Legal 500 UK Bar 2023: Record number of rankings

29 Sep 2022

In the recently launched Legal 500 UK Bar 2023, Monckton Chambers secured a record number of rankings totaling 141. This includes 60 individual barristers from Monckton listed across 20 practice areas, and 27 new entries into the tables this year. Congratulations to all members listed.

Monckton Chambers has been recommended, as a TOP-TIER set in the following five practice areas:

Competition ‘Monckton Chambers is an exceptional competition law set. It has depth of competition specialists at all levels of seniority and experience and is involved in most of the major competition cases, breaking new ground in a fast developing and complex field.’
EU law ‘Monckton has an outstanding range of barristers in EU law. I have encountered many of them in cases in the European Courts.’
Telecoms regulation ‘Monckton Chambers are a leading set-in telecoms work. ‘
Public procurement ‘Monckton are at the top of the public procurement Bar.’
Tax: VAT and excise ‘The set is well known for VAT, customs and excise and its particular expertise in EU law and its application in the indirect tax world. ’

The Set has also been ranked in a further three areas:

Administrative law and human rights
Data protection
Sport

Individual members were also recognised as “Leading Individuals” in:

Commercial Litigation
Consumer
Education
Energy
Fraud: civil
Group Litigation
Immigration (including business immigration)
International arbitration: counsel
Public international law
Professional Negligence
Social housing
Asia Pacific: The English Bar – Commercial

Congratulations also to our clerking team who are praised for being ‘Always helpful and available ‘prompt and responsive’ and provide a ‘good and personal approach.’