Set Profile > Old Square Chambers > Bristol, England

Clerks:

Clerks are extremely helpful and knowledgeable. Joe Kallas and William Meade go above and beyond to assist their clients and their Counsel. Very good knowledge of their barristers and clients and experienced at matching appropriate skills and expertise to particular cases / clients.

Clerks are first rate – knowledgeable, responsive and always happy to have a discussion to identify counsel that are suitable for a particular case. Paul Adams is my initial contact point and he invariably is able to point me in the direction of the right counsel.

Efficient and helpful. William Meade is calm, polite, prompt and someone you can rely on. As a whole, the clerks are professional and helpful. Graham Smith is particularly accommodating and always on the ball.

Graham is an outstanding clerk. Always helpful and engaged in the cases and working with diaries to get the right counsel representing clients.

I am often in contact with Olivia Moliterno who is always very quick to respond, friendly and efficient

Will Meade is an exceptional senior clerk: very personable, always keen to find out how he can improve the service provided by the set, and can be relied upon to sort out any problems or queries.

Paul Adams, senior team leader is excellent, and always proactive and helpful

I have found their clerks to always be very helpful and the training they put on is always very broad ranged in topics.

My main contact in the clerks’ room is Paul Adams, who is understated – cool, calm and collected and gets the job done.

The clerking team is led by William Meade, who is excellent, approachable and leads by example. Graham Smith, Jenny O’Grady, Joe Kallas and Olivia Moliterno form key points of contact for us in the team.

The clerks are always helpful and will go the extra mile to ensure that I am able to instruct the right barrister for my cases. I have a good relationship with Paul Adams and I know that he will always do everything that he can to assist me.

The clerks are extremely responsive, professional and focused on the needs of the client. Graham Smith, William Meade and Joe Kallas, in particular, are excellent.

The clerks are led by William Meade, who is brilliantly client-focused and tireless in his approach to client care. He knows the barristers in his set inside out and is able to make recommendations you can trust. He manages his team well and the clerks are all aimed at providing a high quality service and working in partnership with our team to deliver a joined up approach for our clients.

The clerks at Old Square Chambers are amongst the best I have ever worked with. They are accommodating in every way, friendly, efficient and always go the extra mile to be helpful. Will Meade and Olivia Moliterno are stand outs and deserve extra special praise.

The clerks have always been quick to respond and provide options for clients, even when working on tight budgets and short timescales.

The service is very good. Jenny O’Grady and Olivia Moliterno in particular are very helpful, friendly and efficient.

Top tier clerks – they are quick to respond, commercial, understand the law and offer a first class service.

Will Meade, Graham Williams, Jenny O’Grady and Olivia Moliterno are all absolutely first class. Attentive, quick to respond, flexible, commercial and really know our firm, our clients and our way of working. Great at building relationships and a fantastic set to work with.

Set:

A Chambers that deserves it place in the premier division. A fantastic chambers whose reputation continues to grow. Full of talent at all levels.

A fantastic set for personal injury cases – a good variety of counsel at varying degrees of seniority.

A fantastic set of Chambers. Good availability, a breadth of knowledge and really cutting edge and accessible training for solicitors of all levels.

A superb all round employment law specialist set who are our every day ‘go-to’. They have strength in depth in employment tribunal proceedings but perhaps lack experience in High Court civil employment matters such as injunctions.  They have great NHS experience between many of the members of chambers.

A top flight employment set with experts in every area in employment law from junior juniors to silks.

Excellent chambers with a impressive training programme and commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Good group of barristers who are respected by peers. They know the regulatory environment very well. They also generally bring a deep knowledge of employment law to the table as well, which is very helpful in many cases.

High-quality barristers with extensive experience of employment law matters. Availability of counsel is generally very good, and their seminars are always relevant and user-friendly

I frequently work with barristers from Old Square Chambers and find them to be very knowledgeable and able to provide sage and pragmatic advice to my client base.

