Testimonials
THE SET 5RB is "a cut above the rest" and offers "across-the-board strength at all levels of call."
Recommended as Top
Chambers and Partners 2012
‘Truly experts for defamation and privacy matters’, 5RB has ‘high-quality barristers throughout’ and houses ‘clerks who are always helpful and approachable’.
Recommended Top Tier
Legal 500 2011
Multidisciplinary in nature, it has great strength in depth on the barristerial front and clerks who "are seemingly available at all hours for urgent work."
Recommended (Band 1)
Chambers and Partners 2011
5RB is recognised as being "one of the two mega sets" for defamation and privacy work.
Recommended (Band 1)
Chambers and Partners 2011
5RB is considered a ‘go-to set’ for defamation and privacy work. Professional clients find the set ‘unrivalled’ in strength and depth, and while not always cheap, counsel are generally considered ‘good value’, offering ‘straight-down-the-line advice’ without ‘unnecessary ifs or buts’. The clerks are ‘sensible’ and ‘commercial’, and the chambers’ website has become a first port of call for much of the defamation and privacy community.
Recommended (Band 1)
Legal 500 2010
The fact that the set handles conferences on defamation topics and further provides defamation material that can be downloaded from its website plays well with solicitors.
Recommended (Band 1)
Chambers and Partners 2011
Reservations were sounded as to the level of fees, but most agreed that these were well worth it as the set "has a greater number of the better defamation lawyers" when compared to most of its rivals in the sector.
Recommended (Band 1)
Chambers and Partners 2011
'5RB enjoys "fantastic clerking"; a "leading libel set, with one of the biggest ranges of barristers, providing excellent service."'
Recommended (Band 1)
Legal 500 2009
'This "first-rate set" houses an impressive number of barristers with focused expertise ... Instructing solicitors comment that "the set frequently goes beyond what one would expect from chambers generally."'
Recommended (Band 1)
Chambers & Partners 2010
'Solicitors rate top-tier libel set 5RB for its "outstanding leaders, the quality of junior counsel, and excellent clerking".'
Recommended (Band 1)
Legal 500 2008
'The "gold standard for media-related work ... a set that furnishes "disciplined professionals who give extraordinarily thorough, speedy and practical advice" ... involved in some of the "most appealing and intricate cases in the field"'
Recommended (Band 1)
Chambers & Partners 2009
'“Proactive rather than reactive,” 5RB is “without a shadow of a doubt at the forefront of defamation law.” It is “a front runner if you are looking for top-drawer people” and offers barristers with a proven track record in the areas of defamation, confidence, privacy, IP and human rights law as it relates to freedom of expression... A "responsive and thorough" set whose name is synonymous with media and entertainment disputes.'
Recommended (Band 1)
Chambers and Partners 2008
'I believe two of the most important factors I look for in my dealings with clerks is responsiveness and commerciality in fees. I believe that all the clerks that I have dealt with at 5RB have these two qualities in spades.'
Niri Shan
Partner, Taylor Wessing