4 Pump Court

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

• 'The clerks are fantastic and incredibly user-friendly. Stewart Gibbs is old school in the best possible way. He is charming, knowledgeable and commercial, and will always find a solution.''
• 'The clerks are led by the vastly experienced and excellent Carl Wall and Stewart Gibbs and are client and solicitor friendly and easy to deal with.'
• 'The clerking team is excellent. They are personable, responsive and go to great lengths to support solicitor teams. Will Jackman is a credit to the Chambers and is great at maintaining relationships with solicitors across the levels. Sam Penny is also very good to work with.'
• 'Will Jackman is one of the best clerks in the city. He is a future senior clerk who masterfully clerks his barristers. Richard Surmano is also excellent.'
• 'We have used 4 Pump Court on both national and international instructions. The excellent juniors and KC's are complemented and supplemented by a commercial and extremely professional clerking team. The latter provide a good cross-section of barristers tailored to the nature of the proposed instruction.'
• 'I have been using 4 Pump Court for a long time as my primary reservoir of construction counsel. The quality and service is always exceptional and we have a very close working relationship with many of them.'

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

Rachel Ansell KC

1

Sean Brannigan KC

2

Lynne McCafferty KC

2

Jeremy Nicholson KC

2

Benjamin Pilling KC

‘Benjamin is a simply superb advocate. He is clear and focused in his submissions and cross-examination, and highly effective. He reads the tribunal extremely well, and has the right tone and approach with witnesses he cross-examines. Ben is also a highly competent drafter, both of pleadings and submissions.’

3

Alexander Hickey KC

3

Jonathan Lewis KC

‘Jonathan has great strategic awareness and carefully plots his route through any set of proceedings. At trial, his advocacy demonstrates mastery of the facts and the law and is measured, persuasive and powerful.’

4

Claire Packman KC

‘Claire is both intellectually rigorous but also highly effective in front of clients — clear, composed, and persuasive. She inspires confidence in both lay and professional clients, combining sound judgement with a practical, results-focused approach. ‘

4

Jessica Stephens KC

‘Jessica is a polished, confident and unflappable advocate.  Amongst other things, she has that particular talent of knowing when to stop, on those occasions when saying more could become counter-productive.’ 

4

Nick Vineall KC

5

James Cross KC

 

5

James Leabeater KC

‘James has an exceptional grasp of the facts and is a strong and persuasive advocate.  James is a first-choice for this type of work.’

2024 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

Sanjay Patel KC

2025 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

Simon Hale KC

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

James Bowling

‘James leads a case with creativity and thoroughness and he has incredible knowledge of case authorities. His advocacy is a joy to watch and is great to work with.’

2

Thomas Crangle

‘Tom is an absolute joy to work with – brilliant advocate, responsive, razor sharp and client-friendly. Lay clients would use him on every case they had if they could.’

2

Simon Henderson

2

Luke Wygas

‘Luke quickly grasps and understands complex issues, gives clear and definitive advice, and holds a keen awareness for the commercial reality when advising on legal position.’

3

Daniel Churcher

3

Jennie Gillies

3

Daniel Goodkin

3

Kate Livesey

3

Matthew Thorne

 

4

Mek Mesfin

‘Mek excels in his attention to detail and exceptional drafting skills. His clear and well-structured drafting significantly strengthens his advocacy, presenting arguments that are both persuasive and comprehensively backed by evidence.’

4

Nick Kaplan

‘Nick’s attention to detail and technical expertise are extremely impressive. He remains calm and focused under pressure, and is a powerful advocate, delivers his arguments clearly and effectively.’

4

Laura Crowley

4

Helen Dennis

'Helen is brilliant; her work is of a very high standard and it is a real pleasure to work with her.'

4

Ed Jones

‘Ed is a user friendly and fiercely bright advocate with well-tuned commercial instincts. Solicitors choose to work with him on the most complex and critical disputes.’

4

Laurence Page

‘Laurence is great to have on your team.  He sees angles for argument that perhaps others don't and he also has a creative and persuasive style with his writing.’

4

Robert Scrivener

‘Robert is very familiar with the principles and latest authorities in construction law.  His cross examination of witness in our case was very well prepared and effective.’

4

Gideon Shirazi

4

Quentin Tannock

‘Quentin is responsive, enthusiastic and clearly committed to achieving the best outcome for the client. He is willing to engage closely with the case at all stages and he is advice is well-reasoned and commercially aware.’