2020 Bar Shortlist

CIVIL LIBERTIES AND HUMAN RIGHTS

SET OF THE YEAR

Blackstone Chambers

Brick Court Chambers

Doughty Street Chambers

Garden Court Chambers

Matrix Chambers

CIVIL LIBERTIES AND HUMAN RIGHTS

SILK OF THE YEAR

Heather Williams QC (Doughty Street Chambers)

Phillippa Kaufmann QC (Matrix Chambers)

Raza Husain QC (Matrix Chambers)

Sir James Eadie QC (Blackstone Chambers)

Stephanie Harrison QC (Garden Court Chambers)

CIVIL LIBERTIES AND HUMAN RIGHTS

JUNIOR OF THE YEAR

Adam Wagner (Doughty Street Chambers)

Edward Craven (Matrix Chambers)

Hanif Mussa (Blackstone Chambers)

Maya Sikand (Garden Court Chambers)

COMMERCIAL LITIGATION

SET OF THE YEAR

Brick Court Chambers

Essex Court Chambers

Fountain Court Chambers

Littleton Chambers

Maitland Chambers

South Square

Wilberforce Chambers

COMMERCIAL LITIGATION

SILK OF THE YEAR

Bankim Thanki QC (Fountain Court Chambers)

Catherine Newman QC (Maitland Chambers)

Charles Samek QC (Littleton Chambers)

David Foxton QC (Essex Court Chambers)

David Wolfson QC (One Essex Court)

Ewan McQuater QC (3 Verulam Buildings)

Felicity Toube QC (South Square)

Thomas Lowe QC (Wilberforce Chambers)

COMMERCIAL LITIGATION

JUNIOR OF THE YEAR

Anna Dilnot (Essex Court Chambers)

Christopher Newman (Twenty Essex)

Craig Morrison (Brick Court Chambers)

Jamie Goldsmith (One Essex Court)

Laura John (Fountain Court Chambers)

Leona Powell (Blackstone Buildings)

Scott Ralston (3 Verulam Buildings)

Sharif Shivji (4 Stone Buildings)

Simon Hattan (Serle Court)

CONSTRUCTION AND ENERGY

SET OF THE YEAR

4 Pump Court

Atkin Chambers

Keating Chambers

CONSTRUCTION AND ENERGY

SILK OF THE YEAR

Adam Constable QC (Keating Chambers)

Andrew Rigney QC (Crown Office Chambers)

David Streatfeild James QC (Atkin Chambers )

Paul Darling QC (39 Essex Chambers)

Paul Reed QC (Hardwicke)

CONSTRUCTION AND ENERGY

JUNIOR OF THE YEAR

David Pliener (Hardwicke)

James Bowling (4 Pump Court)

Kate Livesey (4 Pump Court)

Paul Buckingham (Keating Chambers)

Richard Coplin (Keating Chambers)

Simon Hale (4 Pump Court)

CRIME

SET OF THE YEAR

2 Bedford Row

2 Hare Court

6KBW College Hill

Red Lion Chambers

Three Raymond Buildings

CRIME

SILK OF THE YEAR

Clare Montgomery QC (Matrix Chambers)

Clare Wade QC (Garden Court Chambers)

Gillian Jones QC (Red Lion Chambers)

Hugo Keith QC (Three Raymond Buildings)

Oliver Saxby QC (6 Pump Court)

CRIME

JUNIOR OF THE YEAR

Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh (Matrix Chambers)

Gudrun Young (2 Hare Court)

Leila Gaskin (Charter Chambers)

Neil Saunders (Three Raymond Buildings)

Paul Raudnitz (QEB Hollis Whiteman)

EMPLOYMENT

SET OF THE YEAR

11KBW

Blackstone Chambers

Littleton Chambers

Matrix Chambers

Old Square Chambers

EMPLOYMENT

SILK OF THE YEAR

Andrew Short QC (Outer Temple Chambers)

Jane Mulcahy QC (Blackstone Chambers)

Karon Monaghan QC (Matrix Chambers)

Michael Ford QC (Old Square Chambers)

Thomas Linden QC (Matrix Chambers)

EMPLOYMENT

JUNIOR OF THE YEAR

Claire Darwin (Matrix Chambers)

Edward Kemp (Littleton Chambers)

Sam Neaman (Littleton Chambers)

Sophie Belgrove (11KBW)

