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Mountford Chambers is delighted to share our rankings for the 2025 edition of the Legal 500 UK Bar Guide. Three of our barristers, Edward Henry KC, William England, and Alphege Bell, have moved up a banding for the crime rankings in London. While four of our barristers, Ben Hargreaves, Houzla Rawat, Sophie Evans, and Fiona Clegg, are all new entrants in the same area.
These rankings demonstrate our increasing depth of expertise in the area, with the directory adding, “Mountford Chambers is ‘going from strength to strength’ when it comes to its criminal law offering and is now recognised as ‘a go-to set for all criminal cases.”.
In addition to our successes within crime, we’re excited to share that Edward Henry KC, Richard Furlong, and Joe Hingston have all been newly ranked in London Bar, Fraud: Crime.
A total of 18 of our barristers have been included in the 2025 rankings, the largest achieved for chambers. These results are a testament to their outstanding work and dedication.
We’re also thrilled to see deserved recognition for our clerking and support team from the directory who provided glowing testimonials, including:
If you’d like to see the 2025 rankings in full, then please visit the Legal 500 rankings webpage.
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