Doughty Street Chambers success in Chambers and Partners UK Bar Guide 2025

Doughty Street Chambers is proud to announce another year of excellent success in the latest edition of the Chambers and Partners UK Bar Guide 2025.  

We are now recognised in over 29 practice areas of expertise, which includes top band set rankings in Civil Liberties & Human Rights, Community Care, Crime, Extradition, Immigration, Inquests and inquiries, Police law, Protest Law, and Social Housing. All of our barristers featuring within International Human Rights Law are top-ranked. 84% of our barristers are ranked in at least one practice area, which includes almost a third increase in new or elevated rankings in this year's edition of Chambers and Partners UK Bar Guide 2025.

We are delighted to have received glowing endorsements from our clients about our services: 

“Doughty Street Chambers can boast an extraordinary record of success in some of the most significant challenges to public policy and decisions on criminal justice, welfare provision, immigration and asylum.”

“....a highly respected set that sits at the cutting edge of human rights in both a domestic and international context.”

“...a redoubtable set with skill in serious crime and related human rights and international law cases with exceptional counsel who handle complex and sophisticated matters with great expertise, knowledge and attention to detail.”

"superb barristers, who are leaders in the field of inquests and inquiries." 

“...a market-leading set for community care matters and houses a strong bench of experienced barristers at both senior and junior levels.”

"top-notch barristers for complex matters - able to help with all aspects of cases, and they have a huge expertise."

"stellar range of barristers who have the ability to handle complex and sophisticated matters."

"very user-friendly barristers who have excellent soft-skills as well as being brilliant on the law."

"The Doughty Street Chambers clerks are consistently excellent, detail-oriented and able to ensure everything runs smoothly."

"Incredibly efficient, organised and so approachable. Always ready to assist."

"Their clerking is excellent; they are really on it."

"The clerks from Doughty Street are amazing, super responsive and efficient."

For more information on any practice area, please contact our Senior Clerks Sian Wilkins and Matthew Butchard.