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Queen's Counsel
Silk
1994
Call
1975
Antony Shaw QC
Tony Shaw QC has been described as ‘An intellectual powerhouse.’Legal 500 UK (2021) ‘ …magnificent, approachable, funny and very bright ...
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Silk
2017
Call
1996
Gillian Jones QC
Listed in the Hot 100 list 2021, produced by The Lawyer Magazine. Winner of Crime Silk of the year for ...
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Silk
1993
Call
1969
Richard Sutton QC
Owing to his vast experience and consequential deep understanding of the criminal law and its developments, Richard Sutton QC boasts ...
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Silk
1998
Call
1979
David Etherington QC
David Etherington QC is an established criminal and regulatory barrister with over 35 years’ experience. He was previously Head of ...
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Silk
2001
Call
1978
Jeremy Benson QC
Jeremy is an accomplished silk with over thirty years’ experience both prosecuting and defending in fact heavy, complex cases of ...
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Silk
2003
Call
1980
Jonathan Fisher QC
Jonathan Fisher QC is ranked as a leading barrister in Band 1 for Financial Crime and Proceeds of Crime cases ...
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Silk
2009
Call
1985
Simon Spence QC
Simon Spence QC undertakes an even mix of prosecuting and defending work across Suffolk, Essex, Norfolk and London. Before taking silk, ...
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Silk
2009
Call
1978
Robert Woodcock QC
Robert Woodcock QC has nearly 40 years of criminal law experience. He is an expert within his field and has ...
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Silk
2010
Call
1986
Jane Bewsey QC
Jane Bewsey principally prosecutes in serious and complex corporate fraud, money laundering and tax cases instructed by the CPS and ...
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Silk
2011
Call
1988
Rosina Cottage QC
Legal 500 2017 Crime Silk of the Year Rosina is a highly respected Silk whose reputation for excellence has led ...
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Silk
2015
Call
1995
Riel Karmy-Jones QC
Riel is ranked in the Legal 500 in tier 1 for crime, her principal area of practice. She was nominated ...
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Silk
2017
Call
1992
Kate Bex QC
She is enormously talented, great to work with, down to earth and pragmatic. She has a backbone of steel ...
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Silk
2017
Call
1993
Edmund Vickers QC
Ed Vickers is ranked as a Leading Silk and is described as ‘a talented advocate’ who ‘exudes gravitas and authority.’ ...
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Silk
2018
Call
1987
David Walbank QC
According to the Legal 500 2019, David Walbank QC is “An advocate of exceptional ability… he possesses a first-class legal ...
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Silk
2018
Call
1988
Shane Collery QC
Shane Collery brings a highly unusual combination of skills and understanding of commercial work to a varied and extensive practice ...
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Silk
2018
Call
1993
Jennifer Dempster QC
Jenni is a very experienced and extremely able advocate whose practice primarily involves defending in cases involving murder, serious sexual ...
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Silk
2018
Call
1993
Tom Forster QC
Tom Forster QC is commended as “a really intelligent and diligent silk who gains the trust of judges with his ...
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Silk
2018
Call
1993
Barnaby Jameson QC
Barnaby Jameson is a sought after barrister based predominantly at the Old Bailey. He specialises in: Terrorism and counter-terrorism Terrorist ...
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Silk
2018
Call
1994
Adam Wiseman QC
Adam Wiseman specialises in Crime, Fraud, Inquests, Public Inquiries, Financial Regulation and International Human Rights. He has a particular interest ...
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Silk
2019
Call
1991
Christopher Paxton QC
Chris has considerable experience in defending and prosecuting both as a leading and led junior across a broad range of ...
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Silk
2019
Call
1994
Michelle Nelson QC
Michelle Nelson defends and prosecutes across the criminal spectrum. She has a strong background in prosecuting and has prosecuted in ...
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Silk
2019
Call
1996
Michael Goodwin QC
“Michael is a serious heavy-hitter in criminal fraud. He combines a powerful intellect with a measured and effective advocacy style.” ...
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Silk
2020
Call
1992
Allison Clare QC
Shortlisted for ‘Barrister of the Year’ at The Lawyer Awards 2020 “She is really easygoing but remarkably hard-working.” Chambers UK 2021 ...
