Clerks:

‘All the clerks are friendly and accessible and will look for practical and efficient solutions to logistical problems, particularly in the current circumstances.’

‘Andy Hunter and Frankie Beale are both extraordinarily helpful. They are both polite, reassuring and good to work with. Mark and Andy are very good at identifying suitable counsel for any case we give them. They are very organised, keep an eye on deadlines and ensure the timely flow of paperwork to ensure cases run smoothly and efficiently.’

‘Alberta Sharpe is a joy to work with and helps to resolve any issues with fees and invoicing.’

‘Glen Hudson, Andy Hunter and William Parkhouse are excellent at their respective roles.’

‘Clerking is excellent. Glenn the head clerk is very easy to deal with. Approachable and responsive.’

‘Clerks are attentive and get back to you quickly. Oliver Spratt has been excellent.’

‘Clerks are excellent in terms of arranging appts, counsel availability and sorting costs.’

‘Cloisters’ clerks are head and shoulders above any other set in this area. Glenn Hudson and Mark Skipp, in particular, are worthy of praise for their speed of response, levels of service generally and their understanding of important issues.’

‘Excellent – all clerks – led well by Glenn Hudson. Best set we work with.’

‘Glenn Hudson – excellent client service, always willing to help and go the extra mile.’

‘I find that the Clerks are the most co-operative of their kind, they prove themselves to be worthy team-players and they provide a first-class service.’

‘I have found the clerks at Cloisters to be supportive and helpful. They will always endeavour to work flexibly to ensure availability of counsel and provide solutions if this is not possible.’

‘I have seen in action and have used many different chambers in the past 40 years of my life in the law and I have yet to see any better clerking than I have experienced at Cloisters. The clerks are not only efficient at the their jobs but they make you feel that they consider themselves part of your team.’

‘Really accessible and friendly as well as being professional (more so than other similar chambers), and I would describe all of the clerks in this way. They are so easy to deal with and it is one of the reasons that I enjoy working with Cloisters. I liaise most frequently with Andy Hunter who is extremely helpful and has always gone the extra mile in supporting us.’

Set:

‘A set which is impressive in its number of specialist clinical negligence Counsel. It has delivered innovative training on developments in medical and assistive technology.’

‘All Counsel I have worked with from this set have a deep understanding of not just the law surrounding clinical negligence but the ethical issues and the challenges facing clients, including the cross over with Court of Protection issues, which are significant in birth injury/catastrophic brain injury quantum work.’

‘Always my first call. Loads of excellent employment barristers.’

‘Depth of knowledge and skill set within the Chambers is excellent. Would be a Chambers that I would have no hesitation in recommending to others.’

‘Cloisers are an excellent set – they are my go-to chambers.’

‘Cloisters are a well established set of excellent barristers and their strength and depth means they are a pleasure to work with.’

‘Cloisters are an excellent set of Chambers. They can always provide a range of counsel to suit the complexity of any case we instruct them on. They are well organised, supremely efficient and very easy to work with. Most importantly our clients also enjoy working with them. They provide relevant regular news updates and training events.’

‘Cloisters are fantastically generous in providing excellent guidance and training, most recently in relation to the impact of Covid 19.’

‘Cloisters has a very good reputation for personal injury work and it does not disappoint. There are a number of barristers who are very experienced and this means availability is usually good. They also run helpful and informative talks.’

‘Cloisters have a number of excellent employment counsel and are well supported by a strong clerking team. They range in experience so it is easy to identify someone at the right level of experience to deal with a case. The materials they have produced to address Covid-19 – particularly a full document on various employment law implications – was really impressive.’

‘Cloisters have great counsel with great personality. No shrinking violets here.’

‘Cloisters is in the front rank of employment sets and is perhaps the most innovative. Members of Chambers are uniformly excellent and collaborative. The strength is in depth from the Silks through to the juniors.’

‘Extremely good Chambers, in fact they are the only Chambers that I use and have done so for over 10 years.’

‘Fantastically good. I have instructed members of every level of seniority and I have always been impressed by the thoroughness of their preparation, their knowledge, the quality of their advice and their advocacy skills.’