Here at 18 St John Street Chambers, to celebrate the festive period and see us into the new year, we have decided to look back at our 12 most significant blogs of 2021. At number 12 we have a post where we celebrated International Dog Day and raised money for The Manchester and Cheshire Dogs… Read more »
Dr Christopher McNall appeared for the landlords in the latest round of the long-running and hard-fought litigation about Maesllech Farm, near Cardiff, earmarked for development as part of the 7,000 home Plasdwr ‘Garden City’. After a 2 day trial in the High Court, HHJ Jarman QC upheld the landlords’ claim for possession and dismissed a proprietary estoppel defence… Read more »
18 St John Street Chambers Criminal and Regulatory Specialist Paul Treble successfully prosecutes brothers accused of the attempted murder of a teenager shot in the face. In a brutal attack on the outskirts of Burnley the brothers isolated the young student before shooting him in the face with a shot gun. The injuries were not… Read more »
18 St John Street Chambers Personal Injury specialist Toby Sasse writes a blog in respect of capacity following the recent case of Grimshaw –v- Hudson where Mr Justice Fordham handed down judgment on 29th November 2021. Please see the full article below: For further information on Toby Sasse and the Personal Injury, Clinical Negligence and Costs… Read more »
18 St John Street’s Arron Thomas writes on the process of fact-finding hearings and their wide-ranging impact on family law cases. This article analyses the recent decision of Lincolnshire CC v CB and ors [2021] EWHC 2813 (Fam) which deals with the question of whether to list a separate fact-finding hearing. Such hearings can be… Read more »
The barristers at 18 St John Street are delighted to announce that Ebuwa Uwubamwen has accepted an invitation to join chambers, following the successful completion of her pupillage. Ebuwa Uwubamwen will practise in Costs Law. Ebuwa studied Law at the University of Cambridge, Sidney Sussed College and was called to the bar in July, 2008… Read more »
Richard Chapman QC and Victoria Roberts, were delighted to be invited to speak alongside HHJ Mark Cawson QC at Pembroke College, Oxford University to students about a career in Chancery and Commercial work at the Northern Bar and the new Business and Property Court Forum.
Three teenage boys were sentenced on Friday 12th November in relation to the murder of 33 year old Scott Anderton in a case successfully prosecuted by 18 St John Street’s Michael Brady QC and Daniel Calder. In the early hours of 25th March 2021, Liam Bailey then 17 years of age, now 18, Liam O’Brien… Read more »
Lucy Coulson was instructed to act for the Teacher Regulation Agency as Presenting Officer in teaching misconduct proceedings. The case involved three school leaders alleged to have engaged in census maladministration (known as ‘off-rolling’) and exam malpractice. The practice of ‘off-rolling’ is one where students are temporarily removed from the register prior to census. As… Read more »
18 St John Street’s Dr Christopher McNall is speaking at the Agricultural Law Association’s (ALA) Autumn Conference today (Tuesday, 9 November 2021). This year’s Autumn Conference being held in person at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole hotel. It is being chaired by ALA Chair, Alex Carson Taylor, and is to include a case law update from Christopher McNall… Read more »
We understand how difficult it has been since the outset of the pandemic for those considering a career at the Bar to gain work experience and mini pupillages. Chambers will be offering up to 20 mini pupillages. We look forward to welcoming the successful applicants to Chambers between December 2021 and March 2022. The mini… Read more »