Chancery: Traditional

Elspeth Talbot Rice is a go-to KC. She is really very approachable and robust, and carries a lot of authority when speaking to the clients and opponents. She is hugely knowledgeable and experienced.

It is like having a Supreme Court judge on your side. Elspeth is a force of nature.

Elspeth is super bright. She really knows her stuff and comes up with very clever arguments.

Elspeth is definitely the best at the English Bar, for me. She is on a different planet, an absolutely outstanding advocate.

Elspeth is the queen of trust and estates litigation. She is the one you want to go to and the one you don't want on the other side.

I rate Andrew highly as a junior. He has an amazingly strong academic grasp of trust principles, and the quality of his paperwork is fantastic.

Andrew has an amazing offshore practice. He is involved in a staggering amount of offshore litigation. He provides robust advice and can think outside the box with creative arguments.

Andrew is phenomenally intelligent and so, so good to work with. Clients really like him. He's has a really calm temperament and is a mixture of phenomenal intelligence and commerciality.

Bajul is the most calming influence and incredibly persuasive. He uses his many years of experience to just disperse that knowledge and be incredibly influential. He is loved by judges.

Bajul is very collegiate and goes above and beyond to provide assistance where he can. He misses absolutely nothing, he is very calm and measured and he is so lovely to deal with as well.

Bajul Shah is an excellent lawyer. He is very client-friendly, careful, commercial and able to deal with the most complex disputes.

Bajul Shah is extremely good at chancery work. He really has that knowledge of overlapping areas of fraud along with offshore issues.

Edward Cumming is the definition of a hands-on barrister. He is very proactive and popular. He really leads the charge on cases and is tireless.

Edward Cumming is great mix of commercial nous and intellect.

There is a reason Edward is always in demand. He is very legally and commercially minded. Clients really appreciate him.

She cuts through so much and gets to the right answer very quickly. She also presents that to the client in such a compassionate way. She is one of my favourite barristers in the area.

Elizabeth is absolutely first class. Her advocacy is excellent. She brings out the strengths in any case effectively and is great at attacking the weaknesses of the other party.

Elizabeth Weaver's work is exemplary and she has great patience with clients, while being prepared to be honest with them.

David is very thoughtful, learned and great for cases that need carefully thought-out strategy across jurisdictions.

David Brownbill is incredibly approachable, thorough and knowledgeable on core trust issues. He is my go-to for complex cases as he is engaged and can bring together trust and tax issues well.

Timothy Sherwin is on the fast track to silk. He is so intelligent, commercial and pragmatic.

Timothy is technically brilliant and a great strategist who thinks about every issue in a long-term, strategic way.

Timothy Sherwin is very highly thought of in the contentious estates world and is building an incredible practice. He is very easy to work with and is an excellent barrister.

Adam is ferociously bright and strategically strong.

Adam Cloherty is experienced, technical when needed and practical in all his interactions. Clients love him as he gives them a lot of confidence.

Adam Cloherty is engaged, responsive and across the detail.

Daniel is just fantastic. He has an incredible knowledge of the law and he is an astute tactician, working hard to achieve the client's objectives.

Daniel Warents is very good. He is absolutely incisive.

Francis is understated and extremely clever. Clients also absolutely love him.

Francis Tregear is a smooth, charming operator.

James is very good with complicated trust issues. Gold stars all around; he is very clever.

James Fennemore's written work is excellent, and his ability to think creatively about solutions is amazing. He is a real team player.

James has fantastic recall and memory. He is also great to work with and easy to speak with. Clients really trust him and he is someone who understands the details of case.

Sarah Bayliss is exceedingly supportive for clients while still providing realistic commercial advice.

Sarah is a good all-rounder and a pleasure to work with. She is a team player through and through.

Clients love Sarah and she is very persuasive in court. She is also someone you want on your side in a mediation. She is not your traditional barrister; she is incredibly down to earth.

One of the best things about Sarah is that she is so responsive and always available when we need an immediate steer on things.

Sarah Bayliss has excellent client rapport, and she is extremely practical and commercial. She thinks outside the box and always helps us engineer solutions balanced with a real dose of common sense.