Oliver Radley-Gardner KC
‘Oliver's advocacy is brilliant and great to watch in action. Oliver gets to the important points, is very clear and concise and is also great at thinking on his feet, as well as at tailoring style to the relevant audience.'
Falcon Chambers is noted as ‘the go-to set for telecoms work’. Property-related telecoms work is the specialist area of Stephanie Tozer KC whose recent cases include acting for BT in On Tower Plc v British Telecommunications plc on appeal wherein BT attempted to terminate its lease with On Tower and terminate Electronic Communications Code agreements in order to redevelop a BT telephone exchange site on which On Tower has installed telecoms equipment; ultimately it was ruled at Tribunal and reinforced at appeal that the sole purpose of the building was not to house ECA, the building was “land” rather than ECA itself, so the lease was a Code agreement and the termination mechanism in Part 5 of the Code had to be followed. Oliver Radley-Gardner KC’s work also includes significant Code-related disputes, such as Vodafone v APW & Icon. Fern Schofield is considered ‘excellent’, and Wayne Clark KC was appointed silk in March 2025.
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- 'Johnathan Stannard and John Davitt are always happy to help, and will turn round queries very quickly.'
- 'John Davitt and Johnathan Stannard are excellent to work with.'
- 'Excellent strength-in-depth and good clerking and outreach.'
- 'The clerks are friendly and approachable.'
- 'My go-to telecoms set with expertise across silks and juniors.'
- 'Falcon has a number of KCs and juniors, all of whom are the leaders in this area of work.'
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Camilla Chorfi
Tricia Hemans
'Tricia has an exemplary ability to act solely under significant time pressures. Explanations are given clearly, succinctly and forcefully, with reference to key documents.'
James Andrews-Tipler
‘James has a very straightforward, easy to understand and client-friendly style – written work is concise and easy to follow – in advocacy James gets to the important points quickly without unnecessary legal jargon.’
Rising stars
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