Commercial Dispute Resolution

The way she handled herself under intense grilling by the judge whilst ensuring her arguments came across was very impressive.

She is simply brilliant.

She has this amazing, clear, analytical brain. Some barristers are all ego and flannel – she's the opposite.

There are super silks and then there is him. He is vastly experienced in and fierce in cross-examination. In terms of his position in the market, he is unique. He is brilliant.

He is one of the top silks in the market and the go-to for the most difficult and high-value cases.

He is a true heavy hitter who you want on any 'bet-the-ranch' case. He has huge gravitas, but is also very easy to work with.

Mark Howard has this transcendental quality that puts him above other legal professionals. He is a super silk who is adept across a range of sectors.

A fantastic barrister and an excellent advocate who is right at the top of the tree. He sees the key points quickly and is always enjoyable to work with.

Simon Salzedo is really outstanding. He is the full package and very hands-on. He is good at project management.

Simon brought some really good innovative thinking to a very complex case.

He is excellent and courteous. He took good points and fought hard.

Simon Salzedo is someone whom the court listens to. His advocacy style is such that the bench knows he will say something sensible. His submissions have particular power.

He skewers you with brilliant intellect. He is superb.

She must be right on the verge of taking silk. She is a very able commercial barrister.

Laura Newton has real presence in the market and is very easy to work with.

It has been a tricky technical case, and Laura has always given very sensible advice. She is a good team player, and her pleading and drafting have been very effective.

He is full of energy and drive.

Tim is highly experienced, utterly reliable and a highly effective cross-examiner.

Tim Lord is a very experienced silk who never gives up. He is a great team player, which is a real strength of his.

Tim Lord is very aggressive but effective at the same time. He is also courteous.

Tom takes a hands-on approach and is all over the details – he doesn't just delegate everything to juniors. He is a commercial thinker who is really good with clients and good fun to work with.

He is scary in his brilliance.

Tom is a terrific advocate with a wonderful turn of phrase. He has good judgement as to when to press and when a lighter moment is more appropriate in court.

Tom is a truly outstanding advocate. He is funny, insightful and unbelievably hard-working. A serious player whom I would trust with serious work.

Vernon is very persuasive and excellent on his feet. He is also very clear and such a hard worker.

He is immensely experienced, extremely responsive and skilled at delivering highly commercial and realistic solutions for clients.

Ben is a very good advocate and super intelligent with it. He can digest and cut through vast volumes of stuff very quickly. He is also remarkably commercial and good with clients.

Ben Woolgar is reliable, adept and cool-headed.

Ben has matured into a formidable senior junior who has a very forensic eye and is destined for great things. He is diligent and a pleasure to work with, as well as an excellent team player.

He is very bright and hard-working and a good cross-examiner. A tough opponent with gravitas who is good on his feet.

He is unflappable.

Charles is very good on the law, very affable and good with judges. He is a highly persuasive advocate.

Charles is great; succinct and to the point. He is not afraid to give a firm view and is highly valued by clients.

He is a very charismatic courtroom advocate.

Daniel has achieved very good results. He has a very nice advocacy style; he's not afraid to bang the desk when necessary but is very measured.

Edward Ho is sharp-witted and bright. He is a very good advocate who is really excellent in court. He is also user-friendly.

Ed is a go-to junior for litigation. He is remarkably bright and consistently delivers exceptional work. His advocacy is head and shoulders above that of his peers. He is the perfect junior.

Harry Matovu is an outstanding advocate.

He is a syrupy smooth advocate who has seen and done it all. He knows how to capture the court.

He is an iron fist in a velvet glove. His courtroom manner is elegant and wispish, but powerful and thought-provoking.

He is probably the most elegant speaker at the Commercial Bar. Go to him if you want someone to do opening submissions. He speaks beautifully.

Stephen has got the biggest brain ever. He processes information at an astonishing rate and is able to come up with precise solutions to complex issues.

He gives very punchy advice; he doesn't waste words, and he has an encyclopaedic knowledge of law.

He really has a lovely way about him in oral submissions. What he says is deliberate, to the point and expressed in a nice tone.

His approach to presenting the case is very inventive, detailed and always straight to the point.

Tony is forensically very sharp and doesn't miss any points. He is a great cross-examiner who is very precise and methodical in his approach.

Tony Singla is super on his feet.

One of his main strengths is his usability; he does not disappear and is always available with a positive, can-do attitude.

He has a calm, understated and reassuring manner with clients, and is a flawless and persuasive advocate.

William Hooper gets all the points and writes well. He is able to cope with a serious amount of pressure and stress and still produce excellent work.

Destined for silk, Will shows an incredible mastery of complex and detailed facts and a great passion for his work. He is a brilliant colleague and an even better advocate.

William Hooper has an impressive advocacy style and very solid client-handling skills.

William Hooper is absolutely excellent. He is very intellectually quick and creative.

Alan is an extraordinary barrister. He is very clever, immensely conscientious and hard-working. He leaves no stone unturned.

