2020 Bar Winners
CIVIL LIBERTIES AND HUMAN RIGHTS
SET OF THE YEAR
Blackstone Chambers
CIVIL LIBERTIES AND HUMAN RIGHTS
SILK OF THE YEAR
Phillippa Kaufmann QC (Matrix Chambers)
CIVIL LIBERTIES AND HUMAN RIGHTS
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
Edward Craven (Matrix Chambers)
COMMERCIAL LITIGATION
SET OF THE YEAR
Essex Court Chambers
COMMERCIAL LITIGATION
SILK OF THE YEAR
David Wolfson QC (One Essex Court)
COMMERCIAL LITIGATION
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
Laura John (Fountain Court Chambers)
CONSTRUCTION AND ENERGY
SET OF THE YEAR
Keating Chambers
CONSTRUCTION AND ENERGY
SILK OF THE YEAR
David Streatfeild-James QC (Atkin Chambers)
CONSTRUCTION AND ENERGY
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
David Pliener (Hardwicke)
CRIME
SET OF THE YEAR
Three Raymond Buildings
CRIME
SILK OF THE YEAR
Gillian Jones QC (Red Lion Chambers)
CRIME
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
Leila Gaskin (Charter Chambers)
EMPLOYMENT
SET OF THE YEAR
Matrix Chambers
EMPLOYMENT
SILK OF THE YEAR
Andrew Short QC (Outer Temple Chambers)
EMPLOYMENT
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
Sophie Belgrove (11KBW)
EU AND COMPETITION
SET OF THE YEAR
Monckton Chambers
EU AND COMPETITION
SILK OF THE YEAR
Marie Demetriou QC (Brick Court Chambers)
EU AND COMPETITION
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
Ben Lask (Monckton Chambers)
FAMILY AND CHILDREN
SET OF THE YEAR
4 Paper Buildings
FAMILY AND CHILDREN
SILK OF THE YEAR
Tim Amos QC (Queen Elizabeth Building (QEB))
FAMILY AND CHILDREN
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
Joy Brereton (4 Paper Buildings)
INSOLVENCY
SET OF THE YEAR
Serle Court
INSOLVENCY
SILK OF THE YEAR
Catherine Addy QC (Maitland Chambers)
INSOLVENCY
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
Sharif Shivji (4 Stone Buildings)
INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION
SET OF THE YEAR
Twenty Essex
INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION
SILK OF THE YEAR
Simon Rainey QC (Quadrant Chambers)
INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
Lucas Bastin (Essex Court Chambers)
IP, IT AND MEDIA
SET OF THE YEAR
5RB
IP, IT AND MEDIA
SILK OF THE YEAR
Simon Malynicz QC (3 New Square)
IP, IT AND MEDIA
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
Isabel Jamal (8 New Square)
PERSONAL INJURY AND CLINICAL NEGLIGENCE
SET OF THE YEAR
1 Crown Office Row
PERSONAL INJURY AND CLINICAL NEGLIGENCE
SILK OF THE YEAR
Elizabeth-Anne Gumbel QC (1 Crown Office Row)
PERSONAL INJURY AND CLINICAL NEGLIGENCE
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
Jeremy Pendlebury (7BR)
PRIVATE CLIENT: TRUSTS AND PROBATE
SET OF THE YEAR
Wilberforce Chambers
PRIVATE CLIENT: TRUSTS AND PROBATE
SILK OF THE YEAR
Elspeth Talbot Rice QC (XXIV Old Buildings)
PRIVATE CLIENT: TRUSTS AND PROBATE
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
Lynton Tucker (New Square Chambers)
PUBLIC LAW
SET OF THE YEAR
Brick Court Chambers
PUBLIC LAW
SILK OF THE YEAR
David Lock QC (Landmark Chambers)
PUBLIC LAW
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
Jude Bunting (Doughty Street Chambers)
REAL ESTATE, ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING
SET OF THE YEAR
Wilberforce Chambers
REAL ESTATE, ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING
SILK OF THE YEAR
Joanne Wicks QC (Wilberforce Chambers)
REAL ESTATE, ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
Jamal Demachkie (Hardwicke)
SHIPPING
SET OF THE YEAR
Quadrant Chambers
SHIPPING
SILK OF THE YEAR
John Russell QC (Quadrant Chambers)
SHIPPING
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
Alexander Wright (4 Pump Court)
TAX
SET OF THE YEAR
Pump Court Tax Chambers
TAX
SILK OF THE YEAR
Sam Grodzinski QC (Blackstone Chambers)
TAX
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
John Brinsmead-Stockham (11 New Square)
REGIONAL BAR
SET OF THE YEAR
Parklane Plowden
REGIONAL BAR
SILK OF THE YEAR
Pete Weatherby QC (Garden Court North)
REGIONAL BAR
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
Victoria Clifford (No5 Barristers Chambers)
SCOTTISH BAR
STABLE OF THE YEAR
Axiom Advocates
SCOTTISH BAR
SILK OF THE YEAR
Aidan O’Neill QC (Ampersand)
SCOTTISH BAR
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
Laura-Anne van der Westhuizen (Ampersand)
CLERKING/PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
CLERK OF THE YEAR
Tristan Whigham (12 King’s Bench Walk)
CLERKING/PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
TEAM OF THE YEAR
Wilberforce Chambers
CLERKING/PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
SENIOR CLERK/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR
Michael Goodridge (9 Gough Square)