James McClelland KC

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“A superstar”, “terrifyingly intelligent”, “exceptionally gifted”, “a phenomenal legal mind”, “genuinely intellectually brilliant”, “magisterial in his conduct of cases”, “fantastic both on his feet and on paper”, “a compelling advocate”, “calm under fire”, "provides a brilliant delivery in court", “cuts through to the key points with a superb sense of what the court wants”, “finds the strongest arguments in the most complex cases”, “comes up with creative solutions to the hardest problems", "provides sure-footed direction on difficult judgement calls", “his advice is always clear and pragmatic”, “totally down to earth”, “exceptionally easy to work with”, “brilliant with clients”, “good fun”, “has no airs about him at all”, “a very nice guy” (current or past editions of Chambers & Partners or Legal 500).