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Kian Leong Tan is a Gray’s Inn scholar. He completed his LLB (Hons) at University College London and the Bar Vocational Studies course at City, University of London, before reading the Bachelor of Civil Law degree at the University of Oxford.
Kian Leong has experience across a broad range of civil and criminal practice areas, including personal injury claims and judicial review. He previously worked as a paralegal at a leading London common law set and later as a Judicial Assistant at the High Court in London. His former judges include Mr Justice Chamberlain (Administrative Court), Mr Justice Calver (Commercial Court), and Mrs Justice Lambert (KB (Civil)).
As a volunteer with the Free Representation Unit and the Cleaners and Allied Workers’ Independent Union, Kian Leong has represented individuals in welfare benefits tribunal appeals and employment grievance meetings.
Kian Leong co-authored the chapter on police inquests in Coroners’ Investigations and Inquests (2025) and is a contributor to Montgomery and Ormerod on Fraud (forthcoming). He provided research assistance to Dr Joanna Bell for De Smith’s Judicial Review (2023) and has written for Public Law, Judicial Review, the Civil Justice Quarterly, and the UK Human Rights blog. He is also a former research assistant to Professor David Ormerod KC.
Kian Leong is also a qualified Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya (2026).
14 September 2026
Chambers is delighted to welcome two new pupils, Kian Leong (KL) Tan and Joseph Hanlon,…
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