Crime
UK Bar Guide 2025 : London (Bar)
Band 4
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Crucible Chambers is noted as a "strong set with a good range of experience in available counsel and very good care for clients." Members here are highly experienced in taking instructions in serious and high-profile criminal cases involving homicide, terrorism and child abuse. Recent instructions for the set have included R v Kwakye, concerning a murder within the context of gang rivalry.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Zach May is a brilliant clerk and the set's clerks in general are brilliant and well-organised."
"The clerks always go above and beyond and match the right barrister with us and our style. Senior clerk James Hall and Zach May in particular are brilliant clerks."
"James Hall does a great job. He is extremely personable and there's never a problem he cant solve."
"The clerks are absolutely phenomenal; always provide instant responses and able to deal with any issues with diaries."
"Zach May is responsive, great at engineering the diary and will take on any issue."
"Zach May is a brilliant clerk and the set's clerks in general are brilliant and well-organised."
"The clerks always go above and beyond and match the right barrister with us and our style. Senior clerk James Hall and Zach May in particular are brilliant clerks."
"James Hall does a great job. He is extremely personable and there's never a problem he cant solve."
"The clerks are absolutely phenomenal; always provide instant responses and able to deal with any issues with diaries."
"Zach May is responsive, great at engineering the diary and will take on any issue."
Notable Practitioners
"Leila is amazingly bright and hard-working. She looks after her clients beautifully and has excellent advocacy."
"She is fantastic. Meticulous and very speedy, she has the ability to put clients at ease including the most vulnerable and young clients."
"Leila is very clever, thorough and has a fabulous set of people skills which puts the client at ease. She is a good advocate and her drafting is second to none."
"Henry really knows his stuff, and is well respected and very personable."
"Oliver provides a fantastic service and is quality on his feet. He is excellent."
"She makes herself available for clients all the time and is very organised. She has a really pleasant manner with clients and is very experienced."
"Julia is great with clients and you know you will get a great service every time."
"She is very adept and produces excellent written work. She is thorough in trial and knows the case inside and out."
"He delegates very well, is respectful and responsive. He is a very good and an able leader and he wins the confidence of judges quickly and effectively."
"Martin has a first-rate grasp of the facts, is excellent with clients and a real pleasure to work with. His cross-examination is outstanding and his tactical acumen is first-class."
"He is extremely talented and straight to the point."
"Martin is a relentless strategist, a consummate tactician with a prodigious work ethic."
"He is very good and gives an extremely good closing speech. He is intelligent, hard-working and a good jury advocate."
"Roderick is impressive and easy to work with."
"Clea is an all-rounder, she is super bright and a safe pair of hands. She gets on with professional and lay clients and judges and juries love her."
"She is exceptional with client care and judges."
"She is super talented and proactive. She has leadership qualities and a really lovely tone in court."