Littleton Chambers has appointed Adam Solomon KC as its new head of chambers.
Solomon succeeds Gavin Mansfield KC, now Mr Justice Mansfield, who was appointed to the High Court Bench earlier this month having served as head of chambers since 2018.
An employment and commercial silk, Solomon was called to the Bar in 1998 and appointed as King’s Counsel in 2018, having joined Littleton in 2007. He was previously co-chair of the set’s management committee. Before becoming a barrister, he worked at the European Commission and briefly served as a school teacher.
Like his predecessor, Naomi Ellenbogen QC (now Mrs Justice Ellenbogen), who served as head of chambers from 2014 to 2018, Solomon served on the board of the Bar Standards Board (BSB) from 2015 to 2022. Before that, for more than a decade he was a trustee and director of Law for All, a charity that works to provide access to justice for all, mirroring Mr Justice Mansfield’s past work with the Access to Justice Foundation. Mansfield has been replaced as chair of the foundation by Andrew Seager, who will serve as interim chair.
Solomon, also called in the BVI, has appeared as lead counsel at all levels, from the Commercial Court and the King’s Bench Division to the Court of Appeal, the Privy Council and the Supreme Court. His experience covers the commercial, regulatory, professional discipline and employment sectors, demonstrating equal skill in handling springboard injunctions in breach of covenant cases or acting for the SRA in disciplinary proceedings.
He appeared before the UK Supreme Court for the winning party in Egon Zehnder v Tillman (2019), the first employment competition case to reach the highest appeal court in more than a century; his offshore practice has also seen him advocate in the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, as well as in Hong Kong and Singapore.
Solomon said he was honoured to have been elected as head of chambers, adding he hoped to build on Mansfield’s “invaluable legacy” during a seven-year tenure as head of the set.
Solomon added: “I’m committed to ensuring that Chambers continues to provide the excellent legal services for which it is well known in the market, as well as maintaining and building our strong client relationships. I look forward to supporting and collaborating with our talented members and staff and am excited to guide Littleton in its continued growth in the years ahead.”
Clare Bello, the set’s chambers director, who joined from Cornerstone Barristers earlier this year, said: “We are delighted with Adam’s appointment. His decisive, collaborative and supportive leadership style will make him an excellent head of chambers. The team and I are excited to work with him, as we embark on our next chapter.”
The set has expanded its bench of international arbitration specialists in recent years, with the arrival of Louis Flannery KC a particular highlight, while Glenn Hendrix joined as a door tenant in early November. The set was also recognised by the chair of the Bar Council for its work on wellbeing at the Bar this month.
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