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‘One of the super-sets’, Brick Court Chambers is ‘an all-round strong’ set with ‘a large selection of high-quality competition law specialists’, ‘top commercial counsel’, ‘an excellent chambers for banking litigation’, and a ‘go-to’ set for public administrative law.
The Legal 500 2020
The clerks’ room ‘sets the benchmark’ for other sets with its ‘friendly, knowledgeable, and hardworking’ clerks.
The Legal 500 2020
"An outstanding commercial set with a track record of excellence across its core areas of work."
Chambers & Partners 2018
"A set that is singled out for its "first-rate" clerking and "client service-oriented, commercial approach."

Jennifer MacLeod and Jagoda Klimowicz jointly shortlisted for Advocate of the Year at the Women & Diversity in Law Awards 2026 News

In court this week: RPC class action against water companies reaches Court of Appeal News

World Athletics v Mr Benard Kibet Koech News

Privy Council backs Trinidad courts on independence of NIB chair News

Bill Wood KC to mediate the final of the 2026 ICC Mediation Competition News

CAT rules on application of Practice Direction to expert evidence given by factual witness News

Unexpected settlement News

Privy Council rules on “independence” requirement for Chair of Trinidad and Tobago National Insurance Board News

NMC drops GBP 2.4bn English negligence claim against EY News

In court this week News

The silk class of 2026: ten names to note News

In court this week: Pfizer seeks to overturn £62m fine News

Richard Eschwege KC and Charlotte Thomas named in The Lawyer Hot 100 2026 News

The high street discount shop being sued for £30m by Mexico News

Post Office ‘dishonestly’ withheld evidence when suing subpostmaster, court told News

Planning, children and public lawyers strongly represented in list of new King’s Counsel News

KC appointments decline as 96 take silk News

Four new silks for Brick Court News

Ex-trading co CEO denies signing fake contract in $19m trial News

English courts cannot rule on unincorporated treaties, say judges News

Revealed: The Top 10 Appeals of 2026 News

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Brick Court Chambers has two cases in The Lawyer’s Top 10 Appeals of 2026 News

Last port of call for vehicle shipping class action News

Final settlements in car shipping cartel class action approved News

Surrogacy expenses count as assessable income for means-tested benefits claimants News

Jurisdiction challenges dismissed by BVI court in US$2 billion fraud claim News

The Hearing: Slaughters and two new KCs brought in for Santander’s PPI appeal News

Brick Court is the set with the most cases in The Lawyer Top Cases of 2026 News

Helen Davies KC becomes Treasurer of Inner Temple News

“It’s an exciting time to be a litigator”: Disputes lawyers prepare for a roller-coaster year News

High Court upholds sanctions licensing decisions affecting VTB Bank administration News

Roman Abramovich assembles legal team in Jersey row as former Chelsea owner ‘disregards’ demands from Sir Keir Starmer News

Roman Abramovich hires top lawyers for Jersey fight over £5.3bn assets News

The interaction between insolvency law and sanctions - Administrative Court rejects VTB’s challenge to OFSI general licence News

Supreme Court hands down judgment on opt-in versus opt-out in collective proceedings News

The European Court of Justice delivers two judgments on abuse of dominance: refusal to supply and margin squeeze News

Supreme Court win for Latham, Slaughters and A&O Shearman in major banking class action News

In court this week: Shein and Temu head for case management conference before major trial; Class action against Meta faces second disclosure hearing in a month News

Hell or high water: Commercial Court upholds payment obligation under COVID-era aircraft lease News

Microsoft fights $2.8 billion UK lawsuit over cloud computing licences News

Car shipping class action settles for £93m nine months after trial wrapped News

Hogan Lovells takes sole Royal Mail mandate after class action hires News

In court this week: Oligarch spat over nickel heads for CMC; CPO application hearing for £1bn class action against Microsoft News

New Appointments to the Attorney General’s Public International Law Panel News

In court this week: US musician trade unions seek judicial review News

To scrunch or not to scrunch – that may or may not be the question News

Brick Court Chambers Celebrates Three Stars at the Bar in Chambers UK Bar 2026 News

Meta slams EU’s ‘aberrant’ antitrust demands for data on Facebook News

Commercial Court holds that US sanctions suspend payment obligation News

Commercial Court rules on the scope of a bank’s duty following Philipp v Barclays News

Apple class action: Funder’s role called into question after plunging share price News

Ex-CAT president: undermining the collective actions regime would only benefit corporate wrongdoers News

Michelle Sparman Inquest: suicide caused by justifiable feelings of abuse by ex-partner and neglect by NHS Trust News

In court this week: Trafigura kicks off fraud claim News

Brick Court Chambers wins three awards at the Chambers & Partners UK Bar Awards 2025 News

A&O Shearman settles banking negligence claim News

The Hearing: The UK Government has picked its legal dream team News

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill News

Don’t go changing: CAT declines to force amendment to terms of collective settlement News

Former PrivatBank owners to pay $3bn in damages News

Sofia Lopez News

Talks and Training Sessions News

Evonik UK Holdings Limited v The Commissioners of Inland Revenue [2025] News

Attorney General names six KCs to new Senior Treasury Counsel Group News

Attorney General appoints Marie Demetriou KC to newly formed Senior Treasury Counsel Group News

Sissy Todd News

CAT rejects preliminary issue trial on applicable law/territorial scope of competition law News

Court refuses Headteachers’ Union permission to challenge Ofsted framework and rejects application for interim relief News

Court of Appeal clarifies limits of bad faith in global FRAND disputes News

In court this week: Ofsted under fire, while rugby concussion battle returns News

You gotta have faith: Court of Appeal unanimously allows appeal against declarations of bad faith News

Cable cartel generated overcharge, says CAT News

Claim of Pass-on through Green Energy Certificates Denied News

CAT finds Apple’s App Store practices unlawful News

A1P1 challenge to leasehold reform rejected News

Successful judicial review claim results in reversal of Grenfell Tower ban by Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea News

High Court rejects challenge to HyNet Carbon Capture Storage development News

Letter of Request available in Hong Kong to recover own documents from China News

Amendment to claim user damages permitted in Gormsen v Meta collective action. News

How to approach the discoverability of mistakes of law: Court of Appeal gives judgment News

Emma Mockford appointed to the Attorney General’s panel of Special Advocates News

Upper Tribunal agrees with Privacy International on extra-territorial reach of the GDPR News

Careless Whisper: Court of Appeal gives important judgment on balancing the protection of confidentiality with open justice News

Directory Quotes News

Simon Birt KC appointed as High Court Judge News

Brick Court Chambers wins five Legal 500 Bar Awards News

Katie Szewczyk joins Brick Court Chambers as Deputy Senior Clerk News

General Court concludes that burning wooden biomass and manufacturing virgin plastic feedstock are sustainable activities News

Tim Johnston speaks at BIICL competition law panel concerning cooperation between businesses in relation to environmental mitigation and human rights abuses News

Collective settlement supports access to justice News

Lambert J dismisses judicial review challenging GMC’s regulation of medical associates News

Mark McNeill joins Brick Court Chambers News

Stephen Midwinter KC and Marie Demetriou KC appointed Deputy High Court Judges  News

Gianna Seglias News

Liam Maynard News

Alexandra Breckenridge News

No account of profits under a cross undertaking News

New Brick Court appointments to the Attorney General’s Panel of Counsel News

Mark McNeill News

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