambers‘Andrew is able to get to the heart of a matter quickly and understands the commercial realities of what the client needs to achieve. He provides quick, comprehensive and commercial advice.’
Patrick Clarke
Atkin ChambersNeil Dowers
4 Pump CourtNeil is a brilliant strategist, an exceptional intellect and persuasive advocate.’
Clare Elliott
Hailsham Chambers'Clare is very commercially aware. She provides advice in a way that is easy for lay clients to understand and she is very good on her feet.'
George Eyre
Gatehouse Chambers ‘George is a very bright and technically gifted junior. He has very good drafting skills and is definitely one to watch.’
Jennie Gillies
4 Pump Court'She gets to the root of the issues with lightening speed and is very highly regarded by clients. Her oral advocacy is commanding and persuasive.'
Priya Gopal
Gatehouse Chambers'Priya is exceptionally bright and makes complex issues seem simple. Priya's drafting is also exemplary.'
Richard Hanke
3 Verulam Buildings 'Richard is wonderful: as personable and pleasant to deal with as could be imagined; yet razor-sharp; exceptionally diligent; strategically spot-on; and utterly dependable.'
William Harman
4 New Square ChambersJames Hatt
4 Pump Court‘James is a very understated but able barrister whose powers of analysis and ability to formulate an argument are formidable. ’
Douglas James
4 New Square Chambers'Douglas is detailed and hardworking. His advice is well thought through, precise and commercially minded.'
Diarmuid Laffan
4 New Square Chambers‘His drafting is exceptional. He is very bright, very responsive and generally great to work with.’
Michael Levenstein
Gatehouse ChambersMek Mesfin
4 Pump Court‘Mek is an excellent advocate, he gets to grips with issues quickly and presents arguments both written and orally in a clear, persuasive and effective way. He has really excellent knowledge of technical construction law issues, and can deal with professional negligence and insurance issues with ease. ’
Ralph Morley
7 King's Bench WalkTom Pascoe
Brick Court Chambers'Tom stands out as one of the very brightest; he is always ahead of everybody in the team in his knowledge of the case and his work rate cannot be beaten. He is already a superb advocate and can be trusted to go head to head against the silk on the other side.'
Edward Sawyer
Wilberforce ChambersLydia Seymour
Outer Temple Chambers‘Lydia is an absolute pleasure to work with. She is insightful but measured, always calm and incredibly well prepared.’
Harry Smith
Keating Chambers‘Harry is a highly skilled professional with strong analytical abilities, exceptional communication, and a results-driven approach, all while remaining keenly aware of the case-related commercial realities that shape decision-making to provide thoughtful and effective solutions.’
Adam Temple
3 Verulam BuildingsCharlie Thompson
Keating Chambers'Charlie is a very good draftsman, he quickly gets to grip with technically complex technical issues.'
James Walmsley
Wilberforce ChambersJohn Williams
4 New Square Chambers‘John’s attention to detail and approachability consistently impresses. His ability to refine substantial or complicated issues into more manageable points and issues for the benefit of clients, is a real strength to his practice.’
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.
Toby Chandler
Quadrant Chambers ‘Toby is very user-friendly, he is responsive and accommodating. His written work is thorough and clear; his submissions are well-pitched.’
Anson Cheung
4 New Square Chambers'Anson is very quick to understand all the detail and grasp the issues. She is thoughtful and very thorough.'
Will Cook
4 New Square Chambers'Will is the whole package; very clever, user friendly, with an encyclopaedic knowledge of accounting standards.'
Samuel Cuthbert
4 New Square Chambers'He is responsive, clever, hard working and above all a real joy to work with.'
Conor Ewing
4 New Square Chambers'Conor is an extremely bright and able junior. He has a grasp of the detail in a complex professional negligence case.'
Hamish Fraser
Crown Office Chambers'Hamish is exceptional for his level. The quality of his advice, written work, and advocacy is well beyond his years.'
Joshua Griffin
Gatehouse ChambersCallum Monro Morrison
Keating Chambers'Callum is very user-friendly, responsive and approachable.'
James Partridge
2 Temple Gardens'James is detailed, practical and commercially focused.'
Mariusz Rumun
Crown Office Chambers'Mariusz is outstanding. He is extremely bright, immensely hard-working, a superb lawyer and very easy and an absolute pleasure to work with.'
Henk Soede
Crown Office Chambers'Henk's advice is to the point and straightforward. He is very amiable and a lovely man.'
Tom Stafford
Hailsham Chambers'He is very detailed orientated and is quick to identify issues within a case. Tom has a particular skill in drafting robust, easy to understand and effective pleadings.'