{"id":1238970,"date":"2023-05-05T16:46:18","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T16:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legal500.com\/profiles\/?post_type=meet-the-clerks&#038;p=1238970"},"modified":"2026-02-05T11:33:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T11:33:50","slug":"1238970","status":"publish","type":"meet-the-clerks","link":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/profiles\/meet-the-clerks\/1238970\/","title":{"rendered":"25 Bedford Row Clerks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our team is led by our experienced and highly regarded Director of Clerking, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.25bedfordrow.com\/site\/people\/profile\/alfie.lee\">Alfie Lee<\/a>. Alfie is supported by Senior Practice Clerks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.25bedfordrow.com\/site\/people\/profile\/cgardner\">Charlie Gardner<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.25bedfordrow.com\/site\/people\/profile\/cjones\">Chris Jones<\/a>, Practice Clerks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.25bedfordrow.com\/site\/people\/profile\/afeltwell\">Amber Feltwell<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.25bedfordrow.com\/site\/people\/profile\/rbutler\">Rosa Butler<\/a>, and Junior Clerk <a href=\"https:\/\/www.25bedfordrow.com\/site\/people\/profile\/rgallagher\">Ronnie Gallagher<\/a>, who are all essential to the success of our Clerks&#8217; Room.<\/p>\n<p>Our Senior Fees Clerk, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.25bedfordrow.com\/site\/people\/profile\/david.kirton\">David Kirton<\/a>, is widely respected for his encyclopaedic knowledge of the statutory instruments that govern costs and applicability in all criminal cases. David is supported by our Assistant Fees Clerk, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.25bedfordrow.com\/site\/people\/profile\/jwitkowska\">Justyna Witkowska<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.25bedfordrow.com\/site\/people\/profile\/vaskoolum\">Varuna Askoolum<\/a> is our Chief Operations Officer who has responsibility for the management of all administrative, financial and operational aspects of Chambers.<\/p>\n<p>As a team, the clerks are efficient, personable and client focused. They are committed to the consistent provision of a high-quality service based on their extensive knowledge and experience of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>matching the right advocate to the individual case;<\/li>\n<li>competitive fee negotiation;<\/li>\n<li>the importance of continuity of representation; and<\/li>\n<li>the development of successful business relationships with our clients.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6><strong>Testimonials<\/strong><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Alfie Lee is exceptional.&#8221;\u00a0<em>Legal 500<\/em><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The clerks are very friendly and efficient.&#8221; They provide &#8220;an excellent service and invariably suggest suitable counsel for the level and complexity of the case.&#8221;\u00a0<em>Chambers UK<\/em><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Alfie Lee is particularly impressive in the manner in which he assists in the day-to-day running of chambers and in the management and development of client relationships. He is extremely reliable and goes that extra mile should the need ever arise.&#8221;\u00a0<em>Legal 500<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-1238970","meet-the-clerks","type-meet-the-clerks","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/profiles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/meet-the-clerks\/1238970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/profiles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/meet-the-clerks"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/profiles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/meet-the-clerks"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/profiles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1238970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}