“The clerks, led by Stephen Smith, are astonishingly good and very, very efficient. They are good at getting back to you and they are also very accommodating. They don’t make empty recommendations and they really do think about whether a barrister is suitable to work with a particular solicitor. They run a very tight ship.”
Chambers UK, 2017Hailsham Chambers is ‘a very strong set’ and ‘a personal favourite’ of many solicitors. It ‘attracts top-quality barristers’ ensuring ‘a really good spread of talent and expertise’, particularly in relation to clinical negligence, professional indemnity and costs work.
Chambers is able to combine its ‘unrivalled knowledge and expertise’ with ‘excellent client care; the barristers come across as human to lay clients and so enhance what solicitors are trying to achieve in terms of providing a friendly and expert service’. ‘Nothing is too much trouble’ for the ‘exceptional clerks, whose USP is their very helpful and user-focused approach’.
Senior clerk Stephen Smith is supported by deputy senior clerk Michael Kilbey, who is ‘one of the best clerks; always bending over backwards to find a solution to a problem’, and ‘incredibly diligent’ first junior Stuart Paley. Legal 500 2016
Stephen Smith
Senior Clerk
Michael Kilbey
Deputy Senior Clerk
Stuart Paley
First Junior Clerk
Sam Head
Junior Clerk
Jack Crowhurst
Junior Clerk
Luke Goodman
Junior Clerk
Natasha Southgate
Junior clerk
Zoe Gardiner
Business Development Manager
Crystal McClelland
Marketing and Events Co-ordinator
Kaz O’Callaghan
Receptionist
Lisa Lawrence
Fees Clerk
Janet Clark
Finance Administrator