I have always had a very good experience with Old Square Chambers. Extremely helpful and accommodating and professional.

I have used Old Square Chambers for about 25 years for personal injury and aviation matters. They have great experience in the personal injury area.

I regularly instruct Old Square Chambers and would consider it to be my “go to” set. The knowledge and experience of their barristers in clinical negligence and Inquests is formidable and I have not been let down in any of the cases in which I have instructed barristers from Old Square. I have sometimes been unable to instruct the barrister I initially wanted; however, they have always offered alternative Counsel and I have always been impressed. I now have several barristers to choose from when I need assistance with a new case.

We’re also working with Mary O’Rourke who has a practice at Old Square and is one of the giants in professional disciplinary law (particularly, but not exclusively, healthcare). Old Square has some significant and experienced players for this practice area.

My firm uses this set for a lot of its clinical negligence work. It has a number of very accessible, pragmatic barristers at all levels. The Chambers has good IT and conference facilities and good accessibility.

My go to set for general employment issues including tribunal claims. They have a good breadth of experience enabling me to find counsel who is suitable for the case. Easy to access counsel – they seem to understand the service that they are providing and treat their relationship with me as one that they value.

Old Square are a strong personal injury set. They have in-depth expertise in the areas of industrial disease and complex personal injury. They are helpful in providing in-house training where required

Old Square are a strong set for employment and we almost exclusively their barristers on litigation matters. They will work hard to find an appropriate barrister for the relevant case.

Old Square are my preferred set of chambers and have been throughout my career. They will always try to accommodate needs and the set are very down to earth and approachable. We have developed very good working relationships with the team over the years.

Old Square Chambers are a very well run outfit. The barristers are all very competent and understand the needs of our trade union clients and their members. They are well supported by the clerks and the admin team. They are an excellent set.

Old Square Chambers has a number of really strong barristers. Although many tend to do more claimant work, they have a strong up and coming dynamic team including the very highly rated Charlie Woodhouse who are regularly instructed by defendants.

Old Square Chambers has long been known as a leading light in professional discipline and regulatory law, and their strength in depth when it comes to public law and employment law means that they are able to offer an impressive one-stop shop for their clients

Old Square Chambers is one of the top sets for employment with strength depth both in its juniors and silks. They act for a wide range of clients, both on the Claimant and Respondent, side which means their barristers are able to effectively test the strengths and weaknesses of cases, having had experience of such cases from the other side.

Their barristers are also unstuffy and approachable which means they are able to engage with clients.

They have an excellent training programme, both in chambers and in-house at firms. They are a pleasure to work with.

Old Square has had another spectacular year, with four new silks and a host of high-profile appellate cases, including some landmark decisions in the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. Definitely on a roll in recent years.

Old Square is a good set with a traditional reputation in employment and claimant personal injury work. They have been developing their work in professional discipline and clinical negligence in recent years.

Old Square is a leading employment chambers in the arena of statutory employment law and medical-related employment law. They have a strong roster of barristers at every level who are almost universally very good on the law, articulate advocates and charming opponents to deal with.

Old Square is our chambers of choice for all employment matters. They have a first rate selection of barristers at every level and superb clerking. We use members of chambers from the most junior to QCs for support across hundreds of Tribunal claims every year. The quality of their employment law counsel is second to none.

Our go to set for claimant and trade union work. A good selection of leaders and juniors in this area.

The profile of clinical negligence at Old Square has dramatically increased over the last five years or so, with heavyweight silks, busy juniors and superlative clerking transforming the set’s profile in this field. Having been appointed to a number of panels for Medical Defence Organisations, defendant work has seen a surge of new work, and claimant instructions remain strong. A really significant transformation – it is noticeable that work is coming which was previously going to more established clin neg sets.

They are our first choice chambers for employment tribunal litigation work and I have worked with them for nearly 24 years. We have undertaken dozens of Employment Tribunal hearings with them, as one of the top ten users of the Employment Appeal Tribunal, we regularly do appeal work with them.

