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Barristers with public law practices strongly represented in 2016 silk round

Barristers who act in cases affecting public bodies are well represented among the 107 new Queen’s Counsel announced in this year’s silk round.

Those taking silk this year include:

  • Michael Bedford, Cornerstone Barristers (planning and environmental law);
  • Alexander Booth, Francis Taylor Building (planning, compulsory purchase and rating law);
  • Clodagh Bradley, One Crown Office Row (healthcare regulatory law, clinical negligence, inquests);
  • Kerry Bretherton, Tanfield Chambers (public and administrative law, property law);
  • Lisa Busch, Landmark Chambers (public law, planning and environmental law);
  • Ben Collins, Old Square Chambers (employment and discrimination law, public and administrative law);
  • Bridget Dolan, Serjeants’ Inn (mental health law, Court of Protection, coronial law);
  • Gerry Facenna, Monckton Chambers (public law, EU, commercial and regulatory law);
  • Shaheed Fatima, Blackstone Chambers (administrative and public law, human rights law);
  • Katie Gollop, Serjeants’ Inn (healthcare law);
  • Richard Ground, Cornerstone Barristers (planning and environmental law);
  • Nicholas Grundy, Five Paper (property and public law);
  • Jeremy Hyam, One Crown Office Row (administrative and public law, human rights);
  • Richard Kimblin, No 5 Chambers (planning and environmental law);
  • Cyrus Larizadeh, 4 Paper Buildings (children law);
  • William Latimer-Sayer, Cloisters (personal injury and clinical negligence);
  • Hannah Markham, 36 Bedford Row (children law);
  • James Maxwell-Scott, Crown Office Chambers (criminal regulatory law, health and safety);
  • John McKendrick, Outer Temple Chambers (public and regulatory law);
  • Andrew Norton, 1 Garden Court, (children law);
  • Charles Prest, Park Square Barristers (family and children law);
  • Anya Proops, 11KBW (information rights law, human rights law);
  • James Ramsden, 39 Essex Chambers (commercial dispute resolution, regulatory, disciplinary law);
  • Peter Skelton, One Crown Office Row (public inquiries, inquests, clinical negligence);
  • Dan Squires, Matrix Chambers (public law and human rights);
  • Justine Thornton, 39 Essex Chambers (environmental, energy and planning law);
  • Owain Thomas, One Crown Office Row (professional negligence, professional discipline, public law – healthcare);
  • Aidan Vine, Harcourt Chambers (family law);
  • Tom Weekes, Landmark Chambers (property litigation);
  • Adam Weitzman, 7 Bedford Row (personal injury, clinical negligence and historic abuse cases);
  • Marina Wheeler, One Crown Office Row (public and administrative law, human rights);
  • Gemma White, Blackstone Chambers (public law and human rights);
  • Henry Witcomb, One Crown Office Row (clinical negligence, personal injury, public authority liability).

According to the Selection Panel, the successful applicants included 25 of the 48 women who applied, nine applicants who declared an ethnic origin other than white of the 32 who applied, and one of the four applicants who declared a disability.

Three solicitor advocates (out of the nine who applied) also took silk. They are all arbitration lawyers at City or US firms.

Philip Kolvin QC, Head of Chambers at Cornerstone Barristers, said: “This announcement is testament to the strength of Cornerstone Barristers and the further development of the Planning team. We are very pleased to congratulate Michael and Richard on their well-deserved appointments as Queen’s Counsel.” 
A&M Bacon