Monckton Chambers is delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted for ‘Chambers of the Year’ at the British Legal Awards 2024, now in their 15th year and hosted by Law.com International, the “premier legal awards in the region, representing the best of the best within the UK’s legal community.”

The awards ceremony will be held on Wednesday 27 November 2024 at City Central at the HAC and will celebrate those at the pinnacle of the profession.

Congratulations to all those that have been shortlisted. The full shortlist for all categories can be seen here.

We are pleased to announce that Kristina Lukacova has been successful with her application to the Attorney General’s “B” Panel, James Bourke and Jen Coyne have been promoted to the Attorney General’s “B” panel and both Andrew Macnab and Peter Mantle have received the renewal to “A” Panel status for a further 5 years.

The Attorney General maintains four advisory panels of junior counsel to undertake civil and EU work for all government departments. There are three London panels (an A panel for senior juniors, a B panel for middle juniors, a C panel for junior juniors) and a regional panel. In addition, there are three Public International Law Panels.

All appointments will commence from 1 September 2024 for five years.

The current list of Monckton Chambers panel members is:

• A Panel: Andrew Macnab, Peter Mantle, Raymond Hill,  Alan Bates, Azeem Suterwalla, Jonathan Lewis.
• B Panel: Julianne Kerr Morrison, Conor McCarthy, Michael Armitage, James Bourke, Kristina Lukacova, Jen Coyne.
• C Panel: Jack Williams, Imogen Proud, Khatija Hafesji, Will Perry, Alfred Artley.

The Legal 500 Bar Awards UK seeks to recognise chambers as a whole and individuals (barristers of all levels of seniority), clerks, other chambers professionals and arbitrators from London and across England, Scotland and Wales.

The shortlist for the 2024 awards has been announced and we are delighted to have been nominated for 17 awards, across 12 categories

• Competition silk of the year – Daniel Beard KC, Ronit Kreisberger KC, Anneli Howard KC
• Competition junior of the year – Julian Gregory, Fiona Banks, Daisy Mackersie, Jack Williams
• Competition set of the year
• International law Silk of the year – Josh Holmes KC
• International law Junior of the year – Eric Metcalfe
• International law Set of the year
• Public services and charities Junior of the year – Alan Bates
• Sport silk of the year – Paul Harris KC
• Tax silk of the year – Melanie Hall KC
• Tax junior of the year – Raymond Hill
• Tax set of the year
• Technology, data and crypto Set of the year

Congratulations to everyone that has been shortlisted! The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on the 25^th September 2024.

The full shortlist can be found on the Legal 500 website here.

Lord Bellamy KC has resumed practice at Monckton Chambers with effect from 8^th July 2024, following the end of his term as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Ministry of Justice. He will be specializing in competition and regulatory matters, with a particular focus on arbitration and mediation.

Lord Bellamy was a member of Monckton Chambers for many years until he became a judge of the European Court of First Instance (CFI), now the EU General Court, in 1992. From 1999 to 2007 he was the first President of the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT). After retiring from the CAT he joined Linklaters LLP, and was the Chairman of Linklaters Global Competition Practice from 2011 to 2020. He then re-joined Monckton Chambers until 2022, when he was appointed as the Minister responsible for justice affairs in the House of Lords.

Lord Bellamy is considered to be one of the most experienced competition lawyers in Europe. He co-authored the early editions of Bellamy & Child, European Union Law of Competition, now in its eighth edition.

The members of Monckton Chambers congratulate pupil barristers Alastair Holder Ross and Reuben Andrews on being invited to join Chambers following successful completion of pupillage, during which they have experienced a wide range of Chambers practice areas. All are delighted they have accepted. 

Alastair and Reuben will join Chambers as tenants in October 2024.

Monckton Chambers is delighted to announce that at the Lawyer Awards 2024 we were awarded the prestigious “Chambers of the Year”.

Congratulations to all who were shortlisted for awards and won in their categories. The full list of winners can be seen here.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has announced its list of preferred Counsel, appointed to support the Commission’s equality and human rights work through strategic public interest litigation in the UK and European courts, including the European Court of Human Rights.

The Commission often intervenes, in both domestic and European courts, in cases of public importance concerning human rights breaches and breaches of the Equality Act 2010.

Eric Metcalfe has been appointed to the A panel and Jenn Lawrence has been appointed to the C panel.

The Commission stated that the appointments were made “following an open and transparent competition”.

For the full list of panel members, see here.

The Legal Cheek Awards 2024 took place on the evening of Thursday 16 May 2024.

Monckton Chambers is delighted to announce that we won the Best Chambers for Quality of Work award.

The full list of winners can be accessed here.