In the 2025 Chambers and Partners rankings publication, Albion Chambers and its members received 26 rankings in total, 8 of which were in the highest band. As a set, our Family/Matrimonial Finance teams continue to be ranked in the top band, whilst our Crime team also ranked highly.
Chambers and the Clerking team received the following comments:
“Their clerking, led by Chambers director Nick Jeanes, is excellent and completely user and client focused.”
“The clerks at Albion are brilliant and always go out of their way to help.”
“The clerks at Albion make working with the set very easy.”
Crime
“Adam is a supreme advocate, who combines a strength and depth of legal knowledge with a forensic, razor-sharp yet empathic and engaging advocacy style.”
“Kate can make order out of chaos. She is always a safe pair of hands and someone who can be trusted with the most complex of tasks.”
“She is very experienced in sexual offences, very conscientious and prepares her cases extremely well.”
“Ranked.”
Environment
“Adam Vaitilingam is a very capable practitioner.”
“He is a very solid, good practitioner, is very thorough in preparation and knows what he is doing.”
“Alexander West is a very capable advocate.”
Family: Children
“Sarah is a formidable advocate who will always put the client’s case forward in the strongest terms.”
“Sarah’s strong advocacy is combined with empathetic client care.”
“Sarah is a fantastic barrister with a wealth of knowledge and a no-nonsense approach.”
“Alice is very quick-thinking and proactive.”
“Alice is an excellent barrister who provides great advocacy.”
“Alice is a very strong advocate. She is highly experienced, very well prepared and keeps the instructing solicitor and client updated swiftly.”
“Hayley is very experienced and can always be trusted to represent clients in the best way possible. She is well prepared and decisive.”
“She is very measured and has been readily contactable and helpful.”
“Fiona has a formidable brain.”
“Fiona has fantastic knowledge and is great with clients.”
“Fiona has a sharp legal mind and a level of empathy with the client that enables her to be a very effective advocate.”
“With Libby, you are getting silk-level service from a junior.”
“Libby is a very effective advocate. She has a great ability to explain complex legal matters to lay parties.”
“Joanna is always my go-to for private law children work.”
“Joanna provides sophisticated and nuanced cross-examination.”
“Joanna is a fantastic all-rounder for every type of client.”
“Stuart is always completely prepared and up to date.”
“Stuart is very experienced, especially in complex issues that require forensic analysis. He is thorough, well prepared, and effective on his feet.”
Family: Matrimonial Finance
“Nicholas is a brilliant advocate who is extremely careful.”
“Nicholas is a very strong advocate and is able to get the most complicated issues across to the judge.”
“Daniel Leafe is the brightest, most committed and just extraordinary counsel.”
“Dan has a great legal brain and is able to get to the root of the problem very quickly. His advocacy is spot-on.”
“Gemma is our go-to for complex financial remedy matters. She is really on it.”
“Gemma is stellar and so well prepared.”
“Gemma gets outstanding results and is really tenacious.”
“Gemma is a brilliant advocate with incredible legal knowledge and attention to detail. Clients feel very confident with her, as she takes time to know everything about the case.”
“Hannah works really hard but is always realistic.”
“The way Richard delivers is so unique ‒ he reads the room very well. He is our first port of call for matrimonial finance.”
“Richard English is very steady and immensely reassuring to clients and solicitors and works really hard to find solutions.”
“Caroline is sublime. She is brilliant both with the client and the judge.”
“Caroline provides exceptional service. She was quickly able to establish a good rapport with the client and inspire confidence.”
“Caroline is brilliant with the clients and they trust her immediately. She has a fantastic manner.”
“Caroline’s client care is impeccable. She gives them complete confidence.”
Health & Safety
“Adam is an absolutely fantastic advocate. He’s very calm, cool and collected, and the client has a huge amount of confidence in him.”
“Adam never fails to connect with his client, never fails to find chinks in the armour and is never flustered.”
“Kate is an extremely disciplined, polished and concise practitioner. She is exceptional.”
Inquests & Public Inquiries
“Alex West is an impressive junior and as well as being consummately forensic. He is empathetic with juries.”
“Alexander West is really meticulous, highly polished and professional. He has a real eye for detail and knows how to get to the real crux of the issue. It’s seamless working with him.”
“Alex’s people skills are outstanding: he really listens and tailors his approach to the individual witness or client. He works phenomenally hard and is operating at a level well above his call.”
“Alex is always cool, calm and collected and strategically insightful.”
The full list of rankings and quotes of chambers and our members can be found on the our Chambers and Partners page
