Albion Chambers provides ‘a great service with a good skill set within their criminal team’ handling a wide variety of criminal law matters, including murder, sexual offences, violence, fraud and drug offences. Adam Vaitilingam KC, ’a first-choice silk for murders who prepares cases thoroughly and identifies the key issues at the outset’, recently prosecuted in a nine-handed murder trial. Sarah Regan is ‘a class act’ and prosecuted a man for a stranger rape. . Edward Hetherington is ’outstanding and goes above and beyond responsively and comprehensively’ and is regularly instructed on murder and organised crime cases.
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- 'The clerks at Albion Chambers are professional and have a wealth of experience. Ken Duthie and Charlotte Fryer are always on hand to assist with queries and provide a prompt and effective response.'
- 'The clerks are very responsive and will do all they can to assist with any query or new instruction. The regulatory clerk, Ken Duthie, is very reliable.'
- 'Albion Chambers has an excellent set of counsel with a good range of experience.'
- 'Albion Chambers is a great set and has a good spread of skills.'
- 'Albion Chambers is the go-to set. It is an excellent team of criminal practitioners that deal with the full range of criminal and regulatory matters with an excellent selection of reliable and approachable silks.'
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