The Legal 500

London Bar

Set overviews: England and Wales

A common law chambers with ‘a can-do attitude’, 42 Bedford Row is ‘very strong’ across employment and family law issues. Chambers offers ‘a range of styles which are suitable for all case types’ and is ‘particularly skilled with complex public law matters’. Junior counsel are ‘solid and reliable’, and more senior practitioners are ‘highly respected and easy to work with’. The ‘well-organised’ clerks’ room is ‘efficient and accommodating’ and ‘willing to go the extra mile’. At senior practice manager level, Steve Sheridan ‘bends over backwards to help’ and James Tidnam ‘goes above and beyond to ensure client satisfaction’. Practice manager Clare Sabido is ‘a cut above other clerks’ and the ‘fantastic’ Stuart Ritchie ‘ensures that top-quality service is provided at all times’. Vincent Denham is chambers director. Offices in: London

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London Bar

Children law (including public and private law)

Children law (including public and private law) – Leading sets - ranked: tier 4

42 Bedford Row

42 Bedford Row ‘offers a range of styles which are suitable for all cases. Members are particularly skilled in complex public law matters’. The set also advises on the full spectrum of private law children issues. Tina Cook QC acted for the first intervenor in a case that looked at the efficiency of hair strand testing for metabolites of cocaine and other street drugs in family proceedings.

Children law (including public and private law) – Leading silks

Children law (including public and private law) – 2018 silks

Children Law (including public and private law) – Leading juniors

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Clinical negligence

Clinical negligence – Leading sets - ranked: tier 3

42 Bedford Row

42 Bedford Row is ‘a strong set’ with a ‘can do attitude’. It predominantly acts for claimants in high-value catastrophic injury claims. Recognised individuals are Richard Furniss who focuses on complex liability and causation cases and Scott Matthewson who specialises in birth injury claims.

Clinical negligence – Leading juniors

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Employment

Employment – Leading juniors

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Inquests and inquiries

Inquests and inquiries – Leading juniors

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Personal injury, industrial disease and insurance fraud

Personal injury – Leading juniors

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Set overviews: England and Wales

A common law chambers with ‘a can-do attitude’, 42 Bedford Row is ‘very strong’ across employment and family law issues. Chambers offers ‘a range of styles which are suitable for all case types’ and is ‘particularly skilled with complex public law matters’. Junior counsel are ‘solid and reliable’, and more senior practitioners are ‘highly respected and easy to work with’. The ‘well-organised’ clerks’ room is ‘efficient and accommodating’ and ‘willing to go the extra mile’. At senior practice manager level, Steve Sheridan ‘bends over backwards to help’ and James Tidnam ‘goes above and beyond to ensure client satisfaction’. Practice manager Clare Sabido is ‘a cut above other clerks’ and the ‘fantastic’ Stuart Ritchie ‘ensures that top-quality service is provided at all times’. Vincent Denham is chambers director. Offices in: London

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Social housing

Social housing – Leading juniors

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