Stone Chambers | Barristers | 16.09.09: Stone Chambers barristers receive 16 recommendations in latest UK Legal 500

Stone Chambers barristers receive 16 recommendations in latest UK Legal 500

Stone Chambers is pleased to announce that it has again been identified as a leading set in the "Shipping" and "Other Leading sets" categories in the latest edition of the UK Legal 500. Our barristers received 16 recommendations in total.

Shipping: - leading set

Steven Gee QC - leading silk
John Reeder QC - leading silk
Elizabeth Blackburn QC - leading silk
Vasanti Selvaratnam QC - leading silk
Timothy Hill QC - new silk
Rachel Toney - leading junior barrister
Mark Jones - leading junior barrister
Ravi Aswani - leading junior barrister
Tom Whitehead - leading junior barrister

The editors go on to comment:

Stone Chambers ‘offers excellent value‘ to clients and solicitors alike. The ‘immensely clever‘ John Reeder QC has advised on collisions, pollution incidents, salvage cases, and ship construction disputes, and has an outstanding track record in public inquiries into shipping casualties. Steven Gee QC appeared in the leading Voutakos case, and Elizabeth Blackburn QC is a ‘very good wet admiralty lawyer who understands how ships are handled‘, and is especially recommended for pollution and jurisdictional matters. Vasanti Selvaratnam QC is well-regarded for high-level shipping and international trade disputes, and acted on The Front Ace case, one of the few references to the Admiralty Registrar that has gone to the Court of Appeal on points of principle in recent years. Mark Jones was instructed in several high-value shipbuilding and ship purchase disputes, and Rachel Toney ‘is very bright, and delivers no-nonsense advice‘. Ravi Aswani, and Tom Whitehead, are ‘bright, approachable, and hands-on‘.