Clerks:

Clerks are extremely helpful and knowledgeable. Joe Kallas and William Meade go above and beyond to assist their clients and their Counsel. Very good knowledge of their barristers and clients and experienced at matching appropriate skills and expertise to particular cases / clients.

Clerks are first rate – knowledgeable, responsive and always happy to have a discussion to identify counsel that are suitable for a particular case. Paul Adams is my initial contact point and he invariably is able to point me in the direction of the right counsel.

Efficient and helpful. William Meade is calm, polite, prompt and someone you can rely on. As a whole, the clerks are professional and helpful. Graham Smith is particularly accommodating and always on the ball.

Graham is an outstanding clerk. Always helpful and engaged in the cases and working with diaries to get the right counsel representing clients.

I am often in contact with Olivia Moliterno who is always very quick to respond, friendly and efficient

Will Meade is an exceptional senior clerk: very personable, always keen to find out how he can improve the service provided by the set, and can be relied upon to sort out any problems or queries.

Paul Adams, senior team leader is excellent, and always proactive and helpful

I have found their clerks to always be very helpful and the training they put on is always very broad ranged in topics.

My main contact in the clerks’ room is Paul Adams, who is understated – cool, calm and collected and gets the job done.

The clerking team is led by William Meade, who is excellent, approachable and leads by example. Graham Smith, Jenny O’Grady, Joe Kallas and Olivia Moliterno form key points of contact for us in the team.

The clerks are always helpful and will go the extra mile to ensure that I am able to instruct the right barrister for my cases. I have a good relationship with Paul Adams and I know that he will always do everything that he can to assist me.

The clerks are extremely responsive, professional and focused on the needs of the client. Graham Smith, William Meade and Joe Kallas, in particular, are excellent.

The clerks are led by William Meade, who is brilliantly client-focused and tireless in his approach to client care. He knows the barristers in his set inside out and is able to make recommendations you can trust. He manages his team well and the clerks are all aimed at providing a high quality service and working in partnership with our team to deliver a joined up approach for our clients.

The clerks at Old Square Chambers are amongst the best I have ever worked with. They are accommodating in every way, friendly, efficient and always go the extra mile to be helpful. Will Meade and Olivia Moliterno are stand outs and deserve extra special praise.

The clerks have always been quick to respond and provide options for clients, even when working on tight budgets and short timescales.

The service is very good. Jenny O’Grady and Olivia Moliterno in particular are very helpful, friendly and efficient.

Top tier clerks – they are quick to respond, commercial, understand the law and offer a first class service.

Will Meade, Graham Williams, Jenny O’Grady and Olivia Moliterno are all absolutely first class. Attentive, quick to respond, flexible, commercial and really know our firm, our clients and our way of working. Great at building relationships and a fantastic set to work with.

Set:

A Chambers that deserves it place in the premier division. A fantastic chambers whose reputation continues to grow. Full of talent at all levels.

A fantastic set for personal injury cases – a good variety of counsel at varying degrees of seniority.

A fantastic set of Chambers. Good availability, a breadth of knowledge and really cutting edge and accessible training for solicitors of all levels.

A superb all round employment law specialist set who are our every day ‘go-to’. They have strength in depth in employment tribunal proceedings but perhaps lack experience in High Court civil employment matters such as injunctions.  They have great NHS experience between many of the members of chambers.

A top flight employment set with experts in every area in employment law from junior juniors to silks.

Excellent chambers with a impressive training programme and commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Good group of barristers who are respected by peers. They know the regulatory environment very well. They also generally bring a deep knowledge of employment law to the table as well, which is very helpful in many cases.

High-quality barristers with extensive experience of employment law matters. Availability of counsel is generally very good, and their seminars are always relevant and user-friendly

I frequently work with barristers from Old Square Chambers and find them to be very knowledgeable and able to provide sage and pragmatic advice to my client base.

I have always had a very good experience with Old Square Chambers. Extremely helpful and accommodating and professional.

