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Law - Barristers

Learning from leaders

Colin Wynter QC, barrister and head of management committee and pupillage committee, Devereux Chambers

Jonathan Clay, barrister, 2–3 Gray’s Inn Square

Michael J Beloff QC, barrister, Blackstone Chambers

Michelle Stevens-Hoare, barrister and deputy adjudicator, Hardwicke Building

Jennifer Skilbeck, barrister and member of pupillage committee, Monckton Chambers

Charles Graham QC, barrister, One Essex Court

Elizabeth Slade QC, barrister, 11 King’s Bench Walk Chambers

John Swift QC, barrister, Monckton Chambers

Jonathan Crow, barrister and deputy high court judge, 4 Stone Buildings

Monica Carss-Frisk QC, barrister and head of pupillage committee, Blackstone Chambers

Nicholas Francis QC, barrister and head of chambers, 29 Bedford Row Chambers

Nigel Jones QC, barrister and head of chambers, Hardwicke Building

RF Owen QC, barrister and head of chambers, Ropewalk Chambers

Bankim Thanki QC, barrister and head of pupillage, Fountain Court Chambers

George Bompas QC, barrister and head of chambers, 4 Stone Buildings

Hilary Heilbron QC, barrister, Brick Court Chambers

Jeffrey Gruder QC, barrister and head of pupillage committee, Essex Court Chambers

John Ross QC, barrister, No.1 Serjeants' Inn

Laurence Rabinowitz QC, barrister and head of pupillage committee, One Essex Court

Lucinda Davis, barrister and executive head of chambers, Pallant Chambers

Nicholas Davidson QC, barrister and chairman of the Inner Temple's Estates Committee, 4 New Square

Paul Goulding QC, barrister, Blackstone Chambers

Paul Lasok QC, barrister, Monckton Chambers

Phillip Havers QC, barrister, One Crown Office Row

Lucy Stone QC, barrister, Queen Elizabeth Building

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