1 Garden Court's clerking is overseen by the Senior Clerk, Howard Rayner. Howard has been with Chambers since 1990 and was promoted to Senior Clerk in July 1997. Howard has operational responsibility for clerking and professional matters including client management, the negotiation of fees, the clerking of all members of Chambers, the development of clerking procedures and a system of Individual Practice Development for members. Howard shares joint responsibility with Shona for marketing.