4 New Square

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

• 'Excellent and always pragmatic clerking, which shows good knowledge of what Insurer clients need. Dennis Peck is great to deal with.'
• 'Nick Angliss is very responsive, courteous, and user-friendly.'
• 'The clerks are always supportive and quick to step in and help. Christopher Ebdon deserves praise for his good work supporting Rick.'
• 'Clerks provide a good service and are easy to deal with. Andrew Call is particularly good.'
• '4 New Square has a number of very talented barristers and are able to offer someone suitable for most professional negligence or insurance cases. They're always happy to offer training sessions on recent cases and legal developments to keep others up to date.'
• '4 New Square have always been incredibly flexible, professional and helpful; always gong that extra mile to accommodate last minute changes, clients' unforeseen needs and providing solutions to problems.'

Lawyers

Leading Silks

KCs at the very top of their field, with a long-established record of market-defining cases, and widespread endorsement from clients and peers. All silks appointed in the last two rounds are listed further below.

1

Roger Stewart KC

‘Roger has fantastic strategic instincts; he is always calm, convincing with clients, and carries the confidence of the bench. He understands the nuance of insurance but never gets lost or loses sight of the case, and the same goes for anything construction-related.’

3

Neil Hext KC

‘Neil is a stellar advocate and immediately builds excellent rapport with judges. He is passionate and relaxed when he is on his feet and clearly loves what he does.’

4

Ben Patten KC

‘Ben provides extremely clear advice and guidance in a practical and accessible way. He knows and advises when to fight, when to compromise and when you are pushing a new and novel point.’

5

Justin Fenwick KC

5

Richard Liddell KC

‘Richard leaves no stone unturned. Thorough, unrelenting and reliable; always there with a solution to the complex problems.’

5

Siân Mirchandani KC

‘Sian is thorough, has excellent analytical skills acquires an encyclopaedic knowledge of her brief and brings with that a ferociously tenacious commitment to her work. As an advocate she is very well prepared, calm and always remains focused on the important issues.’

Leading Juniors

Leading juniors are those with significant experience of key cases, strong market recognition from both peers and clients, and are seen as future candidates for silk.

1

Cyril Chern

                 

2

Paul Cowan

'Paul has a brilliant mind and he is formidable on his feet.'

3

Benjamin Fowler

‘Benjamin is well organised and a calm, lateral thinker and the ultimate safe pair of hands. His advocacy style is calm, focused, and effective.’

3

George McDonald

 

3

Hugh Saunders

‘Hugh is tremendously tenacious and, above all, commercial in his advice, quickly getting to the nub of the client's real needs and formulating the best strategy to achieve those needs.’

4

Tom Asquith

‘Tom is unflappable and will roll his sleeves up and get stuck in on big pieces of litigation.’

4

Timothy Chelmick

‘Drafting skills for skeletons of the highest order, commercially insightful, very well-prepared and detailed knowledge of brief, assured on his feet and struck right tone with judge and opponent.’

4

Lucy Colter

4

Paul Fisher

‘Paul is the complete package. He's commercial, very strategic, and is able to quickly get into the technical detail to understand disputes.’

4

Chris Greenwood

‘The speed at which Chris brings himself up to speed on the matter and ability to operate independently on such a broad range of issues was very useful to the solicitor team.’

4

Diarmuid Laffan

‘Diarmuid is an all-round excellent barrister.  He is very adept at dealing with technical issues and his clients trust his clear and concise advice.’

4

Thomas Ogden