Alan is fantastic. He is the real deal and super smart.

Alan Roxburgh is extremely impressive and has the ability to quickly assimilate information and make complex issues simple. He is very forensic in his approach and a persuasive advocate.

Fionn is brilliant on his feet and great at cross examination. Unlike other barristers of his seniority, he understands the game from the solicitor's perspective.

He is excellent on his feet and in writing.

Fionn picks things up with a phenomenal speed. He is very bright and extremely diligent. It feels like he's going to war for you; he makes you feel very secure in that sense.

He is a delightful advocate who is relaxed and adopts a humorous, light touch to proceedings.

Fionn is a role model for junior silks. He is intellectually right up there, but he is also a really charming and user-friendly individual. He is a pleasure to work with and very responsive.

Fred has the ability to spot points others don't spot, especially when dealing with complex legal arguments. He is a great oral advocate and will be a star of the future.

Fred's written advocacy is meticulously researched, fluid and faultless, and his oral advocacy is spot-on. He is clear and compelling. Judges listen to him with great attention.

He has incredible knowledge of the law and is uniquely placed given his time as a lecturer at Oxford. For practical and legal solutions to problems, there is no one better.

Joanne Box is a fine advocate who gives clear advice in a client-friendly way.

Joanne Box is bright, hard-working and always gives advice of practical utility to the client.

Joanne Box is very good. She has a relaxed but appealing advocacy style.

I did a trial with Kyle Lawson and was very impressed. He is a knowledgeable and efficient junior, and he did a really good skeleton argument for the hearing. His written advocacy is first rate

We always go back to Kyle Lawson where we can. He is fantastic, and he gets into the detail quickly. His work ethic is brilliant. He's a rising star.

I've been enormously impressed by him. He is extremely user-friendly and works as part of our team. He provides enormously sound advice and has a grasp of complex matters.

Max Schaefer is exceptionally bright, both in writing and when on his feet in court. He is very pleasant to work with. A future star, for sure.

Max has a finance background and is completely comfortable with complex financial disputes. He completely understands numbers, which is a huge bonus where cases involve complex financial issues.

Max Schaefer is excellent at advocacy.

Michael Bools is very user-friendly, responsive and practical.

Michael Bools KC is a top choice for complex commercial disputes. He is extremely hard-working and has a charming yet persuasive style of advocacy which gets results.

Roger Masefield is an absolutely first-class technical lawyer.

Roger is extremely well-respected and offers top-quality advice whilst being personal and pragmatic.

Sophie is a fabulous junior who is very commercial and clear in her advice to clients. She is very reliable in terms of her legal judgement, but also very user-friendly and approachable.

Sophie Shaw is very bright and has very good judgement. She is very forensic and has a very attractive and persuasive style both in writing and orally.

I think very highly of Sophie Shaw. She is very clever and decisive, and you know you are going to get a quality work product from her.

Thomas is an excellent lawyer who is especially good in cases concerning accounting and auditing. He is the best in the Bar at those cases.

Thomas will do the hard work to get into the corners of the case others may miss. He compresses things into bite-sized chunks everyone can understand.

Thomas is super knowledgeable about audit negligence issues. He is very hard-working and super-efficient.

He's somebody who has a really good strategic feel for where the court is going. He knows what will sway matters.

Thomas is a fantastic advocate with a great manner that tribunals respond to.

Charlotte Tan is very impressive all round. She is extremely thorough, incredibly organised and intellectually brilliant. Also, she is a pleasure to work with.

I have seen her pleadings, and her written work is very good.

Thoughtful, hard-working and someone who provides strategic advice.

He is responsive and works very hard.

Jasbir is a very smooth advocate. What marks him out as a leader is that he provides an enormous amount of strategic insight very early on in the case.

Jasbir is very strong technically. He knows how to fight a corner, and he is good to work with.

His standout skill is his ability to cross-examine witnesses. I've never seen a witness who can maintain a lie when subjected to Jasbir's intensive and forensic cross examination.

Richard is very good and very clever. He is a real fighter.

He's got an immense brain and a huge capacity for cutting through the work.

His attention to detail and energy and work ethic are really impressive.

Tom is sharp, responsive and someone who understands client priorities. He is also a pleasure to work with.

Tom is very bright and level-headed, and he performs well beyond his years of call.

Tom Pascoe's written advocacy is on point, and he knows how to convince the court. He is is very measured and calm, and you trust him to deliver what needs to be delivered.

Alec is extremely bright and able.

Alec is extremely clever, able to synthesise and master hugely complicated facts, and a fantastic trial advocate. He is also a fantastic leader of a team and a fierce cross-examiner.

Alec is really thorough and not afraid to give his opinion. He won't sit on the fence, which is great.

He has a first-class brain; he's easy to work with, and he turns work around quickly.

Alec is a class operator, always focused on the important issues and someone who really gets into the detail of a case from the outset. He is also a great advocate with a concise and persuasive style.

