18 St John Street Chambers are delighted to announce the recent promotion of several members of our Criminal Department within the CPS Advocate Panel. The CPS panel rankings provide a list of quality assured advocates to undertake criminal prosecutions for the CPS in the Crown Court and higher courts. Level 4 is the highest category… Read more »
18 St John Street’s Jennifer Newstead Taylor, led by Sarabjit Singh KC, has been successful in a case before the Court of Appeal concerning the medical exemption under Group 7, Schedule 9 of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 (“VATA.”) The Appellant, who supplied consultants to an intermediary agency who on supplied them to various… Read more »
On 1st December 2022 Richard Vardon successfully appealed a sentence for drug supply before the Lord Chief Justice. The appeal, inter alia, considered whether buying drugs for personal consumption but with the intention to supply to two friends who would on occasion supply back to the Appellant was a Category 3 offence – selling directly… Read more »
18 St John Street Barristers Joshua Bowker and Niamh McGinty helped organise the annual ‘Sir Rhys Davies School Mock Trial Competition’ which took place with local school pupils last week. Organisers of the latest edition of the Sir Rhys Davies Mock Trial Competition were delighted with the quality of this year’s competitors who appeared at… Read more »
Dr Mike Wilkinson, instructed by Dwyers Solicitors (Ashton-Under-Lyne) represented Stephen Gooderson, a well-regarded businessman and prominent member of his local community in High Court defamation proceedings. Mr Gooderson was defamed in a malevolent campaign of critical business reviews posted across several well-known online platforms including Google Reviews, yell.com, and 192.com. The defamatory posts variously accused Mr Gooderson of being dishonest and/or untrustworthy and/or… Read more »
James Miller, instructed by Ben Millns of Keoghs, acted on behalf of the Defendant/Respondent in an interesting costs appeal. The court was concerned with the mechanism for assessing costs following a CPR 36.20(11) settlement in a fixed costs case. There was no deemed costs order under CPR 44.9 so the parties needed a determination from the court…. Read more »
To celebrate its 25th Anniversary Advocate, the charity that finds free legal assistance from barristers, invited volunteers to complete 25 hours of pro bono work across a one year period in 2021 and 2022. 18 St John Street are proud to have supported the initiative. The challenge was a huge success, attracting 125 different chambers and… Read more »
18 St John Street Chambers were delighted to attend the BPP’s National Pupillage Fair on Thursday 09th November 2022 alongside some of the leading sets of chambers in the country. For further information on 18 St John Street’s pupillages for 2024 and our mini pupillage scheme please contact us through the Careers/Pupillage section of our… Read more »
Manchester United FC fans escape prison following violent anti-Glazer protests at the behind closed-door match against Liverpool FC in May 2021. Nicola Carroll, instructed by Mary Monson Criminal Defence Solicitors, defended Simon Wright and Laura Broome, instructed by Draycott Brown Solicitors, defended Dylan Blood, as reported in The Manchester Evening News. Both pleaded guilty to… Read more »
18 St John Street Business and Property expert Dr Christopher McNall offers his initial thoughts on the Supreme Court decision on the case of Guest v Guest [2022] UKSC 27, which deals with Proprietary Estoppel. Short(ish) thoughts on Guest v Guest [2022] UKSC 27 – an A4 (ish) guide Although I am going to write… Read more »
18 St John Street Costs Expert James Miller provides his insight in this Lexis Nexis blog in respect of the Belsner -v- Cam Legal Services Limited Law Society Court of Appeal Judgment. In this eagerly anticipated decision, Judges in the Court of Appeal ruled in favour of CAM Legal Services, deciding that the firm had made… Read more »