9BR Chambers and The Legal 500 2025 rankings

9BR Chambers is proud to announce that 29 members of chambers have been recognised in the Legal 500 2025.

The Legal 500 rankings are based on in-depth market research; assessing recent case highlights provided in submissions by Chambers, and speaking directly to in-house lawyers, solicitors and peer barristers to gain a rounded view of the UK's elite players.

International Human Rights and Criminal Law - Tier 2

Leading Silks

• Steven Kay KC

Leading Juniors

• Ben Joyes
• Gillian Higgins
• Joshua Kern
• Kirsty Sutherland
• Sarah Bafadhel
• Zacharias Miah

Crime - Tier 3

Leading Silks

• Abbas Lakha KC
• Anthony Berry KC
• Jane Bickerstaff KC
• Justin Rouse KC
• Peter Glenser KC

Leading Juniors

• Alex Matthews
• Corinne Bramwell
• Daniel Higgins
• Emma Heath
• Graeme Logan
• Katrina Charles
• Maximilian Hardy
• Rhiannon Sadler
• Ruth Jones (formerly Becker)
• Sean Sullivan
• Tessa Shroff
• Will Noble

Extradition - Tier 3

Leading Juniors

• Ben Joyes
• Jonathan Swain
• Stefan Hyman
• Douglas Wotherspoon

Fraud: crime

Leading Silks

• Abbas Lakha KC

Leading Juniors

• Kabir Sondhi

Licensing

Leading Silks

• Peter Glenser KC

Professional disciplinary and regulatory law

Leading Juniors

• Katie Mustard

Testimonials

"9BR Chambers is ‘one of the top sets in London’ for criminal law work, with a number of silks and juniors regularly acting in major cases."

"9BR Chambers is praised as ‘a set with a formidable reputation across the spectrum of criminal law’ with the members of the set handling high-profile conflict and humanitarian crisis cases before the ICC, ECHR and international tribunals."

"9BR Chambers has a broad breadth of talent."

"The service in the clerks' room has always been efficient and helpful."