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Silk
2020
Call
1998
Cameron Brown QC
Cameron specialises in the most serious fraud, corruption and Company Act cases. Recognised in the Legal 500, he is known ...
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Silk
2020
Call
1992
Jonathan Sandiford QC
Prior to taking Silk Jonathan was a CPS Grade 4 Prosecutor with over 25 years’ experience, in complex and sensitive ...
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Junior Counsel
Call
1982
Lori Tucker
Lori joined chambers in 2010, bringing with her 24 years’ experience as a CPS prosecutor. She spent her last years ...
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Call
1983
Janine Sheff
Janine has excellent communication skills and detailed knowledge built up over 30 years at the Bar which she applies when ...
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Call
1983
Cyrus Shroff
Cyrus Shroff appears on the CPS List of Advocates at Grade 4 but undertakes work both as defence and prosecution ...
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Call
1985
Brendan Morris
Brendan Morris is a criminal law practitioner with extensive experience of prosecuting complex, multi handed cases, including corporate fraud, serious ...
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Call
1986
John Lyons
John Lyons specialises exclusively in criminal defence, in particular white collar crime and commercial fraud. He also acts for those ...
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Call
1986
Andrew Marshall
Andrew Marshall is a committed and highly-experienced barrister sought both for his advice and advocacy. Andrew was made Recorder of ...
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Call
1986
Sailesh Mehta
Sailesh Mehta is a leading advocate who has defended and prosecuted in some of the most serious and important cases ...
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Call
1986
David Young
David is a highly accomplished barrister, who has consistently defended in high profile complex criminal trials. He provides strong representation ...
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Call
1986
Steven Dyble
Steven Dyble’s practice covers all areas of criminal defence work with a particular emphasis on homicide, sexual offences, drugs, fraud ...
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Call
1988
Ken Millett
Ken, has for many years been an experienced leading junior in all aspects of the field of general crime, both ...
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Call
1990
Richard Beynon
Richard Beynon has a wide experience of criminal litigation, specialising over a number of years in the prosecution of large ...
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Call
1991
Michael Skelley
Michael Skelley has established a reputation as an accomplished jury advocate. He specialises in a broad spectrum of criminal defence ...
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Call
1991
Andrew Thompson
Andrew appears most often in cases where serious sexual offences are alleged, in particular those involving vulnerable or child witnesses, ...
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Call
1992
Michael Epstein
Over the last few years Michael Epstein has focused solely on heavy criminal defence work, particularly cases involving corruption, large ...
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Call
1992
Valerie Charbit
Valerie has vast experience in complex cases involving Crime, Fraud, Health & Safety and Professional Discipline. She prosecutes and defends ...
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Call
1993
Rufus D’Cruz
Rufus D’Cruz is an able, experienced leading junior who is instructed to prosecute and defend in serious, complex, multi-handed criminal, ...
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Call
1993
Nicola May
Nicola is an experienced senior junior who both prosecutes and defends in the full spectrum of serious cases encompassing murder, ...
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Call
1993
Ian McLoughlin
Ian has built a reputation as a leading junior who both prosecutes and defends in serious criminal trials. In addition ...
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Call
1994
Alistair Fell
Alistair is a proficient criminal practitioner with substantial experience of prosecuting and defending in criminal cases. He now specialises in ...
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Call
1994
Richard Kelly
Richard is a fearless advocate who acts for both the prosecution and the defence. Early years of practice included work ...
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Call
1995
Noel Casey
Noel is an experienced and versatile practitioner in criminal law, with a practice evenly balanced between prosecuting and defending. He ...
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Call
1995
Stephen Rose
Stephen is a specialist criminal practitioner who both prosecutes and defends in serious crime. He lives in Essex and appears ...
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Call
1996
David Wilson
David is a skilled and experienced lawyer who has been described as a strong advocate who will give robust advice ...
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Call
1997
Stephen Requena
Stephen has a wealth of experience in defending and prosecuting fraud and corporate crime, sexual offences, organised crime, serious violence ...
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Call
1998
David Malone
“A dedicated and impassioned criminal defence advocate. He has always displayed a very analytical and quick thinking mind, with brilliantly ...
