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Testimonials
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- 'Guildhall Chambers has a fantastic clerking team which provides an excellent service, in particular Joe Stayte.'
- 'Joe Stayte is always at the end of a phone and can drop everything to help on urgent matters.'
- 'Guildhall Chambers has a great service across the board. Friendly, approachable and eager to help. Stephen Arnold and Joe Stayte deserve particular mention.'
- 'Joe Stayte is the go-to contact. He is very friendly, helpful and knowledgeable.'
- 'Stephen Arnold has a good manner with clients and offers the expected level of service. Joe Stayte is very enthusiastic.'
- 'Guildhall Chambers has an excellent and well-deserved reputation for insolvency and general chancery work.'
- 'Guildhall Chambers produces useful and thorough technical guidance on various aspects of insolvency law.'
- 'Guildhall Chambers is well known as one of the powerhouses for counsel in the South West. It has an excellent array of highly experienced barristers from the junior to KC level.'
- 'Guildhall Chambers has a good quality barrister and strength in depth. It has a good availability of counsel for complex and time-sensitive urgent matters.'
- 'Guildhall Chambers is a primary set of chambers - their insolvency barristers are incredibly knowledgeable.'
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.
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.



Holly Doyle


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.