Stuart Brittenden (Old Square Chambers)

EU AND COMPETITION

SET OF THE YEAR

39 Essex Chambers

Blackstone Chambers

Brick Court Chambers

Matrix Chambers

Monckton Chambers

EU AND COMPETITION

SILK OF THE YEAR

Helen Mountfield QC (Matrix Chambers)

Jessica Simor QC (Matrix Chambers)

Kieron Beal QC (Blackstone Chambers)

Marie Demetriou QC (Brick Court Chambers)

Philip Moser QC (Monckton Chambers)

EU AND COMPETITION

JUNIOR OF THE YEAR

Anneli Howard (Monckton Chambers)

Ben Lask (Monckton Chambers)

Gerard Rothschild (Brick Court Chambers)

Jason Pobjoy (Blackstone Chambers)

Paul Luckhurst (Blackstone Chambers)

Sarah Abram (Brick Court Chambers)

FAMILY AND CHILDREN

SET OF THE YEAR

1 Hare Court

1 King’s Bench Walk

29 Bedford Row Chambers

4 Paper Buildings

Queen Elizabeth Building (QEB)

FAMILY AND CHILDREN

SILK OF THE YEAR

Deborah Bangay QC (1 Hare Court)

Jonathan Southgate QC (29 Bedford Row Chambers)

Philip Marshall QC (1 King’s Bench Walk)

Teertha Gupta QC (4 Paper Buildings)

Tim Amos QC (Queen Elizabeth Building (QEB))

FAMILY AND CHILDREN

JUNIOR OF THE YEAR

Harry Oliver (1 King’s Bench Walk)

Henry Clayton (4 Paper Buildings)

Joy Brereton (4 Paper Buildings)

Marina Faggionato (Queen Elizabeth Building (QEB))

Nichola Gray (1 Hare Court)

INSOLVENCY

SET OF THE YEAR

Enterprise

Maitland Chambers

Serle Court

South Square

XXIV Old Buildings

INSOLVENCY

SILK OF THE YEAR

Catherine Addy QC (Maitland Chambers)

Daniel Bayfield QC (South Square)

David Allison QC (South Square)

Elspeth Talbot Rice QC (XXIV Old Buildings)

Philip Jones QC (Serle Court)

INSOLVENCY

JUNIOR OF THE YEAR

Henry Phillips (South Square)

Linden Ife (Enterprise Chambers)

Reuben Comiskey (Radcliffe Chambers)

Sharif Shivji (4 Stone Buildings)

Tiran Nersessian (4 Stone Buildings)

INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION

SET OF THE YEAR

3 Verulam Buildings

39 Essex Chambers

Essex Court Chambers

Fountain Court Chambers

One Essex Court

Quadrant Chambers

Twenty Essex

INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION

SILK OF THE YEAR

Anneliese Day QC (Fountain Court Chambers)

Charles Kimmins QC (Twenty Essex)

Gavin Kealey QC (7 King’s Bench Walk)

Graham Dunning QC (Essex Court Chambers)

Harry Matovu QC (Brick Court Chambers)

Rachel Ansell QC (4 Pump Court)

Roger Stewart QC (4 New Square)

Simon Rainey QC (Quadrant Chambers)

Veronique Buehrlen QC (Keating Chambers)

INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION

JUNIOR OF THE YEAR

Alexander Milner (Fountain Court Chambers)

Edward Ho (Brick Court Chambers)

Harris Bor (Twenty Essex)

Jane Davies Evans (3 Verulam Buildings)

Karen Gough (39 Essex Chambers)

Lucas Bastin (Essex Court Chambers)

Mark Chennells (Atkin Chambers)

Sandra Healy (7 King’s Bench Walk)

Sean Aughey (11KBW)

IP, IT AND MEDIA

SET OF THE YEAR

4 Pump Court

5RB

8 New Square

Atkin Chambers

Hogarth

IP, IT AND MEDIA

SILK OF THE YEAR

Adrienne Page QC (5RB)

Alex Charlton QC (4 Pump Court)

Catrin Evans QC (Matrix Chambers)

Charlotte May QC (8 New Square)

David Streatfeild-James QC (Atkin Chambers)

Hugo Cuddigan QC (11 South Square)

Ian Mill QC (Blackstone Chambers)

Simon Malynicz QC (3 New Square)

IP, IT AND MEDIA

JUNIOR OF THE YEAR

Amanda Michaels (Hogarth)

