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39 Essex Chambers

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Provided by 39 Essex Chambers

39 Essex Chambers is a long established set with 55 Kings Counsel and 158 juniors. With offices in London, Singapore, Dubai and Kuala Lumpur, the set offers substantial expertise in civil liability, commercial, construction and engineering, commercial fraud, financial services, costs and litigation funding, aviation, energy, planning, environmental and property, personal injury and clinical negligence, public, regulatory and disciplinary law, and alternative dispute resolution.

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UK - Head office

Greater London

81 Chancery Lane, London, Greater London, UK, WC2A 1DD, London

www.39essex.com

(020) 7832 1111

Ranked Practice Areas at 39 Essex Chambers (20)

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Ranked Barristers at 39 Essex Chambers (251)

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Members

Provided by 39 Essex Chambers

  • Charlie Cory-Wright KC (1984) (KC-2006)
  • Richard Harwood OBE KC (1993) (KC-2013)
  • John Tackaberry KC (1967) (KC-1982)
  • Edwin Glasgow CBE KC (1969) (KC-1987)
  • Brian Ash KC (1975) (KC-1990)
  • Nigel Pleming KC (1971) (KC-1992)
  • John Steel KC (1978) (KC-1993)
  • Richard Spearman KC (1977) (KC-1996) +
  • Richard Wilmot-Smith KC (1978) (KC-1994) +
  • William Norris KC (1974) (KC-1997)
  • Matthias Kelly KC (1979) (KC-1999)+
  • Paul Darling OBE KC (1983) (KC-1999)
  • Gregory Treverton-Jones KC (1977) (KC-2002) +
  • Neil Block KC (1980) (KC-2002)
  • Susan Rodway KC (1981) (KC-2002)
  • Peter Village KC (1983)(KC-2002)
  • Stuart Catchpole KC (1987) (KC-2002) + *
  • Colin McCaul KC (1978) (KC-2003)
  • Timothy Lyons KC BL (1980) (KC-2003)
  • Adrian Hughes KC (1984) (KC-2006)
  • Stephen Tromans KC (1999) (KC-2009)
  • Charles Manzoni KC (1988) (KC-2009)
  • Thomas Hill KC (1988) (KC-2009)
  • Peter Rees KC (2014) (KC-2009)
  • Steven Kovats KC (1989) (KC-2010) +
  • Eleanor Grey KC (1990) (KC-2011)
  • Lisa Giovannetti KC (1990) (KC-2011)
  • Jenni Richards KC (1991) (KC-2011)
  • Paul Stinchcombe KC (1985) (KC-2011)
  • Simon Browne KC (1982 (KC-2011)
  • Fenella Morris KC (1990) (KC-2012)
  • James Strachan KC (1996) (KC-2013)
  • Marion Smith KC (1981) (KC-2015)
  • Vikram Sachdeva KC (1998) (KC-2015)
  • Peter Turner KC (1987) (KC-2015)
  • Derek O’Sullivan KC (1990) (KC-2016)
  • Kerry Bretherton LC (1992) (KC-2016)
  • Andrew Tabachnik KC (1991) (KC-2017)
  • Nina Goolamali KC (1995) (KC-2017)
  • Kate Grange KC (1998) (KC-2017)
  • Deok Joo Rhee KC (1998) (KC-2017)
  • Karim Ghaly KC (2001) (KC-2017)
  • Lindy Patterson KC (2017) (KC-2010)*
  • Adam Robb KC (1995) (KC-2018)
  • Parishil Patel KC (1996) (KC-2018)
  • James Todd KC (1990) (KC-2019)
  • Rory Dunlop KC (2002) (KC-2019)
  • Victoria Butler-Cole KC (2005) (KC-2019)
  • Richard Wald KC (1997) (KC-2020)
  • Emily Formby KC (1993) (KC-2021) +
  • Judith Ayling KC (1998) (KC-2021)
  • Zane Malik KC (2007) (KC-2021)
  • David Bradly KC (1987) (KC-2022)
  • Alexander Ruck Keene KC (Hon) (2002) (KC-2022)
  • Nicola Greaney KC (1999) (2023)
  • Fiona Paterson KC (2003) (2023)
  • Katherine Apps KC (2006) (KC-2023)
  • John Pugh-Smith (1977)
  • Simon Edwards (1978)
  • David Bateson (1980)*
  • Geoffrey Brown (1981)
  • Christian Du Cann (1982)
  • Karen Gough (1983)
  • Jonathan Bellamy (1986)
  • Loretta Malintoppi (1987)
  • Bernard Doherty (1990)
  • Celina Colquhoun (1990)
  • Steven Lim (1992)
  • Andrew Kearney (2007)
  • Duncan Sinclair (1996)
  • Adam Fullwood (1996)
  • Christiaan Zwart (1997)
  • John Denis-Smith (1998)
  • Caroline Truscott (1998)
