It has been another great year for St John’s Chambers in Chambers UK 2025 Guide rankings. We have been ranked across 18 specialist legal areas, secured Band 1 ranking in 7 of them. Our barristers have also received 69 individual rankings including 28 of them in Band 1, 23 in Band 2, 17 in Band 3 and 1-star ranking. These rankings confirm the types of complex and valuable instructions we are receiving from law firms across England and Wales.
We are pleased to announce that our Inquests and Public Inquiries team have been recognised this year with Louise Asprey being ranked for the first time in this specialist field. We have secured rankings in Mediators (All Circuits) with Alex Troup KC and Harry Spurr being ranked.
We’re delighted that the following barristers who have been ranked either for the first time or ranked in other areas of their specialisms:
- Tim Leader (Band) 1 in Planning.
- Oliver Wooding (Band) 2 for Agriculture.
- Darren Lewis (Band 3) in Personal Injury
- Rachel Segal (Band 3) in Personal Injury
We’re also delighted that these barristers that have been elevated to a higher banding in their specialist fields:
- Adam Boyle from Band 3 to Band 2 in Chancery
- Abigail Bond from Band 2 to Band 1 in Children
- Jack Harris from Band 3 to Band 2 in Finance
- Bethany Scarsbrook from up and coming to Band 3
- Zoe Saunders from Band 2 to Band 1 in Finance
- Ben Handy from Band 3 to Band 2 in Personal Injury
- James Marwick from Band 3 to Band 2 in Personal Injury
- Julian Horne from Band 2 to Band 1 in Personal Injury
- Joss Knight from up and coming to Band 2 in Professional Negligence
Most importantly, we would like to say a huge thank you to our clients who kindly provided their feedback about our barristers and clerks. Thank you to all the researchers at Chambers UK.
Please get in contact with our clerking team who will only be too pleased to help. According to Chambers UK we have “An excellent clerking team ‒ nothing is too much trouble ‒ and it is active in ensuring that the best-suited barrister is on the case.”