Hardwicke is recommended in the legal directories as a leading chambers. You can view our current recommendations both as a chambers and as regards individual members by clicking on the relevant tabs.
Hardwicke is honoured to have received a number of awards in recent years including:
- Best Chambers for Colleague Supportiveness, Legal Cheek Awards 2021
- Construction Junior of the Year at the Legal 500 Awards 2020 – David Pliener
- Real Estate, Environment & Planning Junior of the Year at the Legal 500 Awards 2020 – Jamal Demachkie
- Construction Junior of the Year at the Chambers Bar Awards 2019 – Catherine Piercy
- British Insurance Law Association Book Award – Paul Reed QC for “Construction Professional Indemnity Insurance” (2019)
- Best Chambers for Facilities, Legal Cheek Award (2020)
- Best Chambers for Training, Legal Cheek Awards (2019)
- Barrister of the Year, Modern Law Awards (2019) – Brie Stevens-Hoare QC
- Chambers of the Year – Highly Commended, Modern Law Awards (2019)
- Legal 500 Awards: Chief Executive of the Year – Amanda Illing (2019)
- Wellbeing at the Bar: Certificate of Recognition (2018)
- Legal 500 Awards: Client Award for Communication & Innovation (2018)
- Chambers of the Year, British Legal Awards (2017)
- Chambers Bar Awards: Real Estate Silk of the Year – Brie Stevens-Hoare QC (2017)
- Legal 500 Awards: Construction Team of the Year (2017)
- Legal 500 Awards: Real Estate, Environment & Planning Silk of the Year – John de Waal QC (2017)
- Modern Law Awards – Highly Commended – Commercial Silk of the Year – Nigel Jones QC (2017)
- Legal Week Innovation Award (2016)
- The Apollo Project: Architect of Meritocracy Awards (2016)
- UK Diversity & Inclusion Initiative of the Year (2016)
Other recognition
- Brie Stevens-Hoare QC was Highly Commended for the Collaborative Leadership Award at Legal Week’s Women Influence & Power in Law (WIPL) Awards 2021.
- Hardwicke was Highly Commended for the Chambers of the Year Award at the Modern Law Awards and has been shortlisted as Chambers of the Year at the LexisNexis Awards 2020.
- Paul Reed QC was shortlisted for Construction Silk of the Year.and Hardwicke’s practice management team for Clerking/Practice Management Team of the Year at the Legal 500 Awards 2020.
- Hardwicke was also shortlisted as a set and Brie Stevens-Hoare QC as an individual at the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2019 for Outstanding Contribution to Diversity & Inclusion.
- In 2019 Hardwicke was also shortlisted as Chambers of the Year at the Legal Business Awards, LexisNexis Awards and Modern Law Awards.