Intellectual Property

Tom is brilliant to work with. He is able to tie together the practical commercial issues and legal matters and see the end goal without letting one come before the other.

Clients love him. His advice is always of the highest quality, and his advocacy skills are unparalleled.

A fantastic advocate who is user-friendly, sharp, into the technical detail and commercially savvy, Tom is a top choice KC for any life sciences case. He's the first on my list.

He gives very clear advice that is very commercial and pragmatic. In terms of his advocacy, he is always well prepared and runs persuasive arguments.

He was very good at presenting the arguments to court. He is a very effective and clear advocate.

Andrew is an excellent patent barrister with great knowledge of navigating case law and court. He is very into technical aspects and is a skilled cross-examiner.

He commands the utmost respect on his feet. He gets to the heart of complex life sciences patent matters quickly, and always has the client's ultimate commercial goals at the forefront of his mind.

His written work is excellent. He is very clear; he really gets it. He is a very thoughtful barrister who can work things out.

A very effective junior for technically complex patent cases, Joe has a great eye for the detail of the case, without losing sight of the bigger picture.

Katherine Moggridge is incredibly bright and very approachable.

Katherine is exceptionally sharp and quickly grasps technical and legal detail. She's a standout among the junior Patent Bar and would be my top choice for future life sciences cases.

She is personable, tenacious, incredibly hard-working and great on her feet.

Miles Copeland is excellent. He is very thoughtful, pragmatic and commercially minded. He is also very reliable and responsive.

Miles has been invaluable in his contribution to our most recent case. He has familiarised himself with all relevant materials and become an expert in the issues.

Miles is fantastic. He is smart, incredibly diligent and responsive. He is a great with clients and is a strong advocate.

Stuart Baran has broad experience and is very much in demand.

I saw Stuart do cross-examination at trial and he did an excellent job.

Stuart Baran thinks very holistically and strategically. He sees the bigger picture.

Daniel is a superlative junior. I cannot fault him in any way. He is exceptionally bright and legally rigorous, and also has great sensitivity to the client.

Daniel Selmi is very sensible and commercial. He is a good draftsperson and advocate.

Daniel is always highly responsive and always delivers. He provides practical and commercial advice in a client-friendly manner. He is also a highly effective advocate and quick on his feet.

Douglas is first rate and the choice for high-value matters.

Douglas Campbell is intuitive, thorough, dogged, persuasive and thinks very fast on his feet.

Douglas Campbell KC is an absolute delight to work with. He is very calm and measured. He is someone you want in your team, and he has a first-class knowledge of IP law.

Guy is a tenacious fighter for the client. He sees the heart of the issues very fast and argues persuasively in the client's cause.

Guy is a superb courtroom operator and great with judges.

Guy cuts straight to the chase. He is so time-efficient and lightning-quick with his thinking.

Thomas Hinchliffe is incredibly hard-working. He really gets to the bottom of everything. He is great.

One of his real strengths is that he is always in the detail. Regarding his advocacy, we used him for High Court appeal work and he was very accomplished.

Thomas Hinchliffe KC is a very experienced barrister who is able to jump in and really help steer a matter under a lot of pressure. He is a safe pair of hands.

Tim Austen possesses a fantastic understanding of complex life sciences and patent law issues.

His assistance pre-hearing was excellent. He is clever, thorough and calm.

Tim is a great life sciences specialist and a reliable junior to have on any patent case.

For anything with numbers, Jeremy's your man. He is very pleasant to deal with. He's one of the team, which is important. He's worth listening to when he speaks. KCs are always impressed with him.

Jeremy is a solid pair of hands. He is intelligent and extremely diligent.

Jeremy Heald is very good to work with. He is technically brilliant in patent cases.

He was really good at getting on top of the technical detail. He was very responsive, drafted quickly and was helpful on calls.

He can get to grips with the most complicated pharmaceutical and life sciences problems. He has a particular strength in chemistry but excels at translating science into legal strategy.

Thomas is so good; we couldn't win without him. We were impressed by him deeply.

Alice Hart is exceptional. She is smart, easy to work with and has impressive knowledge of the case law. She also has great strategic instincts and is calm under pressure.

Alice is very client-friendly and super smart and into the details. She did some advocacy and performed very well; she put her points across very effectively.

Alice Hart is always incredibly well prepared.

Charles is excellent. He is so knowledgeable about the law and procedure and is able to distil all that knowledge into practical advice and insights into the case. He is also very hard-working.

Charles is incredibly thorough and a very reliable junior barrister. His work is always very considered.

Charles Brabin is particularly good helping lay witnesses with evidence preparation. He is a safe pair of hands.

She is a trusted source of top-class advice who we return to again and again. She has real strength in trade marks.

Denise McFarland has encyclopedic knowledge and a very good success rate. She has a fantastic manner with clients, but is extremely direct and aggressive in opposition proceedings when you need it.

Her client service is consistently excellent. She combines her deep legal knowledge with strong commercial awareness, offering strategic advice that offers real value.

She is very prompt and clearly very knowledgeable on IPEC procedure and law.

Georgina Messenger is excellent with clients and gives clear, no-nonsense advice. She is also prepared to put the time in researching points rather than give a wishy-washy answer.

Georgina was up against a KC and performed very well. She did a good, thorough cross-examination and made a clear presentation of our case.

Geoff had an excellent grasp of the technology and the arguments on our side and, perhaps more importantly, understood and exploited the weaknesses in the arguments and evidence on the other side.

Geoffrey Pritchard KC is excellent. He was really well prepared at trial. His cross-examination of the opponent expert was a masterclass. He annihilated the evidence.

Geoffrey is very good with clients and gives clear advice.