Chancery | UK Bar

Kings Chambers has a fine reputation among interviewees for its chancery work. Its highly regarded practitioners handle traditional and commercial work, including probate and property disputes, finance cases and charities matters. Instructing solicitors note that "the set possesses a range of first-rate barristers right across the spectrum of chancery and commercial work." Its members have recently taken instruction in an array of high-profile work, including Ben Leeson and Anthony Leeson v Donald McPherson.

Gary Young is the chief clerk.

18 St John Street is a strong set of barristers who regularly handle a wide variety of property cases and company and insolvency matters. An interviewee praises the set for its "ability to distil complex issues into a digestible format." Recent notable examples of the set's work include Great Jackson St Estates Ltd v Manchester City Council which progressed to the Court of Appeal.

Exchange Chambers is a set that has expertise in an array of chancery matters. Members of the set represent clients in commercial cases, including banking, company, insolvency and shareholder disputes, as well as in traditional chancery litigation concerning trusts, wills and probate. A source praises the set, noting that "all their barristers have fantastic technical ability and great advocacy combined with commercial awareness and proportionality." Recent standout work includes successfully resisting a claim worth over £1 million concerning an alleged breach of a shareholders’ agreement.