2 Harcourt Buildings is ‘an excellent set that conducts high-end prosecution and defence work’. Jane Osborne KC, with a reputation for being ‘tactically astute and skilled at handling young clients’, is regularly instructed in relation to homicide trials. Tom Nicholson recently prosecuted two brothers charged with the attempted murder of their father, with both suffering from drug-induced psychosis at the time of the attack. William Goss’ burgeoning practice covers drugs, homicide, and sexual assault cases – he recently prosecuted in a trial concerning the murder of a woman whose body was found in the storage area under her bed - the defendant was convicted and sentenced to a minimum of 34 years.
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- 'Keith Poynter is a great clerk and Gary Wright is also very personable and easy to work with.'
- 'Senior clerk Keith Poynter is first rate in his client care and ability to provide the perfect counsel for each case.'
- 'Gary Wright and Keith Poynter are utterly client focused, extremely responsive, and know the market inside out. They are also very adept at encouraging and nurturing new and existing streams of work.'
- 'The clerks are superb - they have a lovely ethos and work hard to make sure that chambers is run efficiently and well. They are a joy to deal with.'
- '2 Harcourt Buildings is an excellent set that conducts high-end prosecution and defence work. They have a range of seniority of counsel who are suitable for a wide breadth of matter types.'
- 'They are a good set with good counsel.'
- 'One of the best sets of chambers in London with barristers of the highest quality.'
- '2 Harcourt Buildings has real strength in depth when it comes to prosecution. They never disappoint.'
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.
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.
Kate Blumgart 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.
Catherine Donnelly
Tom Nicholson
Sam Barker
Jenny Burgess
Natalia Constantine
Toby Fitzgerald
Edward Franklin
Rising stars
Rising stars at the Bar are defined as barristers between four and eight years’ call who are seen as up-and-coming members of the Bar in their respective practice areas by clients and peers alike. They will already be instructed in high-profile, complex, and high-value contentious and non-contentious matters, working with and opposite more experienced leading counsel.