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Leading Sets

Blackstone Chambers
Falcon Chambers
Monckton Chambers

Leading Silks

Jessica Boyd KC – Blackstone Chambers
Javan Herberg KC – Blackstone Chambers
Josh Holmes KC – Monckton Chambers ‘Josh is a superb lawyer and advisor, and the first person to try to instruct on any competition or telecoms matter. His written submissions are concisely and skillfully crafted, and his advocacy is calm, clear, and genuinely helpful to the court.’
Anneli Howard KC – Monckton Chambers ‘A team player with a strong sense of independence.’ 
Brian Kennelly KC – Blackstone Chambers ‘Brian is a highly effective advocate. He has a deep understanding of telecoms law and regulation as well as the wider industry – which is a real rarity at the Bar – with an impressive ability to distill complex factual and technical legal issues into highly persuasive advocacy before the court.’
Robert Palmer KC – Monckton Chambers ‘Robert is extremely knowledgeable on telecoms with significant experience across different types of disputes. Calm and logical advocacy.’
Meredith Pickford KC – Monckton Chambers
Oliver Radley-Gardner KC – Falcon Chambers ‘Oliver really is the best telecoms silk in the market. He has been involved in virtually every major case on the topic and – quite frankly – what he doesn’t know about the telecoms code isn’t worth knowing.’
Graham Read KC – Devereux 'Graham cuts to the chase. He is commercial and savvy, clients love him.' 
James Segan KC – Blackstone Chambers
Kassie Smith KC – Monckton Chambers ‘She is absolutely excellent at taking the difficult points in a case and turning them into a clear and coherent narrative for the court. Her presentation and style of advocacy is excellent, very relaxed and calm, and very determined when under pressure.’
Stephanie Tozer KC  – Falcon Chambers ‘Stephanie has a brilliant grasp of the telecoms code and has been involved in some of the biggest cases. She is an excellent advocate and puts her case across in a forceful and persuasive way.’
Jon Turner KC – Monckton Chambers ‘Jon is a go-to silk for any telecom regulatory issues.’
Tim Ward KC – Monckton Chambers ‘Simply one of the best around. His oral advocacy is forensic and compelling. An inspirational leader and formidable opponent.’ 

2023 Silks

Ben Lask KC – Monckton Chambers ‘Highly dedicated, fantastic attention to detail, with calm and clear advocacy.’
Tom Richards KC – Blackstone Chambers  

2024 Silks

Kester Lees KC – Falcon Chambers ‘Kester combines a towering intellect with a wonderful bedside manner. He is sharp and quick-witted on his feet in court but is considerate and understanding to clients in conference.’
Philip Woolfe KC – Monckton Chambers

Leading Juniors

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Wayne Clark – Falcon Chambers  ‘Wayne is undoubtedly one of the leading barristers in telecoms code law. His deep knowledge of this specialist field is obvious to anyone either speaking with him, or else reading his work.’
Georgina Hirsch – Devereux 'A great lawyer, genuine telecoms expert, brilliant team player, who gets on with and gets the best from all clients.' 
Emily Neill – Blackstone Chambers ‘Emily has every quality you could look for in a senior junior. She is clever and knowledgeable in the telecoms field, and has excellent judgement. She works extremely well as part of a team.’
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Fiona Banks – Monckton Chambers 'Fiona is impressively quick on the uptake, knows competition law and telecoms regulation inside out and always puts forward commercially workable solutions to knotty legal and regulatory questions. Her communication skills are excellent.'
Alan Bates – Monckton Chambers
Daniel Cashman – Blackstone Chambers
Camilla Chorfi - Falcon Chambers
Tom Coates - Blackstone Chambers
Nicholas Gibson – Matrix Chambers
Tricia Hemans  – Falcon Chambers
Justin Kitson  - Selborne Chambers 'Justin is very measured and has a very effective style of advocacy.'
Sarah Love – Brick Court Chambers
George Molyneaux  - Blackstone Chambers
James Tipler – Falcon Chambers ‘In relation to telecoms, James is the go-to junior. He has an excellent grasp of the telecoms code and a very good manner with clients.’

Rising Stars

Fern Schofield  – Falcon Chambers ‘Hugely knowledgeable in telecoms beyond her year of call and very easy to work with. She is really good with clients and very willing to get stuck into a matter at short notice and help out instructing solicitors.’

Telecoms Regulation in London Bar

Blackstone Chambers


Blackstone Chambers, crossing over with the set’s strong reputation for public law and competition law, is active in a range of work concerning the regulation of telecoms providers. George Molyneaux and James Segan KC have of late been involved in, among other litigation in the British Overseas Territory, representing the claimants in Gibfibre v Gibtelecom, a dispute over alleged abuse of dominant position by refusing access to data centres in Gibraltar.

Les références

‘Sophie Reeve is extremely helpful and responsive.’

‘Every member of the clerking team is helpful and responsive – they do their best to accommodate every ask.’

‘Blackstone have an impressive and deep pool of talent.’

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Falcon Chambers


Sitting at the intersection of telecommunications regulation and the set’s mainstay of property litigation, Falcon Chambers‘ expertise in this space comes via the Telecommunications Code, which governs the physical siting of hardware. Wayne Clark appeared in the case Vodafone Ltd v Potting Shed Bar and Gardens, representing AP Wireless UK in the Court of Appeal in a case concerning if an overriding lessee was to be treated as a party to a code agreement, while James Tipler represents EE in an application for code rights to construct a telecoms site to provide services to both emergency services and the public in Eryri National Park, also known as Snowdonia.

Les références

‘The clerks are responsive, provide a seamless and professional service and deliver excellence at all times. Joanne Meah is a particular standout and provides a top-notch client service.’

‘The clerks at Falcon are helpful and approachable.’

‘All the clerks without question are excellent. Frankie Penton is particularly helpful and always keeps me updated as to the availability of preferred members of chambers once being made aware of a potential instruction.’





Monckton Chambers


Monckton Chambers has a track record of acting for the UK’s leading telecoms providers in regulatory disputes concerning network infrastructure and consumer services. Anneli Howard KC represented the Home Office in the CMA’s market investigation reference regarding the Airwave emergency communications network, while Robert Palmer KC is representing Gibtelecom in litigation surrounding access to the data centres used to house Gibraltar’s online gambling industry.

Les références

‘David Hockney, John Keegan and James Mower are unfailingly excellent.’

‘The clerking service is efficient, user friendly and always helpful.’

‘Good quality of service.‘

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