“Guildhall Chambers is, unquestionably, the leading set of barristers on the Western Circuit.”
Chambers UK 2021
Year of Call: 1996
QC Call: 2017
Anna is a criminal and health & safety law barrister, who has over 20 years experience.
Year of Call: 1986
QC Call: 2001
Richard is a criminal and sports law barrister, with over 30 years’ experience at the Bar and some 16 years described as a "Leading Silk"
Year of Call: 1986
QC Call: 2006
Andrew is a criminal silk who regularly appears in cases of homicide, complex fraud and regulatory crime.
Year of Call: 1991
QC Call: 2010
Year of Call: 1991
QC Call: 2011
John joined Guildhall as a door tenant in December 2012 and is an experienced barrister in clinical negligence and professional negligence.
Year of Call: 1992
QC Call: 2011
Christopher is Head of the Guildhall’s Crime Team and Sports Team. He is a criminal, sports and regulatory law silk
Year of Call: 1999
QC Call: 2014
Hugh is recognised as a star of the UK Bar, with rankings in Chambers UK as a leading commercial and chancery barrister on the Western Circuit across 7 practice areas.
Year of Call: 1991
QC Call: 2020
Selena is a specialist clinical negligence barrister, who also undertakes some associated professional disciplinary and inquest work.
Year of Call: 1987
QC Call: 2021
Ray is a heavyweight Criminal Law and Sports Law barrister who is former Head of the Chambers' Crime Team.
Year of Call: 1978
Ian is widely regarded as a leading criminal advocate in all cases of serious sexual and physical violence. His regulatory practice is geared towards the farming and land management community.
Year of Call: 1979
Malcolm predominately has a High Court practice, in chancery and commercial law.
Year of Call: 1982
William is an agricultural and rural property barrister who advises and acts for landlords and tenants of farms.
Year of Call: 1983
John is a specialist commercial barrister, with a strong practice emphasis on high-value financial product mis-selling litigation.
Year of Call: 1988
Nicolas is a busy Leading junior specialising in complex and serious high profile criminal and regulatory cases.
Year of Call: 1989
David is a criminal barrister experienced in all areas of complex / serious crime. He defends and prosecutes in the Crown and Appellate Courts.
Year of Call: 1990
Nick has been band 1 ranked in both Chambers and Partners and the legal 500 directories since the late 1990’s.
Year of Call: 1990
Charles is an experienced specialist criminal barrister. His practice encompasses the entire range of criminal work.
Year of Call: 1990
Year of Call: 1991
Julian works exclusively on complex and/or high value claimant and defendant work, typically involving brain injuries, catastrophic limb injuries (and amputations), chronic pain syndromes and disorders, and psychiatric injuries frequently against leading counsel.
Year of Call: 1991
Anthony is a catastrophic injury and industrial disease specialist with 30 years’ experience.
Year of Call: 1991
Year of Call: 1994
Gabriel has a longstanding specialist practice in personal injury and clinical negligence and led the Guildhall PI team for a decade
Year of Call: 1994
Mark has been practising in criminal law for 17 years. He defends and prosecutes serious crime.
Year of Call: 1995
Richard is a barrister who specialises in insolvency law, company law and commercial litigation.
Year of Call: 1996
Ramin conducts a busy criminal defence practice, balanced by prosecution work, with particular specialisms in violent crime and in large scale drug and firearm conspiracies.
Year of Call: 1996
Year of Call: 1997
Debbie is a highly sought-after and experienced employment & discrimination barrister.
Year of Call: 1998
Christopher specialises in banking, corporate and insolvency litigation and is presently the Travers Smith Associate Professor of Corporate and Commercial Law at the University of Oxford.
Year of Call: 2005
Sol: 1998
Oliver is a barrister who specialises primarily in personal injury claims and costs litigation.
Year of Call: 1999
Katie practices in all areas of insolvency and enjoys a broad commercial litigation practice with particular specialism in partnership disputes.
Year of Call: 1999
Julian has a specialist, predominantly employer focused employment and discrimination practice in the Employment Tribunal, EAT and Civil Courts.
Year of Call: 2000
Jenny is a highly experienced criminal practitioner, with expertise in challenging and complex matters.
Year of Call: 2000
Anjali is known for her fearlessness in court, down to earth style, pleasing to juries and clients alike, and her ability for careful and sensitive yet robust cross-examination.
Year of Call: 2000
Rob specialises in clinical work: he is well regarded in the field, and is consistently recommended as a leading junior in the main legal directories.
Year of Call: 2001
Martin is a member of the Guildhall Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence team.