I have used Old Square Chambers for about 25 years for personal injury and aviation matters. They have great experience in the personal injury area.

I regularly instruct Old Square Chambers and would consider it to be my “go to” set. The knowledge and experience of their barristers in clinical negligence and Inquests is formidable and I have not been let down in any of the cases in which I have instructed barristers from Old Square. I have sometimes been unable to instruct the barrister I initially wanted; however, they have always offered alternative Counsel and I have always been impressed. I now have several barristers to choose from when I need assistance with a new case.

We’re also working with Mary O’Rourke who has a practice at Old Square and is one of the giants in professional disciplinary law (particularly, but not exclusively, healthcare). Old Square has some significant and experienced players for this practice area.

My firm uses this set for a lot of its clinical negligence work. It has a number of very accessible, pragmatic barristers at all levels. The Chambers has good IT and conference facilities and good accessibility.

My go to set for general employment issues including tribunal claims. They have a good breadth of experience enabling me to find counsel who is suitable for the case. Easy to access counsel – they seem to understand the service that they are providing and treat their relationship with me as one that they value.

Old Square are a strong personal injury set. They have in-depth expertise in the areas of industrial disease and complex personal injury. They are helpful in providing in-house training where required

Old Square are a strong set for employment and we almost exclusively their barristers on litigation matters. They will work hard to find an appropriate barrister for the relevant case.

Old Square are my preferred set of chambers and have been throughout my career. They will always try to accommodate needs and the set are very down to earth and approachable. We have developed very good working relationships with the team over the years.

Old Square Chambers are a very well run outfit. The barristers are all very competent and understand the needs of our trade union clients and their members. They are well supported by the clerks and the admin team. They are an excellent set.

Old Square Chambers has a number of really strong barristers. Although many tend to do more claimant work, they have a strong up and coming dynamic team including the very highly rated Charlie Woodhouse who are regularly instructed by defendants.

Old Square Chambers has long been known as a leading light in professional discipline and regulatory law, and their strength in depth when it comes to public law and employment law means that they are able to offer an impressive one-stop shop for their clients

Old Square Chambers is one of the top sets for employment with strength depth both in its juniors and silks. They act for a wide range of clients, both on the Claimant and Respondent, side which means their barristers are able to effectively test the strengths and weaknesses of cases, having had experience of such cases from the other side.

Their barristers are also unstuffy and approachable which means they are able to engage with clients.

They have an excellent training programme, both in chambers and in-house at firms. They are a pleasure to work with.

Old Square has had another spectacular year, with four new silks and a host of high-profile appellate cases, including some landmark decisions in the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. Definitely on a roll in recent years.

Old Square is a good set with a traditional reputation in employment and claimant personal injury work. They have been developing their work in professional discipline and clinical negligence in recent years.

Old Square is a leading employment chambers in the arena of statutory employment law and medical-related employment law. They have a strong roster of barristers at every level who are almost universally very good on the law, articulate advocates and charming opponents to deal with.

Old Square is our chambers of choice for all employment matters. They have a first rate selection of barristers at every level and superb clerking. We use members of chambers from the most junior to QCs for support across hundreds of Tribunal claims every year. The quality of their employment law counsel is second to none.

Our go to set for claimant and trade union work. A good selection of leaders and juniors in this area.

The profile of clinical negligence at Old Square has dramatically increased over the last five years or so, with heavyweight silks, busy juniors and superlative clerking transforming the set’s profile in this field. Having been appointed to a number of panels for Medical Defence Organisations, defendant work has seen a surge of new work, and claimant instructions remain strong. A really significant transformation – it is noticeable that work is coming which was previously going to more established clin neg sets.

They are our first choice chambers for employment tribunal litigation work and I have worked with them for nearly 24 years. We have undertaken dozens of Employment Tribunal hearings with them, as one of the top ten users of the Employment Appeal Tribunal, we regularly do appeal work with them.