David Glen (11KBW)

David Sherborne (5RB)

Isabel Jamal (8 New Square)

Jaani Riordan (8 New Square)

Jane Phillips (5RB)

Jessie Bowhill (8 New Square)

Tom Alkin (11 South Square)

PERSONAL INJURY AND CLINICAL NEGLIGENCE

SET OF THE YEAR

1 Crown Office Row

39 Essex Chambers

7BR

9 Gough Square

Serjeants’ Inn Chambers

PERSONAL INJURY AND CLINICAL NEGLIGENCE

SILK OF THE YEAR

David Platt QC (Crown Office Chambers)

Edward Faulks QC (1 Chancery Lane)

Elizabeth-Anne Gumbel QC (1 Crown Office Row)

Neil Block QC (39 Essex Chambers)

Simeon Maskrey QC (7BR)

William Audland QC (12 King’s Bench Walk)

PERSONAL INJURY AND CLINICAL NEGLIGENCE

JUNIOR OF THE YEAR

Catherine Foster (Crown Office Chambers)

Claire Watson (Serjeants’ Inn Chambers)

Jeremy Pendlebury (7BR)

Judith Ayling (39 Essex Chambers)

Patrick Vincent (12 King’s Bench Walk)

PRIVATE CLIENT: TRUSTS AND PROBATE

SET OF THE YEAR

5 Stone Buildings

Radcliffe Chambers

Ten Old Square

Wilberforce Chambers

XXIV Old Buildings

PRIVATE CLIENT: TRUSTS AND PROBATE

SILK OF THE YEAR

Brian Green QC (Wilberforce Chambers)

Elspeth Talbot Rice QC (XXIV Old Buildings)

Francis Barlow QC (Ten Old Square)

Henry Legge QC (5 Stone Buildings)

Shân Warnock-Smith QC (5 Stone Buildings)

PRIVATE CLIENT: TRUSTS AND PROBATE

JUNIOR OF THE YEAR

Georgia Bedworth (Ten Old Square)

James Brightwell (Serle Court)

Judith Bryant (Wilberforce Chambers)

Lynton Tucker (New Square Chambers)

Piers Feltham (Radcliffe Chambers)

PUBLIC LAW

SET OF THE YEAR

11KBW

Blackstone Chambers

Brick Court Chambers

Landmark Chambers

Matrix Chambers

Monckton Chambers

PUBLIC LAW

SILK OF THE YEAR

Andrew Sharland QC (11KBW)

David Lock QC (Landmark Chambers)

Helen Mountfield QC (Matrix Chambers)

Ian Wise QC (Monckton Chambers)

Karon Monaghan QC (Matrix Chambers)

Philip Coppel QC (Cornerstone Barristers)

Sam Grodzinski QC (Blackstone Chambers)

PUBLIC LAW

JUNIOR OF THE YEAR

Christopher Knight (11KBW)

Claire Darwin (Matrix Chambers)

David Blundell (Landmark Chambers)

Francis Hoar (Field Court ChambersChambers)

Hanif Mussa (Blackstone Chambers)

Jude Bunting (Doughty Street Chambers)

Katherine Apps (39 Essex Chambers)

Sarah Hannett (Matrix Chambers)

REAL ESTATE, ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING

SET OF THE YEAR

Falcon Chambers

Landmark Chambers

Wilberforce Chambers

REAL ESTATE, ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING

SILK OF THE YEAR

Andrew Butler QC (Tanfield Chambers)

James Maurici QC  (Landmark Chambers)

Joanne Wicks QC (Wilberforce Chambers)

Nicholas Grundy QC (Five Paper)

Ranjit Bhose QC (Cornerstone Barristers)

Saira Kabir Sheikh QC (Francis Taylor Building)

Sasha White QC (Landmark Chambers)

Timothy Morshead QC (Landmark Chambers)

REAL ESTATE, ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING

JUNIOR OF THE YEAR

Christiaan Zwart (39 Essex Chambers)

Daniel Dovar (Tanfield Chambers)

Elizabeth Fitzgerald (Falcon Chambers)

Jamal Demachkie (Hardwicke)

Jonathan Manning (4-5 Gray’s Inn Square)

Melissa Murphy (Francis Taylor Building)

Ned Westaway  (Francis Taylor Building)

Samantha Riggs (25 Bedford Row)

