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 »
18 St John Street’s Colin Buckle successfully prosecutes NHS nurse Adam Soothill, who was found guilty of sexually assaulting ten women at Royal Preston Hospital between 2017 and 2019. The alarm was first raised after hospital bosses at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Trust were first alerted to his crimes by a member of staff in March… Read more »
The barristers at 18 St John Street are delighted to announce that Laura Broome, Olivia West and Daniel Boal have accepted invitations to join chambers, following the successful completion of their pupillages. Head of Chambers Richard Chapman QC commented: “All three have excelled during their pupillage in what were often difficult circumstances due to the… Read more »
Following on from his recent qualification as a PDSL accredited and International Mediation Institute mediator, Dr Mike Wilkinson has written an article to give a more in depth and knowledgeable view on this matter. Some argue that mediation should be mandatory – litigants should be required to mediate their disputes before being able to proceed… Read more »
18 St John Street Chambers are thrilled to announce Christopher McNall has joined the Board of the International Association of Tax Judges where he succeeds Judge Malcolm Gammie CBE UK in representing the United Kingdom tax judiciary. He joins judges from as far afield as South Korea, Australia, the US, and Poland in directing the work of the Association. He continues to accept… Read more »
18 St John Street is delighted to announce that several members of chambers have been ranked as leading barristers in the 2022 edition of the prestigious Chambers and Partners directory. The 2022 rankings were published on Thursday. This latest edition sees several members of chambers retain or improve their rankings from previous years, along with new additions… Read more »
Lady Hale, the first woman to head the UK Supreme Court, honoured the trailblazing lawyer Helena Normanton KC by unveiling a blue plaque at her former London home on 20th October 2021. These two extraordinary woman highlighted 18 St John Street Chamber’s own recent achievement of becoming a female majority chambers. We are very proud… Read more »
Following on from his first Clinical Negligence Case Update, 18 St John Street’s Ian Huffer continues the series detailing the recently reported decision of Mr Justice Soole in Thorley v Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust [2021] EWHC 2604 (QB) (01 October 2021) The recently reported decision of Mr Justice Soole, raises interesting points on… Read more »
18 St John Street’s Personal Injury, Clinical Negligence & Costs Group were delighted to support the Child Brain Injury Sporting Lunch at Edgbaston Cricket Ground earlier this month. “It was an absolute pleasure to see you and your guests there. We were set on creating a fantastic event for you all to enjoy and I… Read more »