Turnover: |
£22.6m |
| Tenants (silks): |
58 (18) |
Female tenants (silks): |
11 (0) |
Chambers contributions: |
9 per cent plus rent |
Revenue per barrister: |
£390,000 |
Number of staff per barrister: |
0.34 |
Number of ECJ appearances: |
0 |
Number of Lords appearances: |
One |
Number of Appeal Court appearances: |
26 |
| Top five cases last year: The Equitable Life Assurance Society v Bowley & Ors; Cable & Wireless & Pender Insurance v Valentine & Others; Kensington International v Republic of Congo; Hollywood film finance; Republic of Zambia v Meer Care & Desai |
Headed by Christopher Symons QC and John Jarvis QC, 3 Verulam Buildings enjoyed an excellent year, hiking turnover by 11 per cent to £22.6m and RPB by 7 per cent to £390,000.
The boost in fees was the result of a rise in good instructions for the set. David Head won a key instruction from Reynolds Porter Chamberlain for Meer Care & Desai against the Attorney General of Zambia. And Ewan McQuater QC led Kensington International's claim against the Republic of Congo, instructed by Dechert.
In March the set strengthened its commercial and admiralty offering with the hire of Quadrant Chambers junior Nicholas Craig, who appeared in the House of Lords decision on Hague Rules in Jordan II.
Senior clerk Nick Hill has two new silks for the coming year in the form of commercial litigators Andrew Fletcher and Jonathan Nash.
However, 3 Verulam still has no female silks, despite a relatively good female-male ratio of 1:4.3. The chambers' silk-junior ratio of 1:2.2 is also high.
3 Verulam has succeeded in keeping its chambers contributions low at just 9 per cent, although rent is accounted for separately. |
