News

We are delighted to announce that Nikolas Clarke has been appointed a part-time fee-paid employment judge by the Lord Chancellor.

A 12-person team of our barristers and staff will take part in the 10km London Legal Walk in one week's time. They will walk with more than 5,000 other lawyers to raise funds for free legal services across London and the South East that help some of the most vulnerable members of society.

Stephen O’Rourke QC takes up his role as Principal Crown Counsel today. He now heads the Advocate Depute team of more than 60 High Court prosecutors in Scotland.

We are delighted that 9 members of chambers have been included in Legal 500 2022. Additionally, we continue to be ranked as a set for our social housing law team.

Nikolas Clarke, Christine Cooper and Clare Cullen have been appointed as Deputy District Judges on the South Eastern circuit. Their practices will continue as usual.

Professor Bill Bowring was one of the lawyers representing Marina Carter, the widow of Alexander Litvinenko, in her successful application before the European Court of Human Rights.

We are delighted to announce that Ryan Anderson has joined us as a tenant after completing his pupillage with us. Ryan plans to focus on employment, civil and housing law.

Today marks the launch of a new planning and public law mentoring scheme for underrepresented groups at the Bar. The scheme is a partnership between our chambers, the Planning and Environmental Bar Association (PEBA) and 4 other sets.

We are delighted to welcome Joanna Thom who starts her pupillage with us today. Joanna has a BA (Hons) in History from Durham University. She obtained a Very Competent in her BPTC at The University of Law and a Distinction in her GDL.

We welcome applications from talented barristers with expertise in our core practice areas: Family, Housing, Property, Business, Public law and Court of Protection.