Monckton Chambers is delighted to announce that at the Legal 500 Bar Awards 2023 we were awarded the prestigious ‘Competition Set of the Year’ and Mark Brealey KC named ‘Competition Silk of the Year.’

The Legal 500 Bar Awards are determined on The Legal 500’s market-leading independent research, conducted by over 20 in-house and freelance researchers with in-depth knowledge of their practice areas for the annual directory.

Congratulations to all of our friends and colleagues across the bar who were shortlisted for awards and won in their categories.

Monckton Chambers is delighted to have been recognised and shortlisted for this year’s upcoming Chambers UK Bar Awards 2023.

The set has been nominated for ‘Competition Set of the Year’ and five members shortlisted for individual awards:

• Competition Silk of the Year – Rob Williams KC
• Competition Juniors of the Year – Anneliese Blackwood and Philip Woolfe
• Media, Privacy and Information Law Junior of the year – Nikolaus Grubeck
• Tax Silk of the year – Valentina Sloane KC

The shortlists are a result of extensive objective research by over 200 analysts. The lists reflect achievements over the past 12 months including outstanding work, impressive strategic growth and excellence in client service. They honour the work of Chambers across the country based on the research for the most recent edition of Chambers UK Bar.

Thank you to our professional clients for their ongoing support and for taking part in this year’s research cycle and congratulations to all those shortlisted.

The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on 30th November 2023.

The full shortlist can be seen here.

Will Perry has returned to chambers after completing a Pegasus Scholarship with the Electronic Frontier Foundation in San Francisco. EFF is one of the world’s leading nonprofits defending digital human and consumer rights. During his time at EFF, Will worked on internet and platform regulation matters and cases involving digital privacy and freedom of expression.

In the words of the scholarship scheme’s founder, Lord Goff of Chieveley, “The Pegasus scholarship scheme makes it possible for gifted young lawyers – the future leaders of their professions – to learn about the practical working of the common law system in countries other than their own, and to form enduring links with lawyers in those counties”. Tim Ward KC, Ian Rogers KC, Alan Bates and Anneliese Blackwood are all previous scholars.

Monckton Chambers is delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted for ‘Chambers of the Year’ at the British Legal Awards 2023, 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 29 November 2023 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 Alfred Artley has been successful with his application to the Attorney General’s ‘C’ Panel of Crown Counsel and both Raymond Hill and Ewan West have received renewals to their A Panel status for a further 5 years.

Alfred has established a strong junior practice in public procurement, competition, and general commercial law, and is regularly instructed by a range of government, corporate and private clients on significant pieces of litigation. He is ranked as a ‘rising star’ in public procurement by Legal 500, while Chambers UK 2023 describes him as “the junior counsel of his call that everyone wants on their team”.

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 2023 for five years.

The full list of Monckton Chambers panel members is:

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

Monckton Chambers are pleased to have been awarded Cyber Essentials Plus,  a Government-backed industry-supported scheme to help businesses protect themselves against common online threats, including cyber-attacks.

To achieve this quality mark, we recently passed a technical audit of our internal systems by a qualified and licensed external assessor. The rigorous and externally verified assessment process ensures that the best cyber defences are in place to protect Chambers business from the increasing number of wide-ranging cyber security risks.

We are committed to providing the highest levels of security and obtaining Cyber Essentials Plus, the highest level of certification offered under the Cyber Essentials Scheme, reinforces that.

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 2023 awards has been announced and we are delighted to have been nominated for 19 awards, across 15 categories

• Competition junior of the year – Daisy Mackersie, James Bourke, Laura Elizabeth John
• Competition silk of the year – Kassie Smith KC, Mark Brealey KC, Ronit Kreisberger KC
• Competition set of the year – Monckton Chambers
• Group litigation and consumer silk of the year – Anneli Howard KC
• Immigration silk of the year – Robert Palmer KC
• Public law junior of the year – Brendan McGurk
• Sport silk of the year – Paul Harris KC
• Sport set of the year – Monckton Chambers
• Tax silk of the year – Melanie Hall KC
• Tax junior of the year – Raymond Hill
• Tax set of the year – Monckton Chambers
• Junior of the year – Alan Bates
• Clerk of the year – Gemma Goodwin
• Junior Clerk of the year – Samuel Walsh
• Front of House Team of the year – Monckton Chambers

Congratulations to everyone that has been shortlisted! The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on the 3rd October 2023.

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

The members of Monckton Chambers congratulate pupil barristers Natalie Nguyen and Hugh Whelan 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. 

Natalie and Hugh will join Chambers as tenants in October 2023.

Monckton Chambers is pleased to have 35 Monckton members recognised in The Who’s Who Legal: UK Bar 2023 report across the following areas:

• Arbitration – Mixed practice or mainly acting as counsel.
• Competition
• Corporate Tax
• Govt Contracts
• International Trade and Commodities
• Energy & natural resources
• Sport
• Telecoms

The WWL: UK Bar 2023 research report is the result of research methodology and robust evaluation framework, which uses quantitative and qualitative research to identify the market-leading barristers across the United Kingdom.

Congratulations to all of our barristers who have been recognised. You can view the full report here.

 

As part of #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek this week, the The Bar Council of England and Wales have relaunched the ‘Wellbeing at the Bar’ certificates and Monckton Chambers are delighted to have been recognised and awarded a certificate.

Sam Mercer, Head of Equality at the Bar Council, said: “We are delighted to award the new Wellbeing Certificates in recognition for outstanding work to improve wellbeing at the Bar. The certificates are valid for three years and we are still encouraging other organisations to apply. It is great to see so many organisations are willing to put in so much effort to support barristers and staff.”

Read more here.