  • Camilla Church (1998)
  • Romilly Cummerson (1998)
  • Colin Thomann (1999)
  • Neil Allen (1999)
  • Sian Davies (1999)
  • Anthony Edwards (1999)
  • Shaman Kapoor (1999)
  • Rebecca Cattermole (1999)
  • Katharine Scott (2000)
  • Jess Connors (2000)
  • Simon Murray (2000)
  • James Burton (2001)
  • Juan Lopez (2002)
  • Christopher Staker (2003)
  • Ben Olbourne (2003)
  • Anna Bicarregui (2004)
  • Alexandra Bodnar (2004)
  • Sadie Crapper (2004)
  • David Mitchell (2004)
  • Mungo Wenban-Smith (2004)
  • Caroline Allen (2005)
  • Alexis Hearnden (2005)
  • Rachel Troup (2005)
  • David Sawtell (2005)
  • Camilla ter Haar (2005)
  • Andrew Deakin (2006)
  • Peter Mant (2006)
  • Quintin Fraser (2006)
  • Ned Helme (2006)
  • Jack Anderson (2006)
  • Kelly Stricklin-Coutinho (2006)
  • Edmund Townsend (2006)
  • Ashley Pratt (2006)
  • Rebecca Drake (2007)
  • Thomas Amraoui (2007)
  • Jennifer Thelen (2007)
  • Jack Holborn (2008)
  • Philippa Jackson (2008)
  • Steve Broach (2008)
  • Catherine Dobson (2009)
  • Benjamin Tankel (2009)
  • Vaughan Jacob (2009)
  • Ian Brownhill (2009)
  • Francesca Gardner (2009)
  • Eliza Sharron (2009)
  • Vivek Kapoor (2018)
  • Patrick Hennessey (2010)
  • Rose Grogan (2010)
  • Angela Rainey (2010)
  • Hannah McCarthy (2010)
  • Annabel Lee (2010)
  • Emma Corkill (2010)
  • Niraj Modha (2010)
  • Daniel Stedman Jones (2011)
  • Tom Tabori (2011)
  • Melissa Shipley (2011)
  • Victoria Hutton (2011)
  • Karishma Vora (2011)
  • Jonathan Darby (2012)
  • Nicola Kohn (2012)
  • Samantha Jones (2012)
  • Adam Boukraa (2013)
  • Rosie Eleanor Scott (2013)
  • David Hopkins (2013)
  • Michael Standing (2013)
  • Arianna Kelly (2013)
  • Samuel Burrett (2013)
  • Katherine Barnes (2014)
  • Alexander Burrell (2014)
  • Rachel Sullivan (2015)
  • Daniel Laking (2015)
  • Scarlett Milligan (2015)
  • Stephanie David (2016)
  • Joe-han Ho (2016)
  • Ruth Keating (2017)
  • Gethin Thomas (2017)
  • Philippe Kuhn (2017)
  • Daniel Kozelko (2018)
  • Nicholas Higgs (2018)
  • Nyasha Weinberg (2020)
  • Eleanor Leydon (2020)
  • Jake Thorold (2020)
  • The Rt. Hon. Lord Dyson KC (1968)(KC-1982)
  • The Rt. Hon. Sir David Keene (1964) (KC-1980)
  • Sir Wyn Williams FLSW (1974) (KC-1992)
  • Sir David Foskett(1972) (KC-1991)
  • Sir Colin Mackay (1968) (KC-1989)
  • The Hon. Wayne Martin AC KC (1988) (KC-1993)
  • Justice L. Nageswara Rao *
  • Abhinav Bhushan (2008)
  • Nael G Bunni *
  • Baroness Chakrabarti CBE (1994)
  • David Feldman*
  • Penny Cooper B.Sc. (Hons), Ph.D. (1990)
  • Andrea Biondi (2001)
  • Archibald Findlay SC (1999)
  • Paul Hayes KC (2005) (KC-2018)
  • Denys Hickey (1975)
  • Matthew Horton KC (1969) (KC-1989)
  • Peter Hurst LLB MPhil FCIArb *
  • Vivek Kapoor
  • Sharan H. Jagtiani SA (2000) (SA-2020) *
  • Patrick Lane SC (1977)
  • Steven Lim (1992)
  • David Mayhew (2011)
  • Boyd McCleary CMG CVO *
  • Michelle Pratley (2006)
  • Kristina Stern SC (1996)
  • Swee Im Tan (1987)
  • Augustus Ullstein KC (1970) (KC-1992)
  • Philippe Kuhn (2017)
  • Tom van der Klugt (2019)
  • Samuel Burrett (2013)
  • Scarlett Milligan (2015)
  • Stephanie David (2016)
  • Joe-han Ho (2016)
  • Grace Cheng (2016)
  • Ruth Keating (2017)
  • Gethin Thomas (2017)
  • Philippe Kuhn (2017)
  • Daniel Kozelko (2018)
  • Nicholas Higgs (2018)
  • Hannah Fry (2018)
  • Flora Curtis (2019)
  • Nyasha Weinberg (2020)
  • Eleanor Leydon (2020)
  • Jake Thorold (2020)
  • James Shaerf (2021)
  • Chiara Cordone (2021)
  • Christopher Moss (2021)
  • Ella Grozinski (2022)
  • Celia Reynolds (2022)
  • Daniel Holt (2021)
  • + Recorder
  • * Door Tenant
  • . Academic Associate

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