The Legal 500

London Bar

Set overviews: England and Wales

‘Top of the tree on consumer work’, specialist regulatory set Gough Square Chambers is ‘full of genuine experts who are user friendly and commercially aware’. For some, it is the ‘first choice’ in cases involving consumer protection and food safety investigations and prosecutions. Members also have ‘unparalleled knowledge’ of all things regulatory in the trading standards, health and safety, and environmental spaces. The clerks, who ‘go out of their way to build relationships’, have ‘a notable awareness of the market and an enthusiasm for what they do are’, and are ‘responsive and personable; it’s like dealing with one big happy family’. ‘First-rate’ senior clerk Bob Weekes and first junior Richard Bryant are ‘always very open, honest and friendly’, and with second clerk Jack Bradshaw ‘always go out of their way to help and resolve any difficulties’. Offices in: London

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London Bar

Banking and finance (including consumer credit)

Banking and finance (including consumer credit) – Leading sets - ranked: tier 4

Gough Square Chambers

Gough Square Chambers is an extremely popular destination for contentious and non-contentious consumer credit matters, where clients ‘would not hesitate to instruct any member of the set as their reputation precedes them’. Major recently, highlights include Arif and others v Berkeley Burke SIPP Administration, relating to the mis-selling of self-invested pension plans.

Banking and finance (including consumer credit) – Leading juniors

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Consumer

Consumer – Leading sets - ranked: tier 1

Gough Square Chambers

Gough Square Chambers is ‘top of the tree for consumer work’ with a set ‘full of genuine experts and specialists’ who are ‘user friendly and commercially aware’. Consumer protection regulation, trading standards and environmental health are its key areas of expertise. Iain Macdonald and Anna Medvinskaia represented the Civil Aviation Authority regarding passenger compensation claims under EU law for missed connection flights outside of the EU. Meanwhile, Jonathan Kirk QC defended Berkeley Burke SIPP Administration on a group litigation where the client allegedly miss-sold pension investments.

Consumer – Leading silks

Consumer – Leading juniors

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Financial services

Financial services – Leading sets - ranked: tier 2

Gough Square Chambers

Gough Square Chambers is ‘very strong on financial services’ and its barristers provide ‘a first-class service’. The set’s market-leading expertise in consumer credit also extends to the financial regulatory side, of which there is considerable overlap, both on the contentious and non-contentious side.

Financial services – Leading juniors

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Licensing

Licensing – Leading silks

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Set overviews: England and Wales

‘Top of the tree on consumer work’, specialist regulatory set Gough Square Chambers is ‘full of genuine experts who are user friendly and commercially aware’. For some, it is the ‘first choice’ in cases involving consumer protection and food safety investigations and prosecutions. Members also have ‘unparalleled knowledge’ of all things regulatory in the trading standards, health and safety, and environmental spaces. The clerks, who ‘go out of their way to build relationships’, have ‘a notable awareness of the market and an enthusiasm for what they do are’, and are ‘responsive and personable; it’s like dealing with one big happy family’. ‘First-rate’ senior clerk Bob Weekes and first junior Richard Bryant are ‘always very open, honest and friendly’, and with second clerk Jack Bradshaw ‘always go out of their way to help and resolve any difficulties’. Offices in: London

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