Cornerstone Barristers continues to be ranked as one of the leading sets at the Bar in the 2025 edition of the Legal 500
Public Law and Judicial Review, Planning and Environment, Housing, Local Government
Cornerstone Barristers are 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.
This impressive achievement is testament to Chambers’ depth and breadth of outstanding work at every level. A total of 50 of our members have been ranked across 12 practice areas, with a total of 72 individual rankings.
We congratulate all of our barristers who remain ranked. We are particularly proud of the ten members who have been ranked in new categories:
- India Flanagan (Rising Star, Court of Protection)
- John Fitzsimons (Data Protection)
- Matt Lewin (Administrative and Human Rights, Licensing)
- Nina Pindham (Planning)
- Philip Coppel KC (Elections)
- Riccardo Calzavara (Planning)
- Rowan Clapp (Rising Star, Planning)
- Ryan Kohli (Planning)
- Sam Fowles (Rising Star, Administrative and Human Rights, Data Protection)
- Tara O’Leary (Social Housing)
As well as our eight members who have been promoted up a tier in at least one of their areas of practice:
- Alexander Campbell (Court of Protection)
- Alex Williams (Planning)
- Clare Parry (Planning)
- Emmaline Lambert (Planning)
- Estelle Dehon KC (Administrative and Human Rights, Planning)
- Kelvin Rutledge KC (Social Housing)
- Riccardo Calzavara (Social Housing)
- Ruchi Parekh (Planning)
We would like to thank our clients and referees for their continued support and feedback. A selection of their comments can be found below:
- “A leading regulatory and public law set, with exceptional counsel.”
- “I generally use Cornerstone as my first port of call for anything licensing-related that requires counsel, as they have an excellent reputation in this regard. They’re generally always able to find the right barrister for the job.”
- “Cornerstone have produced some of the best public and regulatory barristers in the country.”
- “For me it’s the best chambers at the licensing bar. It’s an excellent set for a wide range of local government matters.”
- “I have worked with numerous barristers in this set. Junior and senior barristers are all high-quality and are approachable.”
- “Cornerstone Barristers has a very good planning and public law set with a breadth of experience and expertise.”
- ‘The set as a whole is first class. I have instructed a number of barristers in chambers and they have all been excellent.”
- “Cornerstone are one of, if not the, leading housing set in our jurisdiction. Their dedicated housing team provides strength and depth, and I would trust them with the most complex and high profile cases”
- ‘The clerking team at Cornerstone are fantastic. They are incredibly understanding of the pressures that clients are under, and they do all they can to make the process of instructing counsel as smooth as possible.’