SHIPPING

SET OF THE YEAR

4 Pump Court

7 King’s Bench Walk

Essex Court Chambers

Quadrant Chambers

Twenty Essex

SHIPPING

SILK OF THE YEAR

Alistair Schaff QC (7 King’s Bench Walk)

David Bailey QC (7 King’s Bench Walk)

John Russell QC (Quadrant Chambers)

Michael Ashcroft QC (Twenty Essex)

Simon Croall QC (Quadrant Chambers)

Simon Rainey QC (Quadrant Chambers)

SHIPPING

JUNIOR OF THE YEAR

Alexander Wright (4 Pump Court)

Benjamin Coffer (Quadrant Chambers)

David Semark (Quadrant Chambers)

Henry Byam-Cook (Twenty Essex)

Luke Pearce (Twenty Essex)

Stewart Buckingham (Quadrant Chambers)

TAX

SET OF THE YEAR

Essex Court Chambers

Gray’s Inn Tax Chambers

Monckton Chambers

Pump Court Tax Chambers

Temple Tax Chambers

TAX

SILK OF THE YEAR

Melanie Hall QC (Monckton Chambers)

Michael Gibbon QC (Maitland Chambers)

Nicola Shaw QC (Gray’s Inn Tax Chambers)

Roger Thomas QC (Pump Court Tax Chambers)

Sam Grodzinski QC (Blackstone Chambers)

TAX

JUNIOR OF THE YEAR

John Brinsmead-Stockham (11 New Square)

Michael Firth (Gray’s Inn Tax Chambers)

Raymond Hill (Monckton Chambers)

Zizhen Yang (Pump Court Tax Chambers)

REGIONAL BAR

SET OF THE YEAR

30 Park Place

3PB

Garden Court North

Parklane Plowden

St John’s Chambers

REGIONAL BAR

SILK OF THE YEAR

Caroline Rees QC (30 Park Place)

Leslie Blohm QC (St John’s Chambers)

Paul Greaney QC (New Park Court)

Pete Weatherby QC (Garden Court North)

Vanessa Meachin QC (3PB)

REGIONAL BAR

JUNIOR OF THE YEAR

Alex Troup (St John’s Chambers)

David Went (Exchange Chambers)

Nicholas David Jones (Civitas Law)

Tom Royston (Garden Court North Chambers)

Victoria Clifford (No5 Barristers Chambers)

SCOTTISH BAR

STABLE OF THE YEAR

Ampersand Advocates

Arnot Manderson Advocates

Axiom Advocates

Compass Chambers

Terra Firma Chambers

SCOTTISH BAR

SILK OF THE YEAR

Aidan O’Neill QC (Ampersand)

David Johnston QC (Axiom Advocates)

James Findlay QC (Terra Firma)

Roddy Dunlop QC (Axiom Advocates)

Ruth Crawford QC (Axiom Advocates)

SCOTTISH BAR

JUNIOR OF THE YEAR

Duncan Hamilton (Arnot Manderson Advocate)

Jennifer Nicholson (Ampersand)

Laura-Anne van der Westhuizen (Ampersand)

Nicola Gilchrist (Arnot Manderson Advocates)

Usman Tariq (Ampersand)

CLERKING/PRACTICE MANAGEMENT

CLERK OF THE YEAR

Adam Cope (The 36 Group)

Faye Patis (QEB Hollis Whiteman)

Richard Summerscales (6KBW College Hill)

Ryan Barrow (Six Pump Court)

Samantha Jones (3 Verulam Buildings)

Sean Gentleman (Pump Court Chambers)

Toby Sparrow (Crown Office Chambers)

Tristan Whigham (12 King’s Bench Walk)

CLERKING/PRACTICE MANAGEMENT

TEAM OF THE YEAR

Hailsham

Hardwicke

Keating Chambers

One Essex Court

Serjeants’ Inn Chambers

Wilberforce Chambers

CLERKING/PRACTICE MANAGEMENT

SENIOR CLERK/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR

Colin Cook (Garden Court Chambers)

Jemma Tagg (Twenty Essex)

Michael Goodridge (9 Gough Square)

Oliver Parkhouse (12 King’s Bench Walk)

Paul Bunting and Darren Madle (Selborne Chambers)

Robert Archer (Farringdon Chambers)

Tony Burgess and Paul Dennison (Brick Court Chambers)