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About David Wright

“David Wright leads a team of highly experienced clerks who are always able to match the best choice of counsel with the needs of the client.”– Chambers & Partners 2025

“David Wright is an exceptional clerk with a brilliant team of clerks to support him” – Chambers & Partners 2024

“David Wright is known for his dedication and Rolls Royce service. He brings with him a calmness to any situation and always finds a solution.” – Legal 500 2024

David has been a Barristers Clerk since 1993 and joined Lincoln House Chambers in 1999. He became the Director of Clerking in 2006.

David oversees the day-to-day operations of both the Clerk’s Room and the Administrative departments of Chambers and deals with all aspects of diary and fee management. He is the main point of contact for Chambers KC’s and the Inquiry Team.

David completed his BA Hons in Business from the University of Manchester in 2005.

In his spare time, David loves to spend time with his family. David is also a big music fan who plays guitar and sings with gigging bands around the North West.

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“The clerks' room is faultlessly run by David Wright, who is professional and courteous in all his dealings with instructing solicitors. He sees the bigger picture and is on top of all the detail in terms of his counsels' respective practices”

Legal 500 2024

“David Wright is known for his dedication and Rolls Royce service. He brings with him a calmness to any situation and always finds a solution”

Legal 500 2024

“David Wright leads by example and is the first port of call for the most serious matters”

Legal 500 2024

“David Wright is a stand-out clerk who is thoroughly personable and has the uncanny knack of always putting the right barrister on the right job. He steers the ship exceptionally well and drives the team to achieve excellence on a daily basis. He confronts issues head on and always deals with them in a professional manner”

Legal 500 2024

“The clerks are always quick to respond to any issues and have been nothing but excellent since instructions have been provided. David Wright in particular is a real asset to chambers”

Chambers & Partners 2024

“David Wright is an exceptional clerk with a brilliant team of clerks to support him”

Chambers & Partners 2024

“David Wright and his team are efficient, proactive and always friendly”

Chambers & Partners 2023

“David Wright and his team are highly responsive and will go the extra mile to service our needs. Excellent levels of service across the board”

Chambers & Partners 2023

“David Wright is a stellar clerk who instils faith and trust in all of those with whom he works”

Legal 500 2022

“David Wright, the Director of clerking, is a class act. Without David’s loyalty and hard work over many years this set of chambers would not be the impressive set it is today”

Legal 500 2022

“David Wright is just great; he will go out of his way to do anything for us." "There have been many occasions where I have needed assistance with very little notice, and Lincoln House Chambers never fail to deliver"”

Chambers & Partners 2022

“Director of clerking David Wright is brilliant - he will always fit the right counsel to the right case”

Chambers & Partners 2022

“David Wright is very responsive and helpful”

Chambers & Partners 2021

“The set's director of clerking, David Wright, "understands the needs of his instructing solicitors and is very user-friendly”

Chambers & Partners 2021

“Director of clerking David Wright is ‘at the top of the profession’; ‘he is friendly and always willing to accommodate requests for particular counsel including on training matters”

Legal 500 2020

“The clerking team provide an outstanding and first-class service. The clerks are responsive, efficient, and just superb overall. Director of clerking David Wright runs the team impeccably and his client care skills are second to none”

Chambers & Partners 2019

“The clerking team provide an outstanding and first class service. Nothing is too much trouble and they have never let me down." "Director of Clerking, David Wright, in particular, is brilliant – very understated and will always try and match you with the right barrister. I trust him implicitly"”

Chambers & Partners 2018

“"Calm and measured", "a brilliant asset to the chambers’, leading a ‘responsive’ clerking team". ”

Legal 500 2018

“David Wright is ‘excellent and unique’ and ‘runs an efficient infrastructure’.  The ‘proactive’ clerking team is led by David Wright, ‘whose infectious enthusiasm makes him a joy to work with’."  ”

Legal 500, 2016

Awards

Chambers Top Ranked UK Bar 2024.Legal 500 Top Tier Set.