The Legal 500 have revealed their latest professional rankings which highlight the UK’s most impressive barristers and chambers. 18 St John Street is proud to announce that several members of chambers have been included in the 2021 edition across a number of different practice areas, including Family Law… The new edition of The Legal 500 guide features… Read more »
The Legal 500 have revealed their latest professional rankings which highlight the UK’s most impressive barristers and chambers. 18 St John Street is proud to announce that several members of chambers have been included in the 2021 edition across a number of different practice areas, including Commercial, Banking, Insolvency and Chancery law… The guides splits its rankings… Read more »
18 St John Street is delighted to once again be ranked as a leading set in the latest edition of The Legal 500. The 2021 rankings for The Legal 500 directory were in the process of being updated online on Wednesday afternoon. This latest edition sees several members of chambers consolidate or improve on previous rankings along with… Read more »
Last week, Christopher McNall represented the tax judiciary of the United Kingdom at the first ‘International Association of Tax Judges‘ online seminar. Below, he offers a few thoughts… Last Friday, I was very privileged to represent the tax judiciary of the United Kingdom in the first online seminar to be held by the International Association of… Read more »
Sarah Wait considers the recent decision of the High Court in the matter of Finsbury Food Group PLC v Dover [2020] EWHC 2176 (QB) in relation to the fee recoverable for counsel’s advice on quantum in cases initiated in, but falling out of, the Low Value Portals. Mrs Justice Lambert’s decision clarified that counsel’s fees… Read more »
We are delighted our recent article on e-bikes and e-scooters and the law, written by Kane Simons, has been published in the latest edition of PI Focus from APIL (the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers), making the front page! Moving with the Times The Covid-19 pandemic has seen demand for electric bicycles and new forms of… Read more »
Christopher McNall has been appointed to the Arbitration, Mediation and Expert panels of the Agricultural Law Association’s Dispute Resolution Service. This new service, authorised under the Agriculture Bill 2020, will offer an accessible and cost-effective alternative to litigation, and a wider pool of ADR specialists than those presently available to deal with disputes relating to… Read more »
18 St John Street has published its Diversity Data from this year’s round of pupillage applications. The report can be found by clicking the link here: Diversity Data Presentation. Head of Chambers, Richard Chapman QC, said, “Our commitment to diversity is longstanding, is well-evidenced by our approach to recruitment, and has ensured that we have attracted the very… Read more »
The barristers at 18 St John Street are delighted to announce that Lisa Evans, Pauline Le Tixerant and Sarah Wait have accepted invitations to join chambers, following the successful completion of their respective pupillages. Lisa Evans will practise as a member of the Family Department, Pauline Le Tixerant as a member of the Business and Property… Read more »
We are proud to announce that Kane Simons has contributed to a section in the Personal Injuries Bar Association Guide to Pension Loss Calculation which was published this week. The book contains an up-to-date summary on pension schemes and the law surrounding them, giving practical guidance for practitioners on how to calculate pension loss. It… Read more »
Kane Simons has successfully secured a settlement in excess of £525,000 for a claimant who suffered an injury in the course of her employment. The claimant developed Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) in her dominant arm, after sustaining direct trauma to her shoulder in an accident at work in 2013. The injury was resistant to… Read more »