4–5 Gray’s Inn Square Achieves Top Tier Ranking in 2026 Legal 500
4–5 Gray’s Inn Square is thrilled to be recognised again as leading set in the UK Bar, earning a Tier 1 ranking in the 2026 edition of The Legal 500 for chambers Social Housing practice. This recognition underlines chambers' continued excellence and dedication to providing exceptional legal services in this area.
The 2026 rankings also reinforce 4–5 Gray’s Inn Square’s position at the forefront of public and employment law. These rankings solidify our dedication to providing high-quality legal services and our ability to adapt to an evolving legal landscape.
Individual Recognitions
We congratulate all our barristers who remain ranked and are particularly proud of the members who have been ranked in new categories:
Timothy Straker KC (Leading Silk in Planning and Elections)
Vivienne Sedgley (Administrative Law and Human Rights and Elections)
Iulia Stinga: (Administrative Law and Human Rights)
Sinead King (Employment)
Sheila Aly (Employment)
Vida Simpeh (Inquests and Inquiries)
Ramya Nagesh (Inquests and Inquiries)
Max Shephard (Professional Disciplinary and Regulatory Law and Sports)
Christopher Baker (Property Litigation)
Jonathan Manning (Property Litigation and Social Housing London and Midland Circuit)
Toby Vanhegan (Social Housing)
Ian Peacock (Social Housing, London and Midland Circuit)
Stephanie Lovegrove (Social Housing)
Andrew Dymond (Social Housing)
Iain Colville (Social Housing)
Annette Cafferkey (Social Housing)
Philippa Seal (Social Housing)
Rayan Imam (Social Housing)
Annabel Nuttall Heath (Social Housing, Midland Circuit)
Ranked Mediators
Stephen Barker (Mediators)
Colin Manning (Mediators)
Patrick Taylor (Mediators)
Elizabeth Nicholls (Mediators)
You can find out more about our Mediators and read our brochure here.
