Latest Testimonials
Margaret is a superb advocate, who is meticulous, down to earth and very approachable.
Margaret McDonald routinely receives instructions from claimants and defendants in costs cases. She is well versed in claims arising out of clinical negligence and solicitor-client disputes, and also undertakes detailed assessments.
Patrick has an easy charm with clients and builds a rapport with them from the outset. Always impressive in how he picks up on small details with a witness in cross-examination and develops those points with precision.
A very interesting day, covering some essential principles of employment law and information we need to consider. Matthew provided great tips on how to improve communication and instructions to Counsel to ensure the smooth running and success of our proceedings.
Bespoke Training Attendee
Margaret is a first-class advocate who provides clear and succinct advice. She knows all there is to know about costs, and is an invaluable team member to have on your side during any costs assessment or negotiations.
The Clerk’s room is excellent. Daniella Howarth is very helpful and comes back to us quickly regarding availability.
The Clerks are always helpful and provide a prompt service. Daniella Howarth knows which counsel to suggest for a particular case.
Sarah is very strong in advocacy with skilled communication, including with professional clients. Her ability to communicate well with litigants in person and manage that communication appropriately is impressive.
Paul deals with his cases very effectively. He is very knowledgeable and always goes the extra mile.
Many thanks to Daniel King for his excellent assistance on this matter. He was highly knowledgeable, approachable, and easy to work with throughout. His clear advice and professional handling of the case contributed to a fantastic result. I would not hesitate to instruct him again.
Claire Ayom, Gracefields Solicitors
Sarah is very strong in advocacy with skilled communication, including with professional clients. Her ability to communicate well with litigants in person and manage that communication appropriately is impressive.
Haroon Rashid’s Drafting Witness Statements training course was very good. I was drafting a very detailed personal injury case statement, and it gave me a few ideas on how to make the statement much better.
Charlotte Rankin, Simpson Millar
Paul deals with his cases very effectively. He is very knowledgeable and always goes the extra mile.
Sarah Johnson is well equipped to handle both private and public children law proceedings, with experience in applications for residence, contact, parental responsibility, and adoption.
The set is home to Sarah Johnson, Paul Im Thurn, and Sarah Cook, who are active in the area of Children Law.
The family law team at Kenworthy’s Chambers boasts expertise in representing parents and local authorities in care proceedings.
Olivia Davin was brilliant when working on our client’s case, which was more complex than it first appeared. She spent considerable time on the phone with me and over email, providing accurate and extremely helpful advice on how best to proceed.
Lucy Stern, Forrest Williams Legal
Olivia Davin provided us with regular updates on the case's development in court. She went above and beyond to help our client and successfully secured an excellent result at sentencing. We anticipated a custodial sentence, which Olivia managed to avoid.
Forrest Williams Legal
The clerks are extremely helpful and always do their best to accommodate.
The Clerks are one of the best we have worked with in terms of responsiveness. Senior Criminal Clerk Paul Mander and Clerk Greg Highton are always quick to respond to calls and emails.
Martin speaks brilliantly and is very well prepared. His cross-examination is excellent because he has such a good tone of voice and deals with witnesses very well.
Martin is absolutely brilliant. He has a really down-to-earth and direct advocacy style that judges and juries really like and is very effective.
Matthew is extremely approachable and was able to express things in a user friendly way given the different levels of experience in the room. His training opened up many insightful discussions between the team. We think he’d work well with our clients and put them at ease.
Manchester City Council
Martin McCarthy KC has a strong track record of defending in financial crime cases. He is esteemed for his ability in cases of fraud, money laundering and serious organised crime. He has particular expertise in modern slavery cases.
Martin is a King's Counsel (Silk) specialising in serious organised crime, homicide, fraud, human trafficking, money laundering, duty evasion, drugs, and sexual offences. He also appears in the High Court on costs appeals for Solicitors and Barristers.
He is an exceptional advocate and is very well liked among other professionals and clients. He obtains fantastic results in very difficult cases.
Patrick Cassidy is a highly capable criminal defence advocate with a broad practice encompassing the full spectrum of serious general and financial crime. He has experience of the most complex and challenging cases, including sexual offences, child abuse and gangland crime. He also handles cases concerning police misconduct and deaths in custody.
Barry Grennan is head of chambers and specialises as a criminal defence advocate and is often instructed in serious and complex criminal cases. He is an expert on white-collar crime and is vastly knowledgeable on all areas of serious crime, including gang-related murders, sexual offences, people trafficking and infanticide. He also boasts a thriving fraud and regulatory practice.
The team is routinely instructed to appear in trials in the Crown Courts and in appellate proceedings, and the Barristers undertake both private and publicly funded work.
The set's barristers are experienced in both the prosecution and defence of cases relating to homicides, high-value drugs conspiracies and serious violent and sexual offences.
Kenworthy's Chambers offers a variety of senior counsel with strengths in vast criminal and complex issues, with expertise spanning a wide range of criminal matters.
Matthew Todd did a great job in ensuring the matter and the witnesses were ready for final hearing at short notice. I was extremely impressed with his handling of the witnesses, given the sensitive nature of the case and his ability to pick out the relevant points in evidence, cross-examination, and closing submissions.
Instructing Solicitor, MCC
Courtney Richards and Daniella Howarth are excellent. Always respond in a timely fashion and very helpful. It makes it a joy to instruct the Chambers.
Courtney Richards is truly amazing and Daniella Howarth is also fabulous. They respond swiftly to enquiries and book counsel and send the details and provide all the fee notes efficiently.
Instructing counsel at Kenworthy's Chambers is made very easy because of the efficiency of the clerks.
The clerks cannot be praised enough.
Matthew Todd was professional but also approachable, he listened to our ideas and thoughts, and he handled a very sensitive case with professionalism and sensitivity, but also methodically and tenaciously.
Anonymised Client
His input was invaluable. From the first time we met with Matthew Todd, he understood exactly what we were saying, the complexity of the service we provide, and the citizens we support, and was able to take the information we gave him and make sense of it.
Anonymised Client
He is able to break down complex legal points in difficult cases with such tact, he has a strong ability to break down difficult and niche legal and factual issues on his feet in a clear and comprehensible way, and he is an advocate at the top of his game whose understanding and knowledge of the law is second-to-none.
Craig's advocacy is very good, as he is very persuasive in court.
He is very approachable and supports you in the preparation of the cases too, and he is always very professional in his approach to his brief.
Jonathan represents cases to an extremely high standard, and he is very knowledgeable of the area of the law, very articulate, and a very strong advocate.
A massive thank you to Mr Dingley who took active interest in my case. I felt he went above and beyond, and I was successful because of his attention to detail.
Anonymised Client
