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Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'Ben Newham is excellent and practicable.'
- 'Nicholas Wise is friendly and helpful, as is Philip Taylor.'
- 'Excellent team of clerks who are attentive and sympathetic.'
- 'Best IP set with a great range of IP seniors, juniors and KCs.'
- 'Top set with a great variety of talented barristers.'
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.
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.

Isabel Jamal

Jaani Riordan

James Whyte

Jessie Bowhill
Ashton Chantrielle

Beth Collett

Michael Conway
William Duncan

Jonathan Hill

Thomas Jones

Iona Berkeley

Henry Ward
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.