“Everyone from the receptionist to the QCs is extremely nice and very helpful, and the chambers as a whole is just a pleasure to deal with.”
Chambers UK, 2022“The clerks are always very good. We deal mostly with Michael Kilbey, who is responsive and friendly.”
Chambers UK, 2022“The clerks are all excellent; senior clerk Stephen Smith is particularly commercial and helpful.”
Chambers UK, 2022“The clerks provide a good service: they are responsive and there are never any administrative issues.”
Chambers UK, 2022“The clerks are very easy to deal with and do anything they can to help. They are very efficient and offer a fantastic service.”
Chambers UK, 2022“The clerks are superb and very responsive.”
Chambers UK, 2022“The clerking team is phenomenal – Hailsham is a very business-minded set and they are attuned to the budgetary requirements of clients.”
Chambers UK, 2022“The clerks, led by the highly respected Stephen Smith, are helpful and polite. You always receive clear terms upon instruction and clear correspondence throughout the life of a case.”
Chambers UK, 2022“The clerks at Hailsham are excellent.”
Legal 500, 2022“Stuart Paley is always keen to assist and very helpful.”
Legal 500, 2022“The clerks who deal with the costs team are all very efficient and personable.”
Legal 500, 2022“Michael Kilbey responds promptly to correspondence and is pleasant to deal with.”
“Michael Kilbey is always available and bends over backwards to accommodate.”
Legal 500, 2022“Stephen Smith and Stuart Paley are always on hand to help with planning, getting matters into the right hands and keeping matters moving. Very transparent and realistic on availability and cost.”
Legal 500, 2022“Michael Kilbey is excellent.”
“Michael Kilbey is a consummate professional.”
Legal 500, 2022“Stephen Smith and Michael Kilbey are outstanding in their mastery of clerking.”
Legal 500, 2022“Excellent service – Stephen Smith runs a tight ship”
Legal 500, 2022“Friendly and attentive clerking team.”
Legal 500, 2022“Stephen Smith, Michael Kilbey and Stuart Paley are all excellent clerks.”
Legal 500, 2022“The clerks at Hailsham are simply superb. Excellent service, straightforward and endlessly helpful.”
Legal 500, 2022“Clerks are very adept and agile”
“… Michael Kilbey and Stuart Paley, two excellent clerks, for whom nothing is ever too much trouble and who go out of their way to assist.”
Legal 500, 2022“The clerking at Hailsham is proficient, expeditious and user-friendly.” “The clerks very much want to work with you and assist whenever they can.”
Chambers UK, 2017“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, 2017Chambers 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’.
Legal 500, 2016
Stephen SmithSenior Clerk
Michael KilbeyDeputy Senior Clerk
Stuart PaleyFirst Junior Clerk
Lee ReynoldsSecond Junior Clerk
Samuel BurtonThird Junior Clerk
Henry NortonJunior Clerk
Zoe GardinerBusiness Development Manager
Jan YogeswaranMarketing Executive
Matilda HawesMarketing Executive
Kaz O’CallaghanReceptionist
Janet ClarkFinance Administrator
Mary McGuiganFees Clerk