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Call
1998
David Miller
David Miller is a defence advocate with detailed knowledge of police procedure and investigative techniques, with particular expertise in disclosure ...
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Call
1998
Louis-Peter Moll
Louis Moll is currently on sabbatical and intends to return to practice in due course. Louis Moll is an experienced ...
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Call
1999
Rebecca Chalkley
Rebecca specialises in all areas of financial crime and commercial wrong-doing. Her areas of expertise include Insider Dealing, Bribery & ...
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Call
2000
Marcus Rickard
Marcus has an accomplished set of skills plus commercial experience which is fuelling his growing practice and reputation. His most ...
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Call
2000
Felicia Davy
Felicia is ranked in the 2019, 2020 and 2021 editions of the Legal 500 as a leading junior in both ...
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Call
2001
Mathew Dance
Mathew is instructed as both leading and junior counsel for the defence, and is very experienced in highly complex and ...
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Call
2001
Paul Evans
Paul has significant experience and expertise in providing advice and advocacy in sensitive and high profile criminal cases. He specialises ...
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Call
2001
Priyadarshani Khanna
Priya Khanna has over 16 years of experience in prosecution and defence work during which she developed a busy practice ...
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Call
2001
Hannah Willcocks
Hannah Willcocks is a specialist advocate in serious, financial and regulatory crime, cited as being ‘a first-class advocate and excellent ...
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Call
2001
Serena Gates
Ranked in the Legal 500 2020 and 2021 under fraud and general crime respectively, Serena Gates is a skilled and ...
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Call
2001
Marc Brown
Marc is an experienced criminal practitioner who prosecutes and defends as both a leading and led junior across the range ...
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Call
2003
Faras Baloch
Faras is a specialist in financial crimes such as fraud, tax evasion, money laundering, market abuse and corruption. He advises ...
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Call
2003
Guy Bowden
Guy acts as leading or junior counsel in substantial fraud cases and has done so for the past five years ...
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Call
2003
Emma Gargitter
Emma practises in criminal, regulatory and public law. She combines an eye for detail with hard work, seeking always to ...
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Call
2003
Jamie Sawyer
Jamie has extensive general crime experience, regularly appearing in courts, defending and prosecuting throughout Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk. His practice principally ...
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Call
2014
Solicitor
2003
Nina Tavakoli
“An extremely knowledgeable practitioner, who is a warm person with a great manner about her. She’s a real star in ...
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Call
2003
Hal Watson
A versatile, highly capable advocate, with a meticulous approach to evidential preparation and presentation, specialising in serious fraud and complex ...
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Call
2004
James Holland
James is a criminal defence practitioner, a specialist at defending highly complex financial prosecutions and allegations of serious violent crime. ...
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Call
2004
Jane Oldfield
Jane is currently ranked in the Legal 500 as a leading junior at the London Bar in both Crime and ...
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Call
2004
Edward Renvoize
Ed Renvoize specialises in serious criminal work. His particular focus is fraud and organised crime cases, but his broad workload ...
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Call
2005
Trevor Archer
Trevor Archer specialises in complex investigations, particularly those relating to financial crime prosecuted by the SFO, the Insolvency Service, HMRC, ...
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Call
2005
Jamie Sharma
Jamie Sharma practices in five principal areas of law: Global Investigations Financial Crime and Regulation Tax Civil Fraud Public Law ...
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Call
2005
Max Baines
Max is ranked as a Leading Junior in financial crime, business and regulatory crime (including global investigations), and sport. “Max ...
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Call
2007
Leo Seelig
Ranked as a leading barrister in legal directories, Leo practises in all areas of criminal and regulatory law. He advises ...
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Call
2007
Bethan Rogers
Bethan has a busy criminal practice, in both prosecution and defence work. She is particularly experienced in cases involving defendants ...
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Call
2005
Klentiana Mahmutaj
Klentiana practises in criminal law, human rights and international arbitration, with a focus on investment arbitration. She also has substantial ...
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Call
2008
David Claxton
David is ranked as a leading junior in the 2017 edition of Legal 500 in the practice areas Business Crime, Regulatory Crime ...
