The 2025 edition of the Chambers and Partners legal guide has been published, and Cambridge law firm, Stone King, has retained its top-ranked Band 1 status for charity, education (schools), and criminal law.
Additionally, the national law firm is highly ranked in the areas of education (higher & further), corporate mergers & acquisitions, employment (including for the third sector), real estate, real estate litigation, family & matrimonial, and road transport law (regulatory).
A number of Stone King lawyers have also been named by Chambers for the outstanding work they do across the firm’s specialist sectors: Education, Charity, Business & Social Enterprise, Faith, Private Client, and Public & Regulatory.
Partner Roger Inman has been named an Eminent Practitioner for his education practice, while Consultant Ann Phillips has received the accolade of Senior Statesperson for her charity practice.
Coveted Band 1 rankings have been awarded to the following Partners: Caroline Fell, for her family and matrimonial practice; Matthew Graham, for his criminal law practice; Melanie Carter, for her administrative and public law practice and her work with public enquiries; and Rosamund McCarthy Etherington, for her charity law practice.
Partners Caroline Fell and Rebecca Eels have been spotlighted for their work within the field of family and matrimonial law, with specific mention of their alternative dispute resolution work.
Also highly ranked by Chambers for 2025 are: Andrew Banks, Ciara Campfield, Daniel Harris, Hannah Kubie, Harriet Broughton, Helen Tucker, Hugh Pearce, Joanne Burton, Julian Blake, Julie Moktadir, Laura Berman, Nicholas Wragg, Peter Woodhouse, Reema Mathur, Rebecca Eels, Richard Freeth, Stephen Ravenscroft, Tim Rutherford, Tom Morrison, and Tom Murdoch.
Two Stone King Associates have been dubbed Associates to Watch for 2025: Angus McWilliams, for his criminal law practice; and Katharine Robinson, for her employment law practice, specifically with third sector clients.
Stone King’s Interim CEO, Peter Woodhouse said: “Being ranked by Chambers continues to be a valuable indicator that Stone King is a trusted law firm that consistently delivers. The rankings are based purely on unbiased feedback from our clients, and it is brilliant to see that we are excelling across so many varied practice areas. Well done to all those who contributed to such positive results for 2025.”
Stone King dates back to 1785, and is now a national law firm with offices in Cambridge, London, Bath, Birmingham, Leeds, and Manchester.
Pictured are a few of the lawyers named by Chambers and Partners; from left to right: Hannah Kubie, Stephen Ravenscroft, Ann Phillips, Rosamund McCarthy Etherington and Julian Blake.
