5 Stone Buildings
UK Bar Guide 2025
About
Heads of Chambers: Penelope Reed KC
Senior Clerk: Paul Jennings
Tenants: 41
THE CHAMBERS
The Chambers 5 Stone Buildings is a leading Chancery law chambers, based in Lincoln’s Inn, London. Members of chambers are highly regarded specialists in a wide variety of areas, including trusts law (both onshore and offshore), wills, estates and family provision, Court of Protection, art and cultural property, taxation, real property and landlord and tenant, pensions, partnerships and charities. Members also advise and act in relation to professional negligence cases associated with these practice areas.
The set’s barristers provide advice, advocacy and drafting of the highest quality. All members at all levels of seniority have specialist experience and knowledge in the set’s core practice areas, whether contentious or non-contentious. This strength in depth enables the set to provide a good value and high-quality service in respect of all issues arising in its field of practice.
- Shân Warnock-Smith KC (1971) (QC-2002)
- Mark Blackett-Ord (1974)
- Andrew Simmonds KC (1980) (QC-1999) ++
- Penelope Reed KC (1983) (QC-2009) ++
- Christopher Tidmarsh KC (1985) (QC-2002)
- Sarah Haren KC (1999) (QC-2021)
- Michael O’Sullivan (1986)
- Patrick Rolfe (1987)
- Barbara Rich (1990)
- Tracey Angus KC (1991) (QC-2012)
- Henry Legge KC (1993) (QC-2012)
- Amanda Hardy KC (1993) ++ (QC-2015)
- David Rees KC (1994) ++ (QC-2017)
- Leon Sartin (1997)
- Thomas Entwistle (2001)
- Luke Harris (2001)
- Matthew Paton (2005)
- Mark Baxter (2006)
- Charlotte Edge (2006)
- Ruth Hughes (2007) ***
- Edward Hewitt (2007)
- William East (2008)
- Toby Bishop (2008)
- Elis Gomer (2008)
- Raj Arumugam (2008)**
- Jordan Holland (2009)
- Mathew Roper (2011)
- Alexander Drapkin (2012)
- Oliver Marre (2012)
- Sam Chandler (2013) *
- Hugh Cumber (2013)
- Francis Ng (2013) *
- Eliza Eagling (2015)
- Rose Fetherstonhaugh (2016)
- Simon Douglas (2018)
- Arabella Adams (2019)
- Emilia Carslaw (2020)
- Tomos Rees (2021)
- Carmen Barragan-Lopez (2021)
- Priya Wagjiani (2021)
- Hugh Jeffery (2023)
- Henry Harrod (1963) - Retired
- ++ Deputy High Court Judge + Recorder *** Member of Attorney General’s A Panel ** Member of Attorney General’s B Panel *Member of Attorney General’s C Panel
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Provided by 5 Stone Buildings
- London5 Stone Buildings Lincoln's Inn , London, Greater London, UK, WC2A 3XT
- Web: www.5sblaw.com
- Tel: (020) 7242 6201
- Fax: (020) 7831 8102
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