Keir Monteith

Keir Monteith KC is a leading silk who represents clients facing heavyweight criminal allegations. He has been instructed in numerous murders, industrial scale Class A drug importations and conspiracies, escape from custody cases and appeals against conviction and sentence. Keir is ranked for criminal law in Chambers UK and the Legal 500. In 2024 he was ranked in Tier 1 for Fraud in the Legal 500; was short listed for Financial Crime Silk of the Year and in 2025 was chosen as The Times lawyer of the week for leading the successful appeal of Ade Adedeji.

Keir and Professor Eithne Quinn co-authored the report ‘Racial Bias and the Bench’ (University of Manchester, 2022) while he was a Simon Fellow at the University. Keir is now an Honorary Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Manchester; a founding member of Art Not Evidence; a trustee for the excellent charity SHIFT and a member of the JUSTICE Council.