3 Hare Court

Howard Stevens KC was appointed Head of Chambers from May 2022 to October 2025. He has a wide-ranging common law practice, combining first instance and appellate work.
He has been instructed in many important cases, including:

• appeals to the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court
• references to the Court of Justice of the European Union
• numerous appeals to the Privy Council, including landmark criminal and constitutional appeals
• in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights by a State party to the American Convention on Human Rights
• advising the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago in connection with allegations made against the Chief Justice
• the inquests following the 2015 terrorist attack in Tunisia and related civil proceedings
• the London Bridge / Borough Market Inquests
• in connection with the Grenfell Tower disaster
• numerous catastrophic personal injury claims arising from accidents in the UK and abroad
• group litigation

Called 1990; QC 2012.

French, German.

London Common Law & Commercial Bar Association (LCLCBA) Personal Injury Bar Association (PIBA) Commonwealth Lawyers’ Association

University of Durham (Modern Languages); City University (Law).

Travel, skiing, cycling.