Gavin Mansfield KC

King’s Counsel

"Gavin Mansfield KC is all over the detail in a case and utterly marvellous on his feet. He's also wonderful with clients. In short, he's the complete package."

Chambers & Partners 2025

"Gavin Mansfield KC is a fantastic choice for complex partnership and employment matters. He works very much with you and is commercial in a way you do not always see from other members of the Bar."

Chambers & Partners 2025

"Gavin has huge gravitas in the legal profession."

Chambers & Partners 2025

"A silk who is willing to roll his sleeves up and is extremely commercial. He has a style judges love."

Legal 500 2025

"Gavin is a leading barrister in his field. Gavin provides commercial, pragmatic advice and combines that with a collegiate approach. Gavin has a good way with clients and gains their confidence from the outset."

Legal 500 2025

"Gavin is an incredible talent. He is a true force and will make the opposition immediately regret their decision to fight."

Chambers & Partners 2024

"Gavin has genuine expertise in the area of partnership and LLP law, is an excellent strategist, fabulous with lay clients, user-friendly, responsive and fantastic to work with. He is also a calm, measured and persuasive advocate who can read the mood of the court and be flexible in his submissions. There are few silks who are as hardworking, easy to work with and exceptionally bright."

Legal 500 2024

"Gavin is a leader in every sense of the word. He is a phenomenal advocate and has a robust but engaging court room style."

Legal 500 2024

"He is extremely effective, he is very reasonable with clients and he is very creative - he is my go-to KC."

Chambers & Partners 2022

"He is always my first pick on any difficult matter as he's thoughtful, and is exceptionally good with clients as he's so clear and straightforward."

Chambers & Partners 2022

"Gavin's track record speaks for itself. He's highly knowledgeable, really good on his feet and someone who has a fantastic way of explaining things in really easy to digest ways."

Chambers & Partners 2022

"I would instruct him on every one of my matters if I could. Gavin is complete quality."

Legal 500 2022

"Fearsome cross-examiner, with a great strategic feel for cases and how to shape the evidence. First rate with clients - very straightforward and inspires confidence."

Legal 500 2022

"He is everything you want in a barrister: he's very knowledgable, calm, reassuring and a delight to work with."

Chambers & Partners 2021

"Gavin is a fantastic QC. His leadership of Littleton has elevated the chambers to the top tier at the employment bar."

Legal 500 2021

"He's an incisive cross-examiner and an excellent tactician; he's a pleasure to work with." "

Chambers & Partners 2021

"Extremely thorough and very client-friendly, he really cuts through the background noise to get to the true issues."

Chambers & Partners 2021

Contact

Jason Drakeford

Senior Clerk

Email: jason@littletonchambers.co.uk
Phone: +44 (0)20 7797 8623

Andrew Sargeant

Team Leader

Email: andrew@littletonchambers.co.uk
Phone: 0207 797 8618

George Shah

Practice Manager

Email: george@littletonchambers.co.uk
Phone: +44 (0)20 7936 5011

Practice areas

Gavin Mansfield KC is Head of Littleton Chambers.

Gavin specialises in employment, partnership and related areas of commercial law. He has a particular expertise in business protection disputes and has acted in many complex team move cases. His modern, no-nonsense approach combined with outstanding advocacy skills has seen Gavin feature prominently in all the legal directories. He has been described by the directories in the following terms:

“Gavin is an incredible talent. He is a true force and will make the opposition immediately regret their decision to fight.” (Chambers & Partners 2024)

“Gavin has genuine expertise in the area of partnership and LLP law, is an excellent strategist, fabulous with lay clients, user-friendly, responsive and fantastic to work with. He is also a calm, measured and persuasive advocate who can read the mood of the court and be flexible in his submissions. There are few silks who are as hardworking, easy to work with and exceptionally bright.” (Legal 500 2024)

“Gavin is a leader in every sense of the word. He is a phenomenal advocate and has a robust but engaging court room style.” (Legal 500 2024)

“He is extremely effective, he is very reasonable with clients and he is very creative – he is my go-to QC.” (Chambers & Partners 2022)

“He is always my first pick on any difficult matter as he’s thoughtful, and is exceptionally good with clients as he’s so clear and straightforward.” (Chambers & Partners 2022)

“Gavin’s track record speaks for itself. He’s highly knowledgeable, really good on his feet and someone who has a fantastic way of explaining things in really easy to digest ways.” (Chambers & Partners 2022)

“I would instruct him on every one of my matters if I could. Gavin is complete quality.” (Legal 500 2022)

“Fearsome cross-examiner, with a great strategic feel for cases and how to shape the evidence. First rate with clients – very straightforward and inspires confidence.” (Legal 500 2022)

“He is everything you want in a barrister: he’s very knowledgable, calm, reassuring and a delight to work with.” (Chambers & Partners 2021)

“Gavin is a fantastic QC. His leadership of Littleton has elevated the chambers to the top tier at the employment bar.” (Legal 500 2020)

“He’s an incisive cross-examiner and an excellent tactician; he’s a pleasure to work with.” (Chambers & Partners 2021)

“Extremely thorough and very client-friendly, he really cuts through the background noise to get to the true issues.” (Chambers & Partners 2021)

Gavin sits part time as a Recorder in Crown Court. From 2018 to 2024 he sat as Deputy High Court Judge in the King’s Bench Division, Administrative Court and the Employment Appeal Tribunal.