Awards and recognition

> Awards and recognition

Cornerstone Barristers is proud to have been recognised with a number of awards in recent years, including:

  • Estelle Dehon KC won Barrister of the Year at The Lawyer Awards 2025.
  • Ruchi Parekh won Planning and Land Use Junior of the Year at the Legal 500 Awards 2025.
  • The Finch case was shortlisted for Case of the Year at the LexisNexis Awards 2025.
  • Nina Pindham was recognised as a Woman of Influence in Planning 2025 by The Planner.
  • Cornerstone Barristers was shortlisted for Chambers of the Year at the LexisNexis Legal Awards 2024.
  • Estelle Dehon KC won the Environmental/Sustainability: Bar Champion (Individual) award at the Legal 500 ESG Awards 2024.
  • Emmaline Lambert and Johanna Boyd were named Women of Influence in Planning 2024 by The Planner.
  • Estelle Dehon KC and John Fitzsimons was shortlisted for Pro Bono Initiative of the Year at The Lawyer Awards 2024 for their work with JUSTICE.
  • Estelle Dehon KC won Planning and Environmental Barrister of the Year at the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2024.
  • Cornerstone Barristers was shortlisted for Client Service Set of the Year at the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2024.
  • Kuljit Bhogal KC was shortlisted for Lifetime Achievement Award at the Asian Legal Awards 2024.
  • Michael Bedford KC and Ranjit Bhose KC were shortlisted for Planning and Land Use Silk of the Year at the Legal 500 Bar Awards 2024.
  • Jonathan Clay and Wayne Beglan were shortlisted for Planning and Land Use Junior of the Year at the Legal 500 Bar Awards 2024.
  • Sarah Salmon was shortlisted for Property and Housing Junior of the Year at the Legal 500 Bar Awards 2024.
  • Clare Bello was shortlisted for Chambers Leader of the Year at the Legal 500 Bar Awards 2024.
  • Cornerstone Barristers was shortlisted for Best Chambers for Quality of Work by Legal Cheek 2024.

Silk appointments

Other recognition

  • Cornerstone Barristers now has counsel appointed to the panels of the UK, Scottish and Welsh governments. The Welsh government has appointed Clare Parry and Sarah Salmon to the A Panel, and Alistair Cantor to the B Panel, while David Welsh has been appointed Standing Junior Counsel to the Scottish government.
  • Sixteen members of Cornerstone Barristers were featured in the Planning Magazine Planning Law Survey 2025, reaffirming chambers’ position as a leading set for planning law.
  • Estelle Dehon KC and Nina Pindham were named among the most impactful lawyers in the UK environmental sector in the ENDS Power List 2025.
  • Kuljit Bhogal KC was named Lawyer of the Week by The Times for her role in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council v Livia Tossici-Bolt, a case concerning enforcement of a Public Spaces Protection Order outside a healthcare facility.
  • Philip Coppel KC’s Eclipse Litigation was featured in The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases of 2024.
  • Estelle Dehon KC was named Lawyer of the Week by The Times for her role in a legal challenge against permission of a coal mine in Cumbria.