Legal 500 rankings announced for 2021 – PSQB individual rankings increase

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2021 edition has been announced and PSQB has a very strong presence across all practice areas.

PSQB has been recommended as a TOP-TIER SET in 3 practice areas and has been recommended in 2 others.

We are delighted to have been recognised as the only Tier 1 chambers for Business and Regulatory Crime (including Health & Safety) on the North Eastern Circuit with Leading Silk Richard Wright Q.C. and Leading Juniors; Craig Hassall, Tom Gent, Simon Clegg, Howard Shaw and Robert Stevenson all recognised as Tier 1 experts in their fields.

Our Inquest & Inquiries team have also received recognition as the only Tier 1 set on circuit in this category with no fewer than five Tier 1 Leading Juniors. Lorraine Harris, Tom Gent, Janine Wolstenholme, Kirsten Mercer and Kate Wilson are all recognised as Tier 1 and Simon Connolly has been recognised as a “Rising Star”.

The Regulatory & Public law team’s success in this year’s Legal 500 is indicative of our continued upward trajectory, the fact that we have been recognised as the premier set on circuit in the fields of Business and Regulatory Crime and Inquests & Inquiries reflects the breadth of knowledge and expertise that is held within the team.

PSQB has also retained its Tier 1 status in Crime. 19 individual counsel are ranked.

‘A fantastic set with great reach and depth‘, Park Square Barristers is ‘a large set with considerable strength in depth across age and experience ranges‘

Richard Wright QC, Peter Moulson QC, Abdul Iqbal QC and Kama Melly QC are ranked as Leading Silks.

15 barristers are ranked as Leading Junior with Mark McKone, Catherine Silverton, Robert Stevenson and Taryn Turner listed in tier 1.

Other barristers ranked in Crime are Gill Batts, Kate Batty, David Gordon, Kitty Colley, Andrew Dallas, Craig Hassall, Glenn Parsons, Matthew Harding, Julian Jones, Shufqat Khan and Soheil Khan.

PSQB’s Family Team is recommended : “Park Square Barristers is home to experienced family practitioners in the North Eastern circuit. The team is involved in many complex cases such as non-accidental injuries, sexual abuse, radicalisation, and often involves an international element.”

Head of Family Team Charlotte Worsley is listed in tier 1 along with David Orbaum.

Jane Curnin, Martin Todd, James Hargan, Natalia Perrett and Huw Lippiatt are also listed for Child Law matters.

Mark Henley is ranked for Divorce and Financial Remedy cases.

In Civil, Legal 500 note “ Park Square Barristers has a nationally renowned personal injury, disease, and clinical negligence team, representing both claimants and defendants nationwide. Andrew Lewis QC‘s practice involves high-value catastrophic injury claims, particularly brain and spinal cord injury cases. Lewis QC was involved in the first case in which an order approving periodical payments of future heads of expenses and losses had been made in the Isle of Man. The value of the claim was £25m. 

Simon Anderson is a leading name in disease litigation and psychiatric injury claims on the North East Circuit. Judy Dawson is regularly instructed by defendants in high-value claims and she is well-versed in the technicalities that arise in relation to such issues and complex disclosure arguments. Richard Paige has practiced for over 20 years in all areas of personal injury and acts for defendant insurers in defending spurious claims. The arrivals of Andrew Wilson, Ruwena Khan, and Mark Henley from the now-closed Zenith Chambers have further strengthened the team”

Fiona Ross is “approachable and thorough, with a great depth of knowledge” and Peter Wilson is a “wonderful advocate, very organised of thought”

In Chancery, David Rose “ is a senior junior ‘but of a silk quality‘, according to instructing solicitors. He is experienced in probate and inheritance matters, including those with an international dimension”

Andrew Lewis QC and Richard Paige are ranked in tier 1 for Clinical negligence.

“Andrew Lewis QC heads the clinical negligence team at Park Square Barristers. Noted for his ‘very detailed and thorough assessment of the evidence’, Andrew has experience in all areas of clinical negligence and undertakes cases of all types up to the most serious cerebral palsy negligent-birth claims, and was recently involved in a case which was the first occasion in than an order approving periodical payments of future heads of expenses and losses had been made in the Isle of Man. The ‘well-prepared’ Richard Paige is another key member of the team and has significant experience of claims with values up to £1m”

Andrew Lewis QC is the only ranked Leading QC for Clinical negligence and Personal Injury on the North Eastern Circuit.

Overall PSQB is noted “In addition to being ‘a chambers of choice for criminal law, in both the Crown and Magistrates Court’, Park Square Barristers is also ‘a very strong set in public and private law children work with an enviable team of excellent members’. Richard Sadler is the senior managing clerk, who is supported by senior family clerk Claudine Cooper (‘a joy to work with – she is a gem of a clerk who goes the extra mile’), senior criminal clerk Andrew Thornton, senior regulatory and public clerk Madeleine Gray, and the ‘very helpful’ senior civil clerk Francine Kirk. Offices in: Leeds.

Park Square Barristers now has 51 Barristers ranked across 7 practice areas.

Full details of the PSQB rankings can be found on The Legal 500 website, please click here to view.