Barristers Chambers
Serjeants’ Inn Chambers recruits clerking head from Henderson Chambers
Daniel Kemp, who was a senior practice manager at his former set, is appointed director of clerking
Twenty Essex names international arbitration specialist as next co-head of chambers
David Lewis KC replaces Charles Kimmins KC, whose four-year tenure concluded this month
Former Bar Council chair Barbara Mills KC to receive peerage
Family specialist among peerages announced by outgoing UK prime minister Sir Keir Starmer
Criminal, fraud and regulatory set 2BR taps QEB Hollis Whiteman for first female senior clerk
Faye Stimpson arrives at London chambers after 22 years at her former set, succeeding Paul Rodgers in the role
Fountain Court’s Sian Huckett to succeed Alex Taylor as senior clerk
Deputy senior clerk will succeed top commercial set’s veteran director of clerking, Alex Taylor, in January
Ex-Briefed recruiter launches specialist legal recruitment agency focused on Bar, law firms
Legal sector recruitment consultant Elliott Rogers to launch EJR Recruitment this week
New Scottish advocates’ stable launches
Thirty-one advocates set up Scotland’s first new stable of advocates in almost 20 years to form 1Six Chambers
Duxton Hill Chambers expands in London with Anglo-Australian silk arrival from Essex Court
Move follows last month’s addition of a former Allen & Gledhill counsel in its Singapore group practice
Pro bono charity Advocate names winners of 2026 Bar Pro Bono Awards
The awards, presented by the Lady Chief Justice, come as Advocate celebrates its 30th anniversary
London’s 39 Essex Chambers adds Addleshaw Goddard construction co-head to open in Dubai
Stephen Burke joins the set alongside Madelaine Power, who moves over from Pinsent Masons
London set 7 King’s Bench Walk lures ex-Harneys partner out of retirement
Peter Ferrer, who was based in Harneys’ British Virgin Islands office, returns to London as part of the move
Monckton Chambers adds honorary silk from Italian firm LMS in London
Arbitration and competition lawyer and leading academic Renato Nazzini KC (Hon) will join the set this month
Almost a third of disabled pupils report negative pupillage experience – Bar Council survey
Majority of pupils report positive experience, though practising pupils were more likely to have had negative experiences
Former NSW Bar Association president to become Australia’s first female solicitor-general
Ruth Higgins SC succeeds Stephen Donaghue KC in the role to create all-female law officer line-up
Brick Court’s Hollander to take silk in Hong Kong
Charles Hollander KC is only the second currently practising English barrister to have taken silk in London and Hong Kong