‘Superb set with a host of top go-to counsel.’
‘An excellent set, with good strength in depth, and expertise from both the claimant and the defendant perspective.‘
‘The set has great strength in depth, with some very talented juniors.’
These are just some of the testimonials published about 1 Chancery Lane in this year’s Legal 500 UK Bar directory.
We’re proud to be ranked across seven practice areas in the Legal 500 2022 – clinical negligence, construction, personal injury, police law, professional negligence, property litigation and travel law.
In our clinical negligence team, ten members are ranked across our full range of experience and call:
Ten members of 1CL are ranked for personal injury:
We are a top tier set for our travel law work, with five tier 1 practitioners.
Our police law team is described as:
Of our professional negligence team it says:
In property litigation, our members are described as:
In construction Saleem Khalid is described as being ‘extremely thorough in his preparation and is perceptive about strengths and weaknesses of a case.’
The clerks are also recommended with the Legal 500 stating:
We have 25 of our barristers ranked individually across the practice areas. Our full rankings and testimonials can be found on the Legal 500 website.
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