Legal 500 2026 Rankings
St John’s Buildings is delighted to have 91 members listed in Legal 500 2026. We have been listed as Top Tier in four practice areas, and have been recommended in a further five practice areas.
Chief Executive David Anderson said: “We are proud to be recognised as a leading set across a significant number of our practice areas and to see so many of our barristers being noted as experts in their chosen field of law. In addition, to see the positive comments about so many of our clerking and wider staff team is incredibly encouraging for them and for St John’s Buildings. We are especially pleased to have received such positive comments from our clients.”
Some of the notable comments include:
Our Court of Protection (Health and Welfare) team are described as ‘an excellent set in Court of Protection,’ housing a team with ‘significant expertise across a wide range of health and welfare matters’.
In Family – Children and Domestic Violence, we are described as a preeminent family law set with ‘excellent strength in depth’.
Our ‘excellent Matrimonial Finance barristers’ have an established reputation for assisting international and domestic clients with a wide spectrum of financial remedy work.
In Clinical Negligence, we are described as standing out for our ‘huge array of top quality clinical negligence barristers’.
We are regarded as a ‘great set’, with a strong reputation for handling a wide range of Criminal Law matters.
In Employment Law, we have ‘a strong and respected employment set with many heavy hitters at its senior end and a good range of call throughout the set’.
In Personal Injury, we are an ‘Excellent set’ and home to a team with an excellent reputation for advising on the full range of personal injury matters. The group is adept at handling claimant and defendant work, and often acts for insurers and public authorities.
In terms of Commercial Litigation, we are commended as hosting several strong barristers with considerable commercial litigation experience.
See the complete rankings and the individual comments about our members and clerks by visiting the Legal 500 website.
