We are delighted to announce that 11KBW and our members are highly ranked in the Legal 500 UK Bar Guide 2025. This year members have received 4 new rankings and 19 promotions across all of our practice areas.
We have again retained our Top Tier set rankings for:
Employment
- ‘An excellent set for employment law with a huge bench of impressive barristers.‘
- ‘A leading employment set with a strong employment bench.‘
- ‘Outstanding depth and consistent quality.‘
- ‘The set is superb.”A brilliant set full of top quality barristers.’
Data Protection
- ’11KBW provide an outstanding data protection practice, with practitioners who really understand this fast-developing area of law. Expect to see 11KBW continuing to set the agenda in this area.’
- ’11 KBW is my go-to set for any complex, high value or even just unusual data and information law work. They are one of the very few sets of barristers I use where I would have no qualms about allowing their clerks entirely free rein in who they recommend, and I have not yet been disappointed.’
- ’11KBW is one of the top data sets in the country. Its leading lights usually feature in all the prominent data protection cases and the set is clearly at the cutting edge in this field.’
Education
- ‘11KBW has a formidable reputation in the education law field.‘
- ‘A top notch set with a strong set of juniors.”11KBW remains one of the stand-out sets dealing with education law at present. The range of counsel specialising in the sector is probably the strongest in England.’
- ’11KBW has strength in depth, delivers excellent high-level training and is the market leader for Higher Education.’
Public Procurement
- ‘The strength-in-depth in procurement at this chambers is very impressive.’
- ’11KBW have a number of excellent public procurement barristers.’
- ’11KBW has a leading public procurement practice.’
In addition to our set rankings for:
Administrative Law and Human Rights
- ‘Excellent choice of barristers in respect of administrative law.‘
- ‘An excellent public law set, with incredible strength in depth.‘
- ‘The set is very strong with a good choice of counsel.’
Defamation and Privacy
- ’11KBW is the go-to set for information law. I can’t think of any set I would go to instead if I want to true expert advice on issues arising in data protection, Freedom of Information or privacy.’
- ‘They are very strong in data protection and privacy.’
- ’11KBW is a brilliant set.’
Group Litigation
Our clerking team received consistently high praise across our practice areas:
- ‘The clerking service, led by the brilliant Mark Dann, is exceptional. Nothing is too much trouble.’
- ‘All of the clerks are highly commercial and always approachable. Lee Cutler and Victoria Eastwick both stand out for the quality of their service delivery and willingness to roll up their sleeves and help with challenging circumstances.’
- ‘The clerks at 11KBW are always very responsive. Michael Smith in particular is very good at building rapport with instructing solicitors and provides a first-class service.’
- ‘Michael Smith and Mark Dann are great to work with. They always coordinate clearly and are transparent about fees. They are very commercial and knowledgeable about what is going on.’
- ‘Mark Dann and Martin Pownall are excellent.’
Our full rankings can be found here.
We would like to thank our clients who took the time to provide feedback to the Legal 500 research team.
