Leila Ghahhary
Lincoln House Chambers‘A formidable advocate whose brilliance and sophistication sets her apart. Leila is an elegant, engaging advocate who has a commanding presence in court.'
Inquests and inquiries
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.
Laura Nash
Serjeants’ Inn ChambersDavid Sandiford
Exchange Chambers
Kate Stone
Garden Court North Chambers ‘Kate is excellent with lay clients, provides pragmatic advice and is not afraid of arguing a difficult or novel point. Kate is also always responsive and great to work with.'
Sara Sutherland
Exchange Chambers ‘Sara is an extremely capable and fiercely passionate advocate. Her knowledge of the coronial process is second to none.’
Austin Welch
Lincoln House Chambers‘Austin is a very experienced and capable barrister, who has all the specialist knowledge required. He is an excellent and persuasive advocate. He also is personable and puts the client and instructing solicitor at ease.’
Elizabeth Dudley-Jones
Deans Court Chambers ‘Strong advocate, great with witnesses, robust and fair.'
Tim Holloway
Hundred Court Chambers'Tim is the very definition of thorough. He relishes the detail in a case and leaves no stone unturned. He has an almost frightening attention to detail.'
David Pojur
Lincoln House Chambers‘He is an exceptional advocate who consistently provides clear and practical advice to his clients. David is always prepared and quickly gets to the crux of the brief, allowing ample time to devise an effective strategy.’
John Hobson
Doughty Street Chambers'John is exceptional with clients. He understands their goals and objectives and works tirelessly to achieve those for them. He is patient with clients and ensures he advisesthem and guides them through the difficult inquest process.'
Richard Borrett
Kings Chambers'Richard is clearly very experienced and knowledgeable he and has a great presence in court.'
Christian Weaver
Garden Court North Chambers ‘Christian has a natural attention to detail. He sees issues that other team members may not identify, he is confident with clients and knows the law, and he is a star in the making.'
Rupert Davies
18 St John Street Chambers 'He is always very well prepared and easy to work with. He is able to get to the heart of an issue quickly and focus his submissions on the key points. He is a very fair advocate who is able to concede points that have no merit whilst still ensuring his clients interests are protected.'
Patrick Cassidy
Kenworthy’s ChambersVirginia Hayton
Deans Court Chambers'Virginia is great to work with. She is excellent with clients and demonstrates a real depth of knowledge in the healthcare sector. As an advocate, she is clear, concise and extremely effective before courts and tribunals.'
Peter Smith
Deans Court Chambers‘Attention to detail is second to none, as is his knowledge of the rules and procedures. Distils and simplifies often complex issues and gives clients and those instructing confidence.’
Ciara Bartlam
Garden Court North ChambersShe is very tenacious and willing to put up a fight for her clients. She is also incredibly kind and compassionate with vulnerable clients and has a way of communicating that is human, compassionate, clear, and concise.’
Gail Farrington
Wilberforce Barristers 'Gail has a natural ability to question witnesses effectively without being adversarial in any way. She is able to illicit the information she requires in an empathic way and make witnesses feel at ease.'
Sarah Barlow
Exchange ChambersTom Gent
Deans Court Chambers‘He is meticulous, frighteningly clever, yet able to illicit the trust of a client within moments of meeting them. His advocacy is nothing short of brilliant, his legal arguments are spectacular and he is a pleasure to watch.’
Joseph Hart
Deans Court Chambers'He is intuitive about cases and adapts to client needs with an instinctive knowledge of what needs to be done to get the best outcome.'
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.
Mira Hammad
Garden Court North ChambersHamish McCallum
Garden Court Chambers‘Hamish is an excellent counsel. He is able to act on his feet, and accept and act upon last minute, unexpected instructions from clients. Hamish is brilliant at explaining complex matters in lay person’s terms.’
Rebecca Titus-Cobb
St John’s Buildings ‘She is detailed in her preparation which then comes across in her advocacy and she is able to extract key evidence from witnesses. She has a personable manner and is able to put clients at ease.’
Arya Tabrizi
Kings Chambers‘Arya is excellent on his feet, and in particular for his level of call, which is testament to his attention to detail and his confident and persuasive advocacy style which exceeds his years of experience.’
Arya Tabrizi
Kings Chambers 'His attention to detail and his confident and persuasive advocacy style which exceeds his years of experience.'
Lily Lewis
Garden Court Chambers‘Clear, concise, clever. Made of steel. A very calm advocate, and excellent at drawing together complex and difficult material. She is utterly brilliant and will go far.’
Rebecca Titus-Cobb
St John's Buildings'She is detailed in her preparation which then comes across in her advocacy and she is able to extract key evidence from witnesses. She has a personable manner and is able to put clients at ease.'
Oliver Carr
Deans Court Chambers ‘He secures consistent outcomes through painstaking preparation and focused advocacy both in writing and orally. Oliver is pro-active in pointing to the relevant core areas of investigations in some very challenging circumstances.’