Blackstone Chambers
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Blackstone Chambers is a leading set of barristers chambers in the Temple district of central London
. Established in the 1950s, it has 85 tenants, of whom 34 are Silks
. It broke into the Magic Circle
in 2011, with an turnover of £42.4 million.
Current tenants include: Robert Anderson
QC, Michael Beloff
QC, Sir David Edward KCMG PC QC, Dinah Rose
QC, Richard Keen
QC, Lord Lester
QC, Lord Pannick QC, Lord Woolf
QC, and Guy Goodwin-Gill
.
Former notable set members include Sir Ian Brownlie
, QC.
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
. Established in the 1950s, it has 85 tenants, of whom 34 are Silks
Queen's Counsel
Queen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law...
. It broke into the Magic Circle
Magic Circle (law)
The "Magic Circle" is an informal term used to collectively describe what are generally regarded to be the five leading UK-headquartered law firms and the four or five leading London-based commercial barristers' chambers.-Law firms:...
in 2011, with an turnover of £42.4 million.
Current tenants include: Robert Anderson
Robert Anderson
-Arts and entertainment:*Robert Anderson , Scottish literary scholar and editor*Robert Rowand Anderson , Scottish architect*Robert Alexander Anderson , American composer...
QC, Michael Beloff
Michael Beloff
The Honourable Michael Jacob Beloff QC is a prominent English barrister. His adoption of the title or style "The Honourable" is a consequence of his father Max Beloff, Baron Beloff, having been awarded a life peerage in 1981...
QC, Sir David Edward KCMG PC QC, Dinah Rose
Dinah Rose
Dinah Rose is a human Rights lawyer. She was named Barrister of the Year, in The Lawyer Awards 2009.Rose is formerly a pupil at City of London School for Girls.-Notable Cases:...
QC, Richard Keen
Richard Keen
Richard Sanderson Keen QC is a Scottish lawyer and Dean of the Faculty of Advocates.-Early life:Keen was educated at The King's School, Rochester and Dollar Academy, both prestigious independent schools, and studied at the School of Law of the University of Edinburgh, where he was a Beckman scholar...
QC, Lord Lester
Anthony Lester, Baron Lester of Herne Hill
Anthony Paul Lester, Baron Lester of Herne Hill, QC is a British politician and member of the House of Lords, and a member of the Liberal Democrats....
QC, Lord Pannick QC, Lord Woolf
Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf
Harry Kenneth Woolf, Baron Woolf, PC, FBA, , born 2 May 1933, was Master of the Rolls from 1996 until 2000 and Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 2000 until 2005. The Constitutional Reform Act 2005 made him the first Lord Chief Justice to be President of the Courts of England and Wales...
QC, and Guy Goodwin-Gill
Guy Goodwin-Gill
Guy Goodwin-Gill is a barrister and a professor of public international law at Oxford University and a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford.His research areas include international organisations, human rights, migrants and refugees, elections and democratisation and children’s rights; he teaches...
.
Former notable set members include Sir Ian Brownlie
Ian Brownlie
Sir Ian Brownlie, CBE, QC, FBA was a British practising barrister, specialising in international law. After an education at Hertford College, Oxford, he was called to the Bar by Gray's Inn in 1958 and was a tenant at Blackstone Chambers from 1983 until his death on 3 January 2010.During his...
, QC.