Crime

Duncan Penny KC is a very bright counsel. He has prosecution experience, so often is a good choice for that reason. He is good at knowing how to frame things.

He is one of my favourites. He is extremely articulate and has one of the best grasps of the law in the field. He is approachable, good with clients, very honest and direct.

He is in the premier tier of barristers. He is just an encyclopaedia of the law and a very forceful advocate.

He is excellent, he is great at client handling and has clarity of approach.

Alison Morgan is first-class.

Alison Morgan KC is a force of nature.

David Perry was great. He has gravitas and the client really liked him.

David fully deserves his magisterial reputation.

David Perry KC possesses unrivalled excellence.

Duncan Atkinson KC is an intellectual lawyer. He is very good on the law and an academic advocate.

In high-profile cases, he is in a league of own. He is one of the best silks around. He has a huge brain, is super intelligent, but is still approachable. He is a class act.

He is a very upright, very measured, detailed individual and competent.

He is a doyen of all matters criminal.

It is effortless with him. He is cerebral and always professional. He is considerate and can cross-examine. He is a top-class prosecutor.

Jacob Hallam KC is very hard-working, very pleasant and very fair. That fairness makes him more effective because the jury senses that he gets the balance right.

Jacob Hallam KC is very pleasant and a very astute cross examiner. He is extremely effective. Juries love him.

Peter Ratliff is enormously hard-working, has an eye for strategy that very few people do and doesn't take short cuts. If a challenge rears its head, he will be ready for it.

He is a top-class silk in all but name.

He is hard-working and has a sensible head on his shoulders.

She has a stellar reputation.

Sasha Wass KC is one of a kind. She is striking in her advocacy and people listen. She is phenomenal.

Simon is a real professional. He is classy, professional, full of confidence and possesses real, sheer class in the courtroom.

Alistair is exceptional, and a pleasure to be led by. He fully deserves his appointment as Treasury Counsel. He is an uncompromising cross-examiner and juries listen to him.

Richardson is good on the law and as an advocate. He is phenomenal. He is one of the best.

Alistair Richardson is absolutely excellent. He is a powerhouse and extremely nice to deal with. He has a lot of integrity.

Alistair Richardson is very intelligent and hard-working. He is a pleasure to be around and is a top choice junior.

She can do the full range. She is a brilliant lawyer and very astute tactician.

Ben Lloyd was very good, very responsive and able. He is collaborative and worked very well with everyone.

He is sensible, down to earth, realistic and persuasive.

Denis Barry is great with the jury. He is very good on the more intricate points of financial crime. He is a really understated, calm and considered barrister, and brings the jury on a journey.

He has a command of the papers and of the evidence. He handled a difficult case extremely well and was so good with the jury and judge. Denis is very calm and very smooth.

John Ryder KC provides exceptional advocacy and legal knowledge.

Louis Mably KC is very measured and sensible. He has the calm confidence of the court. He dealt with the jury well. He is very reasonable to get on with.

He stands out. He offers incredible legal knowledge, which has been honed from doing many high-profile cases in different jurisdictions.

He is exactly what you would expect from a top-class prosecutor. He is very good on the law and takes a properly classy approach.

Esther Schutzer-Weissmann is a star of the future.

She is phenomenal. The wonderful thing about her is that, although she is very wise and ferociously switched on, she is also very human.

He works hard and his written work, in particular, is superb.

Gareth Patterson KC is a natural prosecutor with a good command of his brief on every occasion. His advocacy demonstrates substantial experience as leading counsel.

She is great in and out of court. She is super likeable without being soft. She has great arguments and is very driven.

She provides fantastic judgement, is very tenacious and is great at dealing with the opposition. She is brilliant.

Lucy Organ is very thorough and well prepared. She will do the most for her clients.

He is extremely impressive. You can put him in front of any client.

Adam Payter is very adaptable. He is really respected by the opposition and seems to get a lot of respect from the bench for his sensible legal arguments, which are persuasive.

Martyn Bowyer is an outstanding advocate who provides exceptional service. He is of KC quality.

Tom Williams is academically brilliant and a walking encyclopaedia.

Tom is excellent and has a fantastic practice.

Lyndon Harris has excellent advocacy and is very knowledgeable.

He is an endless pot of wisdom.

Paul Jarvis really is an expert in the law. He is a leading lawyer in defending historic sexual offences. One of his greatest skills is he is great at simplifying complex issues.

He has a simply top-notch legal brain.

Ray possesses an incredible brain. He is really up to date on the law and is very strategic. He really understood the position of his client and is a really good tactician.

He is absolutely outstanding and very calm under pressure. He has really blossomed into an outstanding silk. He gets five stars all the way.

Simon Ray KC is my go-to lawyer. He is calm, methodical and technically brilliant and a joy to work with.