18 St John Street Chambers are delighted to announce that all our departments have received further recognition in the 2026 edition of the prestigious Chambers & Partners legal directory rankings.
Overall, chambers now has 44 total rankings for 24 barristers across 17 practice areas. We continue to be ranked as a recommended set in the areas of Family: Children, Chancery, Crime and Real Estate Litigation, while also being ranked as a recommended set for Commercial Dispute Resolution for the first time. We are also delighted to have been nominated for Regional Set of the Year at the upcoming Chambers and Partners Bar Awards 2025.
Yet again, there are some wonderful testimonials for our members and clerking teams. As always, we are grateful to all our clients that have taken time out to offer feedback, references and reviews to Chambers UK. One particular quote from an instructing solicitor stands out, as it showcases the ethos on which 18 St John Street Chambers is built:
“The key to any service is friendliness and approachability, and the set excels in this”.
We thank all of those who work with us across all our practice areas for their continued loyalty and support, it really is much appreciated.
The rankings highlight the quality and expertise offered by 18 St John Street Chambers across a wide range of practice areas. For a full list of our rankings, please read below or visit the Chambers UK website here: https://chambers.com/law-firm/18-st-john-street-uk-bar-14:10578.
Chambers UK 2026 Legal Directory Rankings – 18 St John Street Chambers
- Agriculture & Rural Affairs
- Northern (Bar)
- Christopher McNall Band 1
- Northern (Bar)
- Banking & Finance
- Northern (Bar)
- KC
- Richard Chapman Band 2
- Junior
- Victoria Roberts Band 2
- Chancery
- Northern (Bar)
- KC
- Richard Chapman Band 1
- Junior
- Oliver Caplan Band 2
- Elisabeth Tythcott Band 2
- Mike Wilkinson Band 3
- Christopher McNall Band 3
- David Hoffman Band 3
- John Vickery Band 3
- Commercial Dispute Resolution
- Northern (Bar)
- KC
- Richard Chapman Band 1
- Junior
- Elisabeth Tythcott Band 2
- Oliver Caplan Band 3
- David Hoffman Band 3
- John Vickery Band 3
- Mike Wilkinson Band 3
- Company
- Northern (Bar)
- Richard Chapman Band 2
- Northern (Bar)
- Costs Litigation
- All Circuits
- James Miller Band 4
- All Circuits
- Crime
- Northern (Bar)
- KC
- Siobhan Grey Band 3
- Junior
- Richard Vardon Band 1
- Rachel Faux Band 2
- Rachel Shenton Band 3
- Family: Children
- Northern (Bar)
- Anna Warters Band 3
- Fiona Holloran Band 1
- Hannah Phoenix Band 3
- Kate Bramall Band 2
- Samantha Birtles Band 1
- Northern (Bar)
- Family: Matrimonial Finance
- Northern (Bar)
- Stephen J Murray Band 1
- Northern (Bar)
- Partnership
- Northern (Bar)
- Richard Chapman Band 2
- Northern (Bar)
- Personal Injury
- Northern (Bar)
- Kane Simons Band 2
- Elahe Youshani Band 3
- Northern (Bar)
- POCA Work & Asset Forfeiture
- All Circuits
- Andrew Evans Band 3
- All Circuits
- Professional Negligence
- Northern (Bar)
- Richard Chapman Band 2
- Northern (Bar)
- Real Estate Litigation
- Northern (Bar)
- KC
- Richard Chapman Band 2
- Junior
- Christopher McNall Band 3
- David Hoffman Band 3
- Oliver Caplan Band 3
- Restructuring/Insolvency
- Northern (Bar)
- KC
- Richard Chapman Band 2
- Junior
- Jennifer Newstead Taylor Band 2
- Social Housing
- Northern/North Eastern (Bar)
- Oliver Caplan Band 2
- Northern/North Eastern (Bar)
- Tax
- The Regions (Bar)
- KC
- Richard Chapman Band 1
- Junior
- Christopher McNall Band 1
- Jennifer Newstead Taylor Band 1
- Rupert Davies Band 2
Chambers UK Bar researches and recommends sets of chambers and individual barristers across the UK using rigorous independent research. Our experienced and dedicated research team conducts thousands of in-depth one-to-one interviews every year with clients, instructing solicitors and barristers to produce our ranking tables, as well as indispensable analysis into the legal market.
Chambers and Partners provides unparalleled recommendations for those looking to buy legal services in the UK. Our trusted and market-leading rankings provide all the information necessary to make an informed decision that can be relied on for when it matters.
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18 St John Street is a multi-disciplinary set based in Manchester. Members of Chambers have been delivering the highest standards of advice and advocacy services to professional and lay clients for over 50 years.
For more information on the services provided, please contact a member of the clerking team by email clerks@18sjs.com or by calling 0161 278 1800.