Cornerstone Barristers celebrates top tier recognition and new rankings in Legal 500 (2026) directory results
Public Law and Judicial Review, Cornerstone Climate, Planning and Environment, Housing, Licensing, Information Law, Property, Commercial and Regulatory, Inquests and Inquiries, Court of Protection, Health and Social Care, Local Government, Alternative Dispute Resolution

Cornerstone Barristers is thrilled to be recognised again as a Top Tier set for Social Housing and Licensing, as well as highly recommended as a leading set for Planning, plus new set wide rankings in Administrative and Human Rights and Data Protection.
This impressive achievement is testament to Chambers’ depth and breadth of outstanding work at every level. A total of 51 of our members have been ranked across 12 practice areas, with a total of 75 individual rankings.
We congratulate all of our barristers who remain ranked. We are particularly proud of the members who have been ranked in new categories:
- Philip Coppel KC (Commercial Litigation)
- Alexander Campbell (Administrative and Human Rights)
- Sarah Salmon (Social Housing – Wales and Chester Circuit)
- Riccardo Calzavara (Administrative and Human Rights)
- Olivia Davies (Elections, Planning)
- Lois Lane (Planning)
- Jeremy Ogilvie-Harris (Social Housing, Administrative and Human Rights)
As well as our members who have been promoted up a tier in at least one of their areas of practice:
- Philip Coppel KC (Data Protection)
- Michael Bedford KC (Planning)
- Richard Ground KC (Planning)
- Tom Cosgrove KC (Planning)
- Estelle Dehon KC (Administrative and Human Rights, Planning, Data Protection)
- Kuljit Bhogal KC (Social Housing)
- Harriet Townsend KC (Planning)
- Matthew Feldman (Social Housing)
- Wayne Beglan (Social Housing)
- Victoria Osler (Social Housing)
- Robert Williams (Planning)
- Ruchi Parekh (Planning)
- Ben Du Feu (Planning)
- Emma Dring (Planning)
- John Fitzsimons (Planning)