Pallant Chambers

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

• 'Sarah Sweatman is always on hand to offer assistance and accommodate enquiries. She will make every effort to move diaries to ensure matters are covered.'
• 'The service from the clerks' room is excellent. They deal with a high volume of work but clearly take a high level of care when dealing with individual cases. Sarah Sweatman is excellent at balancing great service to the client with careful diary management for the barristers.'

Lawyers

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.

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Colin Morgan

‘Colin is an experienced and long-serving member of the Bar who is incredibly well respected. He has an in-depth knowledge of all legal areas and is an experienced advocate, and his strengths lay in his personable nature and ability to communicate complex issues to professionals and lay clients alike.’

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Dylan Morgan

‘Dylan is superb. He is very friendly and unpretentious, he is unbelievably thorough and tenacious in court, and the local authority has no need for a silk because they have Dylan.'

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Katrina Hambleton

‘Katrina has extensive knowledge in the area of child law and is able to address the more complex matters that arise, and she is a highly skilled advocate and excels in the court area. Katrina has a meticulous approach and is able to provide very well balanced and considered advice, and she is extremely personable and is always willing to assist.'

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Graeme Harrison

‘Graeme has an extremely keen attention to detail and always prepares a case in a thorough manner. He will make himself available to instructing solicitors and clients throughout a case to give advice, not just when at court or in conference, and he is an excellent advocate, giving confidence to clients throughout a case, whether it be in cross-examination or submissions.’

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Graeme Harrison

‘Graeme has an extremely keen attention to detail and always prepares a case in a thorough manner. He will make himself available to instructing solicitors and clients throughout a case to give advice, not just when at court or in conference, and he is an excellent advocate, giving confidence to clients throughout a case whether it be in cross-examination or submissions.’

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Nadia Tawfik

'Nadia is excellent with clients, she is down-to-earth, provides good solid and realistic advice and clients can easily speak with her. Preparation paperwork is good and she forthrightly puts forward the case in court ensuring no issues are missed.'

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Zosia Keniston

‘Zosia's written work is superb which is always crucial. Zosia has a very pleasant manner in court which was extremely helpful when cross-examining vulnerable parents over an extended period of time, and she remains calm and collegial at all times which keeps the temperature down.'

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Eleanor Dewhurst

'Eleanor is very empathetic with clients '

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Katherine MacDonald

‘It is impossible to be too complimentary of Katherine; she is a firm favourite with lay clients and professionals alike as a result of her outstanding knowledge of the law, calm and firm approach, and friendly personable nature. She is an excellent in-court advocate making clear, articulate arguments and is always well prepared.’

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.

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Hannah Martin

‘Hannah is a very calm advocate and she is always well prepared. She is excellent with parent who are in very stressful situations and she is able to overcome difficulties and is really excellent at putting them at ease and explaining clearly and in straight forward language what the hearing means for the client.’