18 St John Street Chambers are delighted to announce that Christopher Field (2023 Call) has joined our expanding Personal Injury, Clinical Negligence & Costs team. Christopher will focus his practice on Personal Injury, credit hire, insurance recoveries and civil disputes such as equality and data protection claims. Before joining chambers Christopher was employed by a… Read more »
With the Pupillage recruitment process now underway, Head of 18 St John Street Chambers Business & Property Department Oliver Caplan has joined forces with Nottingham University law student Chloe Brookes to produce an episode of her podcast Pathways to Practice. The podcast provides insight into people within the legal world and how to join them… Read more »
We are pleased to announce that applications for pupillage in 2025 at 18 St John Street Chambers are now being accepted. We are offering four specialist pupillages in 2025 in the following practice areas: Business & Property, PI, Clin Neg & Costs and two in Criminal. Applicants are invited to choose one specialism when applying. We recruit pupils… Read more »
Fiona Holloran and Anna White represented the child in a high-profile High Court case involving allegations by the mother of verbal and physical abuse to her from her ex-partner, including when she was pregnant. Fiona Holloran and Anna White, instructed by AFG Law, recently represented the child in the case of Alcott v Ashworth. Mrs… Read more »
Representatives of 18 St John Street headed to London yesterday for the Lexis Nexis Family Law Awards Ceremony, in which 18SJS was shortlisted for two awards. 18 St John Street Chambers’ family department narrowly missed out on both regional Chambers of the Year and Clerking Team of the Year. The Family Law Awards brings together… Read more »
On Saturday 25th November 2023, the Crown Court at Manchester hosted the 2023 edition of the Schools Mock Trial Competition. This year’s competition marked the renaming of the event after Paul Dockery, who tragically passed away in 2022 and who had ran the competition for over 20 years. Joshua Bowker, Laura Broome and Daniel Dockery,… Read more »
18 St John Street Chambers were pleased to sponsor the Manchester Young Solicitors Group at their latest networking event earlier this week at Manchester’s premier cooking sensation, “Food Sorcery”. MYSG are a social and professional network for qualified solicitors under 10 years’ PQE providing a platform for the talented young solicitors of Manchester. The event… Read more »
18 St John Street Chambers are delighted to announce that all our departments have received further recognition in the 2024 edition of the prestigious Chambers & Partners legal directory rankings. The Business & Property Department are ranked Band 2 in Chancery for the first time where Elisabeth Tythcott, Dr Christopher McNall, Dr Mike Wilkinson and… Read more »
18 St John Street Chambers’ Nicola Carroll prosecutes Jacob Lee, described by GMP Police as being a “dangerous offender” who was “a great risk to women”. Full details of the case can be found in the below press articles: Man who snatched girl from Salford street jailed – BBC News ‘I’m a teenage girl who should… Read more »
After weeks of preparation and anticipation, we celebrated the 50th Anniversary of 18 St John Street Chambers in style on Wednesday night (11th October). Our 50th celebration event took place at the iconic Hilton’s Cloud 23′ bar, where there was an amazing turnout. It was overwhelming to see such support from hundreds of loyal clients… Read more »
The Legal 500 launched their latest professional rankings today, showcasing the UK’s most respected barristers and chambers. 18 St John Street is delighted to feature in the 2024 directory with a record number of rankings across several areas of law, highlighting the continued high level of advice, advocacy and client service provided by our members and… Read more »