18 St John Street’s Christopher McNall succeeds in upper tribunal in £1.9M stamp duty appeal. In its decision, the Upper Tribunal allowed HMRC’s appeal against the decision of the First-tier Tribunal that Mr Candy was entitled to reclaim £1.9m of stamp duty land tax in relation to Gordon House, Chelsea – one of London’s most… Read more »
18 St John Street Barrister, Serious Injury specialist Ruth Costello, writes about the expansion of e-filing in the QB division… First used in the Technology and Construction Court in 2014, the Electronic Working Pilot Scheme has slowly filtered through HMCTS. After becoming mandatory in January 2019 in the Queen’s Bench Division of the High… Read more »
18 St John Chambers Personal Injury, Clinical Negligence and Costs Department are delighted to announce that Ruth Costello, 2016 call, has joined chambers. Ruth will be practising in Serious Injury specifically as well as all areas of Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence and joins having completed her pupillage at another chambers in the North West. Head… Read more »
18 St John Street Chambers are actively inviting applications from established practitioners due to an increasing workload. 18 St John Street continues to go from strength to strength with a busy and increasing workload across chambers necessitating a recruitment drive in the following practice areas: Business & Property Personal Injury, Clinical Negligence & Costs Crime &… Read more »
18 St John Street Barrister, Family Finance Specialist Stephen Murray discusses ‘Financial Remedies: Final Hearing: No Decree NISI’. This author has had recent experience of a financial remedies case which was listed for a final hearing, in which there were experience on both sides, who were collectively seeking an adjournment of the hearing because there was no… Read more »
18 St John Street Barrister, Family Finance Specialist Stephen Murray discusses the law surrounding ‘illegally obtained evidence’. Many, if not most, financial remedy practitioners will have experience of a client who hacks into their estranged spouse’s email account or intercepts their written communications and discovers incriminating evidence of non-disclosure. Such conduct is probably a crime and also… Read more »
https://casinoreviewcanada.com 18 St John Street’s Daniel Calder prosecutes a mother-of-two who had a relationship with a 15-year-old schoolboy… The former care worker, Laura Bardsley, 26, had a four month long affair with the 15-year-old and, despite being arrested multiple times, continued to make contact with him. She even went as far as to acquire a… Read more »
May is National ‘Share a Story’ month. And while this is normally a way to encourage children to read and consume stories, we’ve decided to use this month to gather and share the stories of the women at our chambers. Our aim is to motivate female students who are thinking of studying/getting into a career… Read more »
The law on reattribution used to be fairly clear and (importantly) unequivocal Martin v Martin [1976] 3 All ER 625 at 629 per Cairns LJ “another question which arose was as to whether the husband’s conduct in relation to financial matters after the separation was relevant. … Such conduct must be taken into account because… Read more »
Matthew v Sedman concerned difficult questions about the date (or even time of day) at which causes of action accrue and the calculation of limitation periods in professional negligence claims. The trustees and beneficiaries of the Evelyn Hammond Will Trust brought proceedings against the Trust’s former trustees for a failure to submit claims under a court… Read more »
One of 18 St John Street’s specialist family Barristers Anna White is co-presenting a Child Concern Seminar: ‘Parental Alienation – The law and psychological perspectives’. Presenting alongside Ali Mather who is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Miss White will be sharing her thoughts and legal experience/insights on Zoom next Monday (24th May 2021 at 17:30). Tickets… Read more »