News 2nd Nov 2018

Chambers & Partners UK 2019 Rankings Released

2 Hare Court is delighted to have received record rankings in this years’ Chambers & Partners UK Guide. Chambers now has 40 out of 63 members ranked as leaders’ in their field, with 56 rankings overall.

Chambers has been recognised as a leader in their field for:

Special Congratulations are in order for Jonathan Laidlaw QC who was named a Star Silk for both Crime and Financial Crime, Orlando Pownall QC named as a Star Silk for Crime, Stephen Brassington named as a Star Individual for Professional Discipline and for those members of chambers who were shortlisted in the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2018; David Whittaker (shortlisted for Crime Junior of the Year), Andrew Hurst (shortlisted for Professional Discipline Junior of the Year) and Alexandra Tampakopoulos (shortlisted for Health & Safety Junior of the Year).

Chambers would like to express their gratitude to all of their clients who took the time to act as referees.

Congratulations to all those ranked, who can be viewed in full, here.


“An outstanding criminal set offering an array of leading barristers who prosecute and defend in serious and high-profile matters.  “This is a highly impressive set that has a number of very senior barristers involved in high-profile cases. They are all very strong advocates.”

“2 Hare Court offers a complete service, and has both strength and depth.” Its respected clerking team, led by director of clerking Julian Campbell and senior practice clerk Ben Heaviside, is acknowledged as being an asset to the set.”


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