The Chambers UK Guide and the Legal 500 consistently rank our set in the top tiers of our main areas of practice.
CHAMBERS BAR AWARDS
2010 - Crime Silk of the Year:
Patrick Gibbs QC
2009 - Professional Discipline Junior of the Year:
Hugh Davies
2008 - Crime Junior of the Year:
Hugo Keith
2007 - Crime Junior of the Year:
Neil Saunders
2007 - Crime Silk of the Year:
Alexander Cameron QC
2006 - Crime Set of the Year
TESTIMONIALS
CRIME
“Three Raymond Buildings is at the forefront of the nation’s criminal sets, with numerous sources claiming that it is ‘the best and most polished chambers available’. Commentators report that it is home to ‘highly organised clerks’ as well as ‘accomplished barristers who always do their homework’.”
Chambers UK 2011
“Three Raymond Buildings has long been at the forefront of criminal sets…Its practitioners are all well schooled in handling top-drawer work, and are noted for their ‘superior advocacy’. Many of them are also fine extradition lawyers who are regularly instructed in the leading cases in the field.”
Chambers UK 2010
“a well-run set with strength in all calls”
Legal 500 2010
“Three Raymond Buildings has a deserved reputation for extradition expertise.”
Legal 500 2009
FRAUD
“’Solid, consistent and always to be seen handling high-quality work’, Three Raymond Buildings is ‘a set of the highest calibre’. It thrives as it has ‘extremely talented people within its ranks who often add that extra bit of magic to a case’.
Chambers UK 2011
“If the phrase ‘strength in depth’ was to be attributed to only one set in these tables, it would be Three Raymond Buildings. Its members appear in the full range of fraud matters at all levels of severity.”
Chambers UK 2010
“Three Raymond Buildings houses a particularly impressive array of talented criminal fraud silks”.
Legal 500 2010
HEALTH & SAFETY
“This set moves up the rankings by dint of its growing national reputation in health and safety and regulatory law. Members are applauded for their ‘approachability and client-friendly ethos’.”
Chambers UK 2011
LICENSING
“This criminal and regulatory set is historically strong within licensing and continues to house several highly rated silks as well as a number of up-and-coming juniors. Interviewees praise chambers’ competitive pricing and further endorse the clerks here, who are ‘pleasant, helpful and reliable; they are very good at establishing relationships with solicitors’.”
Chambers UK 2011
“This criminal and regulatory set boasts a number of highly rated silks and juniors who specialise in licensing.”
Chambers UK 2010
“Its combination of excellence in the general licensing area and broader regulatory expertise makes it highly popular. The set scores well with clients of many different hues but is particularly lauded within the leisure industry, having many major pub chains and casinos on its books. Solicitors note that its excellent barristers attract such a strong following due to the fact that they ‘can talk the client’s language and are prepared to go the extra mile’.”
Chambers UK 2009
Three Raymond Buildings is the traditional licensing law powerhouse.
Legal 500 2009
PROFESSIONAL DISCIPLINE
“Three Raymond Buildings is ‘a blue-blood’ criminal set with an impressive regulatory practice focusing on police discipline”. “Clients are especially pleased with the continuity that the set is able to offer, as key people rarely leave.”
Chambers UK 2011
“Three Raymond Buildings is a stellar criminal set that is also first choice for police disciplinary defence work.”
Chambers UK 2010
Individual practitioners also feature heavily in the rankings at all levels.