Year of Call: 2002
Stefan is a highly regarded commercial advocate who litigates regularly in the High Court and who has also appeared several times without a leader in the Court of Appeal.
Year of Call: 2003
Douglas is a specialist employment & discrimination barrister. He has a well-rounded practice which encompasses all areas of employment, discrimination and collective labour law.
Year of Call: 2004
Allan is a specialist employment and commercial barrister with experience in all aspects of employment and equality law (including its application to partners and directors), as well as commercial and professional disputes, (particularly restraint of trade and partnership disputes).
Year of Call: 2004
James is a specialist criminal advocate who prosecutes and defends in a wide range of criminal cases.
Year of Call: 2004
Susan specializes in a variety of areas of law that includes criminal, licensing, dangerous dogs, regulatory/disciplinary and inquest hearings.
Year of Call: 2005
Oliver is a commercial and personal injury barrister with considerable experience in resolving all manner of disputes arising from his practice areas.
Year of Call: 2006
Mary is a criminal barrister who defends and prosecutes exclusively in serious criminal cases.
Year of Call: 2006
Kerry is a specialist employment barrister. She acts for both Claimants and Respondents in all aspects of employment law
Year of Call: 2007
Michael practises in property & estates and commercial law, appearing in the High Court, County Court and other tribunals.
Year of Call: 2007
Paul is a specialist chancery and commercial barrister.
Year of Call: 2007
Year of Call: 2008
Sol: 1998
Lucy undertakes both contentious and non contentious advisory work in respect of all aspects of banking & financial services and commercial matters.
Year of Call: 2008
Holly is a barrister with a broad range of experience and expertise in insolvency and commercial law
Year of Call: 2008
Sam is a specialist criminal advocate who prosecutes and defends in a wide variety of the most serious of criminal cases.
Year of Call: 2009
James is a commercial and employment barrister, with experience of dealing with a wide range of disputes within the County Court, High Court and Employment Tribunal.
Year of Call: 2009
Simon is a specialist insolvency barrister who undertakes litigation and advisory work in all aspects of corporate and personal insolvency law.
Year of Call: 2009
A busy and dedicated junior personal injury and clinical negligence barrister who combines legal rigour with sensitivity of approach.
Year of Call: 2009
Oliver joined Guildhall's Commercial and Property & Estates teams in 2013. He has experience of a wide range of commercial and chancery/property work, acting for corporate clients, individuals and insolvency practitioners.
Year of Call: 2010
Year of Call: 2010
Geraint is a specialist barrister in Employment and Discrimination law. He specialises in dismissal, whistleblowing and discrimination claims and appeals.
Year of Call: 2010
Gregory is a criminal and regulatory barrister, specialising in serious and complex crime, hunting and animal welfare offences.
Year of Call: 2010
Suzanne was ranked in the first tier in the South Western Employment bar in the 2015 edition of the “Legal 500”, alongside senior juniors with over twenty years’ experience.
Year of Call: 2011
Matthew is a specialist property & estates barrister who practises exclusively in the areas of real property, estates, landlord and tenant and trusts.
Year of Call: 2011
Kriti is a specialist personal injury, clinical negligence, professional discipline and Court of Protection practitioner, acting on behalf of claimants and defendants.
Year of Call: 2012
Sol: 2010
Jay is a member of the Commercial and Property & Estates teams, and is a busy junior who is regularly instructed to act, either alone or as junior counsel, in high value and complicated litigation.
Year of Call: 2012
Alistair is a specialist criminal and regulatory advocate with a busy Crown Court practice. He undertakes instructions to prosecute and defend in a wide variety of cases
Year of Call: 2012
James is a specialist personal injury and clinical negligence barrister with a growing costs practice also.
Year of Call: 2013
James is a member of both the commercial and insolvency teams.
Year of Call: 2015
Year of Call: 2016
John is a busy junior who specialises in commercial and chancery work, covering a broad range of commercial and insolvency work.
Year of Call: 2016
Year of Call: 2017
Philip is a specialist Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence practitioner, acting on behalf of claimants and defendants.
Year of Call: 2017
Year of Call: 2018
Nicholas joined the crime team as a tenant in 2019, following his pupillage under the supervision of Mary Cowe.
Year of Call: 2018
Nicholas is a busy junior who specialises in chancery and commercial work, covering a broad range of property, estates and financial services work
Year of Call: 2018
Govinder is happy to accept instructions in Commercial and Insolvency law.
Year of Call: 2018
Year of Call: 2019
Anna takes instructions in all areas of employment and discrimination law, acting for both claimants and respondents.
Year of Call: 2019
Year of Call: 2019
Year of Call: 2020
Sol: 2017
Year of Call: 2019
Year of Call: 2021