We are delighted to announce that Pump Court’s members have obtained 82 individual rankings in the Legal 500 2026, including 21 new rankings and 12 promotions this year across our key practice areas and regions.

Members of Chambers are ranked in the following areas: Crime (London and Western Circuit), Ecclesiastical Law, Employment (London and Western Circuit), Family (London, South Eastern Circuit and Western Circuit), Private FDR Judges and Arbitrators, Health & Safety, Inquests and Inquiries, Regulatory and Disciplinary, Commercial Litigation and Personal Injury.

Pump Court has also been ranked for the first time this year as a Leading Set for Matrimonial Finance in London, in addition to maintaining its current ranking as a Top Tier Set in Crime (Western Circuit), Family: Children and Domestic Abuse (Western Circuit) and Family: Divorce & Financial Remedy (Western Circuit), and as a Leading Set for Employment (Western Circuit), Family: Children & Domestic Abuse (South Eastern Circuit) and Family: Matrimonial Finance (South Eastern Circuit).

The following is a selection of our testimonials:

• “Pump Court Chambers boasts ‘an excellent line-up of financial remedy barristers at every level of experience’, and the set also benefits from wider expertise,encompassing inheritance, trusts, Court of Protection, and property law.”
• “Pump Court Chambers has ‘great strength in depth in financial remedy work’.”
• “With ‘a wide base of excellent public law counsel’, common law set Pump Court Chambers is a go-to for a variety of children law matters.”
• “Pump Court Chambers has ‘a strong criminal team on the Western Circuit, with strength across all levels of call’.”
• “Pump Court Chambers is increasingly known as a ‘first port of call for any employment tribunal case’.”
• “Pump Court Chambers is a top quality and go-to set.”
• “The clerking at Pump Court Chambers is exceptional, providing solicitors with the trust and flexibility they need. Solicitors can be confident that their cases will be prioritised, and the clerks’ realistic and adaptable approach greatly simplifies solicitor’s work.”
• “The clerks are excellent and what make Pump such a wonderful set to brief. They truly know their barristers and they are upfront and manage the expectations of those instructing them beautifully.”
• “All of the clerks are fantastic and accommodating.”
• “The efficiency and willingness of the clerks to help make them among the first I contact for assistance from counsel.”

Many thanks to all our clients for providing such glowing feedback and to the Legal 500 team for all their hard work.

The full list of our rankings is outlined below:

Family: Divorce and Financial Remedy (London Bar)

• Edward Boydell KC
• Julian Reed
• Geoffrey Kelly
• Helen Brander
• Jennifer Lee
• Jenna Lucas
• Paul Mertens

Family: Children and Domestic Abuse (London Bar)

• Jayne Harrill
• Helen Brander
• Catherine Ellis
• Hilary Lennox
• Elena Johnson

Family: Private FDR Judges and Arbitrators

• Edward Boydell KC
• Geoffrey Kelly
• Annie Ward

Family: Divorce & Financial Remedy (Western Circuit)

• Edward Boydell KC
• Geoffrey Kelly
• Annie Ward
• Jennifer Lee
• Paul Mertens
• Victoria Ellis
• Maria Henty
• Rebekah Batt

Family: Children and Domestic Abuse (Western Circuit)

• Leslie Samuels KC
• Penny Howe KC
• Andrew Grime
• Caroline Hartley
• David Josty
• Helen Brander
• Charlotte Street
• Corinne Iten
• Jennifer Swan
• Victoria Ellis
• Cordelia Williams
• Rebekah Batt

Family: Divorce & Financial Remedy (South Eastern Circuit)

• Edward Boydell KC
• Elizabeth Spence
• Stuart Snow

Family: Children & Domestic Abuse (South Eastern Circuit)

• Simon Johnson
• Adam Clegg
• Elizabeth Spence
• Amy Connell
• Meghan Daniels
• Albert Gibbon

Employment (London Bar)

• Heather Platt
• Timothy Dracass
• Fergus McCombie
• Emma Sole
• Naomi Gyane

Employment (Western Circuit)

• Heather Platt
• Tim Dracass
• Daniella Gilbert
• Naomi Gyane
• Ezra Macdonald
• Richard Wayman
• Louisa Simpson

Crime (General and Fraud – Western Circuit)

• Sarah Jones KC
• Mark Ruffell
• Peter Asteris
• Rebecca Fairbairn
• Ellie Fargin
• Tim Akers
• Stephanie Painter
• Ed Wylde
• Christopher Pix

Crime (London Bar)

• Sarah Jones KC

Inquests & Inquiries (London Bar)

• Paul Mertens
• Tim Salisbury
• Stephanie Painter

Charities (London Bar)

• Justin Gau
• Mark Ruffell

Professional Discipline and Regulatory (London Bar)

• Nazmeen Imambaccus

Business & Regulatory Crime (including Health & Safety – Western Circuit)

• Mark Ruffell
• Richard Tutt

Commercial Litigation (Western Circuit)

• Jason Nickless

Personal Injury (Western Circuit)

• Adam Gadd