Event Report

Legal 500, in collaboration with Advocate, was delighted to host this year’s Bar Awards, recognising outstanding chambers, silks, juniors, clerks, and business services professionals across England and Wales.

Held at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge London on Tuesday 22 September, the event brought together the leading names at the Bar for an evening of celebration and recognition.

Highlights of the night included:

· 3PB winning Southern Set of the Year

· No5 Barristers’ Chambers named Welsh and Midlands Set of the Year

· Kings Chambers taking home Northern Set of the Year

· Radcliffe Chambers awarded Front of House Team of the Year

· Littleton Chambers securing Marketing Team of the Year

· JJ Jacobson of Coram Chambers recognised as Junior Clerk of the Year

· Katie Szewcyk of Brick Court Chambers named Clerk of the Year

· Blackstone Chambers’s Mat Swallow winning Chambers Leader of the Year

· Andrew Love of 5RB awarded Senior Clerk of the Year

· 4 Pump Court taking home Clerking Team of the Year

· Littleton Chambers’s Lydia Banerjee named Junior of the Year

· Nick Bacon KC of 4 New Square Chambers winning Silk of the Year

· 7 King’s Bench Walk awarded Set of the Year

Grounded in Legal 500’s market-leading independent research, conducted by a team of in-house researchers with in-depth knowledge of their practice areas, the awards are determined on merit alone and provide a credible and impartial benchmark of excellence across the Bar.

Congratulations to all those recognised on this year’s shortlist, and to every winner on the night.

View the full list of winners: Winners 2026 – Events

See photos from the evening: 2026- On the Night – Events

Thank you to everyone who joined us, and to Advocate for their collaboration. We look forward to celebrating the achievements of the Bar again in the years ahead.