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Turnover: |
£32m |
Head of chambers: |
Jonathan Sumption QC/
Jonathan Hirst QC |
Tenants (silks): |
62 (28) |
Chambers contributions: |
10%-11% |
Revenue per barrister: |
£516,000 |
No of staff per barrister: |
0.33 |
No of Lords appearances: |
11 |
No of Appeal Court appearances: |
74 |
| Top five cases last year: Railtrack; The hunting
ban ± Parliament Act challenge; Three Rivers
District Council v Bank of England; British
Horseracing Board Office of Fair Trading
investigation; Equitable Life v E&Y |
Headed by the redoutable Jonathan
Sumption QC and Jonathan Hirst QC, Brick
Court Chambers remains the UK's largest set
by turnover and is one of only four chambers
to post a revenue per barrister figure of more
than £500,000.
The set's case list is one to be envied. The
year saw Sir Sydney Kentridge QC take on
the Government in the Countryside Alliance's
challenge to the ban on hunting and the
Parliament Act. Mark Hapgood QC continues
to defend Ernst & Young in the Equitable
Life trial. And in December, Sumption
successfully represented the Bank of England
in the crucial Three Rivers privilege ruling.
However, despite the list of big cases, Brick
Court's income remained static, and other
sets are slowly beginning to close the gap.
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