Compass Chambers
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The team at Compass Chambers is routinely sought after for its established track record in handling complex regulatory criminal matters, health and safety work, and high-profile public and Fatal Accident Inquiries. Peter Gray KC and Murdo MacLeod KC are acting for various parties in the ongoing Scottish Hospitals inquiry. The ‘exceptional’ Barry Smith KC continues to advise on a broad range of complex health and safety issues. In a separate matter, Mark Stewart KC, Carla Fraser, and Elaine Smith were recently instructed in a fatal accident inquiry into the death of a Sudanese asylum seeker who was shot dead by police after stabbing five people at a Glasgow hotel where he was being housed. In a boost to the stable, Emma Toner KC took silk in September 2025, and the ’very compelling and measured’ Barney Ross KC was appointed silk in September 2026.
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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.
Peter Gray KC
Murdo MacLeod KC
Barry Smith KC
Mark Stewart KC
Angela Grahame KC
Claire Mitchell KC
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.
Emma Toner KC
2026 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.
Barney Ross KC
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.
Kate Bennett
Clare Connelly
Carla Fraser
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.