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Head of Chambers: John McDonnell KC

Senior Clerk: Justin Brown

Tenants: 38

THE CHAMBERS Three Stone is a commercial barristers’ chambers which provides specialist advocacy and advisory services to businesses and individuals domestically and internationally.

WORK UNDERTAKEN Three Stone has an established reputation for commercial dispute resolution, alternative dispute resolution including arbitration and mediation, company and partnership, insolvency, private client and property as well as expertise in art and cultural disputes, banking and financial regulation, civil fraud, entertainment (including media and sports), insurance, intellectual property and professional negligence.

As well as providing advice, its members appear as advocates before courts at all levels, arbitrators and other tribunals both in the UK and worldwide. Its client service is second to none and members are known for their ability to work in large teams and alongside professionals qualified in other jurisdictions.

Members both edit major legal texts and provide chapters for others.

Three Stone represents a merger of two former, well-known commercial Chancery chambers: Thirteen Old Square Chambers and 3 Stone Buildings.

Members
  • John McDonnell KC (1968) (KC-1984)
  • David W Lord KC (1987) (KC-2009)
  • Robert Levy KC (1988) (KC-2010)
  • Surya Subedi O.B.E (2007) (KC Hon-2017)
  • Giles Maynard-Connor (1992) (KC-2021)
  • James Gibbons (1974)
  • Michael Jefferis (1976)
  • Richard Nowinski (1977)
  • Ingrid Detter de Frankopan (1977)
  • Robert Bourne (1978)
  • Jonathan DC Turner (1982)
  • Francis Collaco Moraes (1985)
  • Laurence Vaughan-Williams (1988)
  • Mark Watson-Gandy (1990)
  • Timothy Clarke (1992)
  • Richard Peat (1993)
  • Ian Watson (1993)
  • Tim Ludbrook (1993)
  • Richard Devereux-Cooke (1999)
  • Adam Chichester-Clark (2000)
  • James Couser (2000)
  • Sebastian Kokelaar (2004)
  • Katherine Hallett (2006)
  • Alfred Weiss (2006)
  • Emma Knight (2008)
  • Michael Smith (2008)
  • Simon Hunter (2009)
  • Stuart Cutting (2011)
  • Christopher Howitt (2011)
  • Rupert Coe (2015)
  • Richard Bowles (2014)
  • Daria Gleyze (2014)
  • Stephen Woodward (2018)
  • James Woolrich (2019)
  • John-Paul Tettmar -Saleh (2019)
  • Harry Bithell (2021)
  • Alan Williams (2025)
  • Zara Yusuf (2024)

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Offshore
4 Ranked Barristers
Silks (KC)
David W Lord KC
2
David W Lord KC
2
Band 2
Robert Levy KC
2
Robert Levy KC
2
Band 2
Juniors
James Woolrich
4
James Woolrich
4
Band 4
Rupert Coe
4
Rupert Coe
4
Band 4
London (Bar)
Chancery: Commercial
4 Ranked Barristers
Silks (KC)
David W Lord KC
4
David W Lord KC
4
Band 4
Robert Levy KC
4
Robert Levy KC
4
Band 4
Juniors
Daria Gleyze
3
Daria Gleyze
3
Band 3
Sebastian Kokelaar
4
Sebastian Kokelaar
4
Band 4
Chancery: Traditional
1 Ranked Barrister
Juniors
Rupert Coe
4
Rupert Coe
4
Band 4
Commercial Dispute Resolution
4 Ranked Barristers
Silks (KC)
David W Lord KC
4
David W Lord KC
4
Band 4
Robert Levy KC
6
Robert Levy KC
6
Band 6
Juniors
James Woolrich
6
James Woolrich
6
Band 6
Sebastian Kokelaar
6
Sebastian Kokelaar
6
Band 6
Fraud: Civil
1 Ranked Barrister
Silks (KC)
Robert Levy KC
4
Robert Levy KC
4
Band 4
Real Estate Litigation
1 Ranked Barrister
Juniors
Sebastian Kokelaar
3
Sebastian Kokelaar
3
Band 3
Restructuring/Insolvency
3 Ranked Barristers
Juniors
Katherine Hallett
4
Katherine Hallett
4
Band 4
James Couser
5
James Couser
5
Band 5
Mark Watson-Gandy
5
Mark Watson-Gandy
5
Band 5
Tax: Private Client
1 Ranked Barrister
Juniors
Stephen Woodward
3
Stephen Woodward
3
Band 3