Chris Broom has been senior clerk to Gray’s Inn Tax Chambers for the past 22 years and a barristers’ clerk for over 40 years. He is recognised as one of the country’s leading clerks and was recently asked to contribute a chapter in the very first book on the management of a set of chambers, The Independent Bar (Globe Law & Business). Email: chris.broom@taxbar.com; tel: 020 7421 9201.