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Call
2008
Aneurin Brewer
Aneurin has developed a well-deserved reputation as a tenacious and conscientious defence advocate with a down to earth demeanour and ...
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Call
2008
Naomi Parsons
Naomi acts in criminal, regulatory and public law cases. In recent years, her criminal practise has focused on financial crime ...
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Call
2008
Dr Alexis Dite
Alexis acts in both criminal and regulatory cases, with an emphasis on criminal cases dealing with financial crime and regulatory ...
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Call
2009
Laura Kenyon
Laura is a robust advocate, whose meticulous approach to preparation allows her to present cases concisely and persuasively. She has ...
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Call
2009
Matthew Sorel-Cameron
Matthew is a robust and persuasive advocate, who brings a forensic approach to cases. His skill, tactical acumen and judgement ...
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Call
2010
Daniel Robinson
Daniel has built a broad practice encompassing crime, road traffic and regulatory work. He appears in a range of courts ...
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Call
2010
Joanna Hardy
Joanna is ranked in the 2019, 2020 and 2021 editions of the Legal 500 as a leading junior in general ...
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Call
2010
Rachel Naylor
Rachel practises in serious crime and public law. She combines an eye for detail and meticulous preparation with clear, tactically ...
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Call
2010
Lauren Sales
The hallmarks of Lauren’s advocacy are preparation and determination. She is a hard-working and committed barrister, single-minded about achieving the ...
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Call
2010
Marilyn Vitte
Marilyn provides advice and representation in all areas of criminal and regulatory law. She is a skilled, astute and persuasive ...
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Call
2011
Genevieve Reed
Genevieve is a tenacious barrister with excellent advocacy skills. She appears in the Crown Court and Court of Appeal, as ...
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Call
2011
Matthew Bainbridge
Matthew prosecutes and defends in the Crown Court and has experience of appearing in the High Court. He specialises in ...
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Call
2012
Leila Chaker
Leila has built a busy practice prosecuting and defending in criminal and regulatory cases. She is a tenacious advocate who ...
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Call
2012
Dan Taylor
Dan is a robust and tenacious advocate, with experience of defending and prosecuting in cases across the criminal spectrum, including ...
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Call
2013
Lucy Ginsberg
Lucy is a tenacious barrister with an impressive academic background. Her varied practice demands a consistently high level of advocacy ...
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Call
2014
Zoë Chapman
Zoë enjoys a busy practice both defending and prosecuting in the Crown and Magistrates’ Courts. She has experience across a ...
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Call
2015
Andrew Herd
Andrew is a criminal and regulatory barrister. He is able to provide advice and representation at every stage of a ...
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Call
2015
Call Canada
1983 Alberta
Laura Hoyano
After many years of trial and appellate advocacy experience at the Canadian Bar (Alberta Bar 1983), Laura Hoyano has developed ...
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Call
2015
Solicitor
2013
Laura Jane Miller
Laura is a dedicated criminal practitioner who has spent 10 years working within criminal litigation. Laura enjoys a busy Crown ...
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Call
2015
Faye Rolfe
Faye is a determined advocate with an eye for detail. She has a busy practice across the range of Chambers’ ...
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Call
2016
Aimee Riese
Aimee provides advice and representation in criminal and public law cases. She has appeared in cases involving serious violence (violent ...
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Call
2016
Francesca Kirby
Francesca has a busy criminal practice defending and prosecuting a broad range of offences in the Crown Court and Magistrates ...
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Call
2016
Nicholas Hall
Nicholas is a determined barrister and a fierce advocate. He is regularly instructed to prosecute and defend in criminal and ...
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Call
2017
Caroline Baker
A confident, tenacious and likeable advocate, Caroline has defended and prosecuted in a wide range of criminal matters. She is regularly instructed ...
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Call
2018
Georgia Lassoff
Georgia is a persuasive advocate who provides exceptional client care. Georgia is regularly instructed to defend and prosecute. She has ...
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Call
2018
Tom Davies
Tom has a range of experience as a junior practitioner acting on behalf of both individuals and corporate entities. He ...
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Call
2019
Helena Spector
Helena is a relentlessly determined advocate with an interest in criminal, regulatory and public law. Helena has experience across a ...
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