This month’s report is the 2023 edition of the Bar Top 30 which ranks the largest commercial and civil law chambers by tenant headcount. The past 12 months were another steady year of growth for the Bar Top 30. The combined number of tenants making up the 30 chambers rose by nearly 100, from 3,468 to 3,565. Although steady, amounting to around 2.8 per cent, the rise is less than half of the 6.6 per cent in 2021/22, but similar to the 2.3 per cent rise in the year prior to that.
This year, in addition to the headcount ranking, growth and diversity metrics, the report also analyses barristers’ year of call along with data from the Litigation Tracker that offers insight into which chambers lead the main English courts by number of appearances, and which King’s Counsel and juniors from each set appeared on most cases over the past year. It also explores some of the key challenges facing the Bar, namely recruitment and pupillage, retention and diversity, and the impact of the increase in class action suits. Read it now on Signal Disputes.
