Chancery: Traditional

Constance is a fabulous silk and is a particularly good trial barrister.

Constance McDonnell handles clients very well and quickly earns their trust and respect. She's plucky and brave, which is good; some barristers are very cautious. She is very commercial and on top of all of the law.

Dakis Hagen is one of the chancery Bar's greatest minds.

Dakis is a superb advocate and strategist who has a formidable intellect, persuasive advocacy and really good judgement.

Dakis is absolutely brilliant – creative, clever and a very persuasive advocate. He is passionate and enthusiastic, researches very deeply, and sees angles others don't because he's amazingly well read.

Dakis is very user-friendly, extremely clever and good on his feet.

Elizabeth is able to absorb vast amounts of detail and come up with an original strategy.

Elizabeth is brilliant with clients. She manages expectations well, but also does everything to achieve her objectives.

Elizabeth has admirable forensic and advocacy skills, and is a formidable leader. She is a pleasure to work with.

Elizabeth Jones is a superb analyst of cases. She is always absolutely spot-on in her advice.

Emma is highly respected; she's instructed by everyone, really. If you think about who the top firms are for private client, they will have either made an enquiry to instruct her or will have instructed her.

Emma is so fast, clever and commercial.

Giles is excellent at the intersection between chancery and commercial work. Every solicitor wants to consult him.

Richard Wilson is brilliant on his feet, absolutely superb.

He's very much at the top for trust litigation, onshore or offshore. He's very good on the big domestic succession cases. He is in a lot of demand and for good reason, I'd say. He's at the top of his game.

Thomas Fletcher is an incredibly bright lawyer, very technically sharp and very strategically astute. He's a real asset. He's technically extraordinary and strategically superbly astute.

Thomas is a really good senior junior. He has a very strategic outlook and is really knowledgeable on the case law side of things, always looking to see how the law has developed as part of a litigation strategy. A very good draftsman for pleadings or letters, timely at producing them to reflect what the instructing solicitor is looking to achieve, and he works well as part of a counsel team.

Adil's an absolute brainbox. We send him our trickiest chancery questions and he makes himself available to give very considered, well-thought-out advice. He is an exceptional junior.

Adil is a strong advocate with impeccable knowledge of procedure and an ability to write readily understandable submissions on very complicated trust and chancery matters.

Adil Mohamedbhai is a sensational junior. He is extremely responsive and very hard-working, as well as being very pragmatic and commercially user-friendly.

Adil is exceptionally talented and brilliant, with a photographic memory and an extraordinary ability to analyse complex legal issues. He has an extraordinary ability to handle complex material.

Harry Martin is quite simply exceptional: written, oral advocacy, and with clients, he's the complete package. He's very good on his feet, very clear in his writing, and clients love him.

Harry is great, he's so clean in his thinking and approach. He provides fast turnaround. He's quietly confident and thorough: nothing throws him, which is very reassuring.

Jonathan is fantastic. He is astonishingly well prepared and very smart.

Jonathan Adkin knows how to get to the heart of the issue very quickly. He is very sharp and knows the answer pretty quickly as well.

Jonathan Adkin is a heavy-hitting super-silk at the top of his game who commands the room and the court as well as the papers. Impressive.

Oliver Jones is engaging and responsive with clients, and his experience in trust cases is palpable. His written work is always persuasive, and he has an extremely strong work ethic.

Oliver is a pleasure to work with and a brainbox. He works hard and is accessible.

Oliver is a go-to junior in complex multi-jurisdictional trust disputes. He masters lots of information with relative ease, and wears his intellect well with no ego at all.

Gregor is technically very good and has very good knowledge, not just on contentious trusts and probate but family work as well. When you have a dispute touching many bases, he's great.

Gregor is a really strong, confident advocate. He's good at rolling his sleeves up and is also really diligent and super hard-working. He's also really bright.

Gregor Hogan is very client-friendly. He is easy to talk to and happy to get involved with the detail. He goes the extra mile to find the right legal argument and goes into the thorny and difficult problems and questions.

Gregor picks up facts very quickly and retains them when you come back months later.

John is incredibly good. He is responsive and sensible.

John Machell is all over the detail, very user-friendly, and very helpful when it comes to guiding strategy and case direction. He rolls up his sleeves and gets stuck in.

Jonathan Harris is all over the details of private international law.

Stephanie Thompson has deep reserves and a sharp mind.

Stephanie is a superbly good junior who is destined for great things. She is very responsive and she produces very good written work.

Timothy is shrewd, considered, careful and still great fun to work with.

Timothy is thoughtful, very precise and responsive.

Timothy Collingwood is excellent – very responsive, and happy to roll his sleeves up and be part of a team. He is also able to effectively lead on strategy and is hugely knowledgeable about trust law matters. He gives pragmatic advice.

Zahler is excellent. Her written work is excellent and she is great with clients.

Zahler Bryan is highly skilled and can get instructing solicitors out of sticky situations with excellent advice and assistance delivered with poise.

Zahler has admirable forensic and advocacy skills. She is a formidable leader.

Amy is remarkably versatile across company law and trust and estate disputes, and she delivers at a pace that consistently impresses. She is genuinely happy to engage with complex issues at short notice, and when she gives advice, she backs it: no hedging, no equivocation. As an advocate, she has a sharp eye for the points that matter and pursues them with real skill. She picks up on things others miss, and she does it under pressure without breaking stride. She is the kind of counsel you want on the end of the phone when something urgent lands on your desk.

Amy is amazing at absorbing a lot of information in one go and recognising where the focus needs to be on an issue. She is very thorough, has an intricate knowledge of the law, and is also very approachable.

Amy Proferes is super prepared for everything and she is unflappable.

Jamie Randall is very hands-on and happy to help out. He produces extremely high-quality drafting.

Jamie deals with matters very efficiently, cuts to the chase, and is able to look at matters creatively. He reframes what seems to be a tricky position and can come up with an answer to a tricky problem.

Sparsh Garg clearly really loves his work. He is very productive, willing to get stuck in, and produces high-quality work.

George Vare is a very impressive operator. He shows 100% dedication to the client’s cause, is mature beyond his years, and is highly responsive.

George is outstanding and incredibly easy to deal with, incredible with clients, with great strategic thinking and attention to detail.

George is able to get to the nub of the problem quickly and provide clear and concise advice to clients, both in writing and in conference. He is very approachable and excellent as part of any litigation team.