Law Weblog

How much do barristers earn?

Criminal Defence Service 
Abbas Lakha Q.C. £800,000 John C Rees Q.C. £664,000 Malcolm Swift Q.C. £637,000 James Stuman Q.C. £626,000 Christopher Sallon Q.C. £603,000 Howard Godfrey Q.C. £596,000 Jonathan Hall Q.C. £563,000 Robin Grey Q.C. £558,000 Michel Massih Q.C. £551,000 Richard Marks Q.C. £544,000

Community Legal Service 
Lord Brennan Q.C. £606,000 Elizabeth Gumbel Q.C. £470,000 Paul Storey Q.C. £449,000 John Rowley £329,000 Sally Bradley Q.C. £328,000 Stephen Irwin Q.C. £314,000 Joanna Dodson Q.C. £284,000 Alison Ball Q.C. £279,000 Robin Oppenheim £277,000 Eleanor Hamilton Q.C. £277,000 Simeon Maskrey Q.C. £269,000 Jeremy Rosenblatt £249,000. Andrew Moran Q.C. £249,000 Ernest Ryder Q.C. £247,000 Manjit Singh Gill Q.C. £245,000 Pamela Scriven Q.C. £244,000 Stephen Knafler £237,000 William Braithwaite Q.C. £229,000 Janet Mitchell £228,000 Margret de Haas Q.C. £228,000
Figures revealed under the Freedom of Information Act by the DCA, here