Set Profile > Brick Court Chambers > London, England

Clerks:

A fantastic modern clerking team. They are a complete pleasure to deal with.

Always friendly and approachable at all levels of seniority. I have always been impressed by Paul Dennison.

An incredibly strong team of clerks. They provide great support and prompt assistance in all case management related issues, including on costs, filings, and meeting arrangements. We have in particular been impressed by the professionalism of and assistance provided by: Tony Burgess, Luke Carvalho and Jo Francis.

I would single out Tony Burgess who is just brilliant at providing the responsive support we need.

Both Tony and Paul as head clerks do an excellent job – very commercial in their approach and always at the end of the phone

Brick Court’s clerks’ room provides unparalleled service. The clerks’ relationships with teh Court are without equal; they are the best in the business.

Client service is second nature to the team. Their clerks room is headed by the brilliant Paul Dennison, who is always frank, helpful and thoroughly professional. They are very clear on fees and in my experience willing to be pragmatic to support the client.

Excellent clerking, very responsive. Know the barristers well. I would single out Luke who is my ‘go-to’ person in Chambers

Tony Burgess is a pleasure to work with and always sensible on rates.

First class service – Paul Dennison impresses with his responsiveness.

They’ve been hugely helpful at facilitating conference calls and meetings, often at short notice, and have offered to help us (very graciously!) on a number of occasions now by photocopying/collating huge volumes of material in-Chambers, so that we don’t have to manage it all from our office.

I consider Brick Court to be the pre-eminent set in this area. Their main competition is Monckton Chambers, but I would rank Brick Court ahead in terms of strength in depth.

I find the Brick Court clerks to be the best to deal with across the city. They are responsive, realistic in relation to fees, and in general have a very helpful approach.

Jo Francis is a very able clerk – an excellent communicator.

Jo Francis is always bright, helpful and practical to deal with.

Luke Carvalho and Jo Francis are lovely to deal with, prompt to respond and practical in their approach.

Luke Carvalho and Tony Burgess are excellent – approachable, friendly, pragmatic, commercial, fast to respond.

Luke is particularly easy to deal with and has word-class client care and understanding.

Paul and Tony are first rate.

Paul Dennison is at the top of his game. Commercial, knowledgeable and user-friendly. Pleasure to work with.

Jo Francis is simply superb. Tony Burgess is brilliant (but is obviously operating at a higher level now)

The clerks always have excellent suggestions for who to instruct. Luke Carvalho is particularly helpful and responsive.

The clerks at Brick Court are very good – they are very responsive, efficient and personable.

The service from the clerks room is always good, no matter which clerk you speak to. The reception desk is also welcoming and helpful, which helps with frazzled clients.

Set:

A fantastic commercial and public law set

A fantastic set and a great pleasure to work with. Their work product is of the highest quality.

A first class set with some of the best commercial litigators at silk and junior level

A first rate magic circle set. One of the best of the best.

A strong set, that offers an excellent pro bono service, which is always delivered to the highest standard.

A top rate commercial set with significant strength in depth.

A top set for cases involving human rights and crossovers with EU law

A very good set, who really support pro bono work brought in the pubic interest. A combination excellent legal practitioners working to offer access to justice.

An excellent set. A go to set for this kind of work.

They cover the full range of commercial expertise, including professional negligence.

Brick Court are clearly in the top 3 (if not top 2) chambers specialising in competition litigation and refreshingly have several barristers with extensive experience working on both the claimant and defendant side.

Brick Court are one of the best. They happily engage with us on various training related issues and their barristers are consistently involved in some of the key competition cases.

Brick Court are the go to set for big ticket commercial work. The set is excellent from top to bottom

Brick court are the go to set for commercial work involving bet the company issues.

Brick court are the premier set in this area of law with talent at every level. That sometimes means availability is a challenge, but the clerks have been superb in helping us manage that.

Brick Court Chambers are one of the first sets you think of in this area.

Brick Court Chambers is known for being consistently excellent and I have always been very impressed with any barristers that I have worked with or appeared against.

Brick Court Chambers offer excellent training courses, which have been invaluable, particularly during lockdown.

Brick Court continues to be regarded as one of the very top flight of chambers for commercial and banking litigation.

Brick Court continues to go from strength to strength. They have enviable strength in depth across the board and it has been particularly gratifying to see greater diversity in the make up of chambers with some truly excellent female QCs and juniors.

Brick Court field an incredibly strong team of barristers and are the go to set for competition matters.

Brick Court has a deserved and long standing reputation as one of the best chambers in London.

Brick Court has a number of excellent practitioners in international arbitration, and a growing presence in the area.

Brick Court has a strong cohort of barristers, both in silk and as juniors, who practise in banking litigation.

Brick Court has few peers as a top tier commercial set.

Brick Court has unparalleled strength-in-depth in the field of competition law in my view.

Brick Court have a deserved reputation as the pre-eminent commercial set at the London bar. They have great depth at all levels, and you can rely on their barristers to provide a premium service.

Brick Court have fantastic public lawyers, particularly at a junior level. They are my go to set.

Brick Court is a clearly a market leading chambers. They have a large group of very talented barristers. They are the go-to set for banking litigation.

Brick Court is a clearly a market leading chambers. They have a large group of very talented barristers. They are the go-to set for banking litigation.

Well respected, it has some big names but also a lot who are under the radar.

First rate, across QCs and juniors.