Nine Chambers in The Legal 500 UK Bar 2027

Nine Chambers is pleased to share its results in The Legal 500 UK Bar 2027, with 46 members individually ranked across ten practice areas. Chambers is ranked as a Tier 1 set for both employment and personal injury. The results span Chambers’ practice, from personal injury and employment to crime, family, commercial litigation and the Court of Protection.

Clinical negligence

Four members are ranked for clinical negligence: Sam Aynsley, Julie-Anne Luck, Kirsty McKinlay and Joseph Mulderig.

Commercial litigation

Andrew Clark and James Fryer-Spedding are ranked for commercial litigation.

Court of Protection (health and welfare)

Hannah Haines and Leanne Jones are ranked for Court of Protection (health and welfare).

Crime (general and fraud)

Vanessa Thomson KC is ranked in Tier 1 among the 2026 Silks for crime (general and fraud).

Along with Vanessa, six members are ranked as Leading Juniors: Hayley Bennett, Maria Brannan, Matthew Curtis, Sophie Kenny, Robert Neil Smith and Geoff Whelan.

Emma Clarke has also been named a Rising Star.

Education

Martin Mensah is ranked for education.

Employment

Nine Chambers is ranked as a Tier 1 set for employment, with 13 members individually ranked. The Legal 500 notes that the group acts for claimants and respondents alike, from employees and trade unions to public and private employers, government departments, local authorities, NHS organisations and universities.

Paul Gilroy KC is ranked as a Leading Silk, and Lena Amartey, Carlo Breen, Stefan Brochwicz-Lewinski, David Campion, Nigel Grundy, Laura Kaye, Robert Lassey, Rachael Levene, Martin Mensah, Katie Nowell, Louise Quigley and Amy Smith are ranked as Leading Juniors.

Family: children and domestic abuse

Seven members are ranked as Leading Juniors for family (children and domestic abuse): Emma Greenhalgh, Sarah Kilvington, Emily Landale, Kalsoom Maqsood, Joanne Oakes, Natalie Oakes and Sandi Pope. The Legal 500 notes that the group handles both public and private law children matters.

Personal injury

Nine Chambers is ranked as a Tier 1 set for personal injury, with 15 members individually ranked. The Legal 500 notes the group’s “excellent reputation” for its track record in high-value, complex cases for both claimants and defendants, often involving catastrophic injury.

Christopher Kennedy KC is ranked as a Leading Silk, and Sam Aynsley, Jamie Hill, James Hurd, Leanne Jones, Julie-Anne Luck, Brian McCluggage, Kirsty McKinlay, Benjamin Morris, Joseph Mulderig, Elizabeth Murray, Michael O’Neill, Matthew Snarr, Christopher Taft and Zoë Thompson are ranked as Leading Juniors.

Private wealth, probate and tax

Andrew Clark is ranked for private wealth, probate and tax.

Sport

Paul Gilroy KC is ranked for sport.

Nine Chambers congratulates all those ranked and thanks the clients and colleagues who contributed to this year’s research.