He is excellent, especially in terms of his research and drafting.

Collaborative and solution-oriented, Andrew is a very impressive junior who provided thorough but commercial advice.

Andrew McIntyre is academically brilliant and an excellent draftsman.

Craig Morrison has a prodigious capacity for hard work and is great for hard cases. He is a ruthlessly analytical barrister who presents things in a very clinical and sharply focused way.

Craig is very good at drafting and also highly creative – he is able to come up with inventive arguments. He has a different way of thinking, which is a real strength.

He is intelligent, pragmatic and extremely pleasant to deal with.

Gerard Rothschild is impressive at writing skeleton arguments.

A talented junior, Gerard Rothschild is very client-friendly, responsive and commercial in his approach.

Michael continues to impress me with his thoughtful approach to every issue, his attention to even the most minor details, and the incredible speed of his responses.

Michael Bolding combines strong legal ability with an appealing advocacy manner. He is a superstar of the future.

She is highly responsive and user-friendly, and she possesses strong analytical and drafting skills. Her cheerful demeanour even when under great pressure stood out.

Charlotte's work is well drafted. She is well reasoned in her written work and is very user-friendly.

Charlotte Thomas is very well regarded as she is good in front of clients and is expert at smoothing over ruffled feathers. She's an extension of our team.

Fred Hobson has good sense of strategy and is very good at seeing every possible angle on a case.

Fred is tenacious in court. He is a very mild-mannered man but at trial he goes for it.

Fred is very clever and has got a good instinct for what's important in a case. Very hard-working and good in court., he has an authoritative, low-key style that judges really trust.

Clients love him for his hard-hitting advice.

Geoffrey Kuehne has great judgement and a strong work ethic, and he contributes well to strategic thinking in big cases. His written work is also excellent.

Geoffrey Kuehne is very responsive, and his paperwork is excellent. He is also very user-friendly. He makes the job of the solicitor much easier.

He did a great job. He is a very calm and smart guy who works well under pressure.

Jacob Rabinowitz was fantastic on a really challenging case that was hard-fought and high value. He did fantastically well in navigating a difficult matter.

Jacob Rabinowitz is a details man who is very diligent and very thorough. He is the person you want to trawl through all the facts and find the important nugget.

Jacob is exceptionally clever and shows commercial and strategic judgement way ahead of his year of call.

Jamie is very precise, thoughtful and through. His written work is really excellent, and his submissions are compelling. Also, his advocacy is very good; he takes a measured approach.

Jamie is like a powerhouse when you want to get to the bottom of something really knotty. He's smart at anticipating problems and good at thinking of better arguments than the other side.

He is good, thorough and unflappable.

Jamie is an excellent barrister who is able to quickly see the solutions to complex problems.

Matt is superb – he is really bright, and his drafting is excellent. He is always the kind of engine room of the case. On his feet, he was really impressive – calm and never flustered.

Matthew Kennedy provided excellent advocacy and great overall client service.

A very user-friendly barrister and a compelling advocate. Clients like him a lot.

His cross-examination is impressive.

Richard Slade is our go-to counsel for complex and high-value cross border matters. He is as good with clients as he is in court.

Richard Slade is very straightforward. He's got a good feel for what will go down well with the court.

He is approachable, knowledgeable, calm and non-judgemental, irrespective of the type of question being asked.

Sarah Abram is truly exceptional at reading the room and landing points with the tribunal. She is a top advocate.

The standout thing is her user-friendliness; she is responsive on emails, is very much a team player and is someone who leads by example. She is always available and happy to help.

Tom mastered everything quickly and was absolutely brilliant. He spotted the right angles to hit and the difficulties we faced. We had so much material to get through, but he found the right points.

Tom Wood is an excellent choice because of his good strategic judgement. His written work is of very high quality, and he understands what clients need.

Aarushi did a great job in the Supreme Court. She is a real standout junior in this field.

Aarushi is a class act and destined for great things.

Aarushi is top drawer. I absolutely expect her to be a real star in the future. Her written work is always exceptional.

Chintan Chandrachud is an outstanding junior barrister who is very easy to work with and always responsive.

A go-to junior who is excellent. Chintan is really pragmatic and has more experience than most of those of his call year. He fits really well in the team, aided by his former life as a solicitor.

Very easy to work with, extremely responsive, extraordinarily hard-working and very clear in his advice. He's a very good junior who is mature beyond his years.

Jonathan Scott is very strong and has a nice written style.

Jonathan Scott is a very trusted junior. He is efficient, hard-working and reliable. I enjoy working with him.

Ed is diligent, tenacious and a man who gets to grips with highly technical information quickly and efficiently. His excellent advocacy skills mean that he immediately commands respect.

Edward Harrison is a particularly compelling but understated advocate who has a fantastic manner. He is super responsive and a pleasure to deal with.

Edward Harrison is extremely bright, thorough and forensic. He is extremely precise in his advocacy.