18 St John Street Chambers are delighted to announce that Sandra Pope has been appointed as a Fee-paid Judge of the First-tier Tribunal, assigned to the Health, Education and Social Care Chamber. Sandra takes up her part-time judicial appointment with immediate effect whilst continuing to practise from chambers specialising in all areas of family law,… Read more »
On 13 February 2019, Young Legal Aid Lawyers and 18 St John Street present a free seminar on Mental Health, Wellbeing and the Law. On behalf of Young Legal Aid Lawyers, and linked to the Bar Council’s commitment to promote wellbeing within the legal profession, current 18 St John Street pupil barrister Verity Quaite has organised… Read more »
18 St John Street are pleased to confirm that Claire Brocklebank has been appointed to the Crown Prosecution Service Specialist Fraud Panel. Claire has been appointed to the Fraud Panel at Level 2 and invites instructions to prosecute cases involving benefit fraud, Fraud Act offences and strict liability tax offences. Claire appears regularly for HMRC, the Home Office… Read more »
18 St John Street Chambers are delighted to announce that Richard Chapman has been appointed Queen’s Counsel. It has been announced today that, on the recommendation of The Lord Chancellor, Her Majesty The Queen has appointed Richard Chapman to be Queen’s Counsel. Richard will formally become silk in an appointment ceremony before the Lord Chancellor… Read more »
18 St John Street are pleased to confirm that Claire Brocklebank and Zoe Dawson have been appointed as Level 2 advocates on the CPS General Crime list. Claire Brocklebank Claire was called to the Bar in 2014 and specialises in all aspects of criminal law and accepts instructions for both prosecution and defence and appears regularly at the Crown Court… Read more »
This year, once again, in lieu of sending corporate Christmas cards, members and staff at 18 St John Street have made donations to the Wood Street Mission Christmas Appeal. This can be a very expensive time of the year, especially for those families who are struggling to make ends meet. Wood Street Mission is charity… Read more »
CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR OPENING TIMES Chambers closes at 12 noon on Friday 21st December and will be open over the festive period as follows; Christmas Eve – Closed Christmas Day – Closed Boxing Day – Closed Thursday 27th December – Open 10:00am to 1:00pm Friday 28th December – Open 10:00am to 1:00pm Monday 31st… Read more »
18 St John Street’s Family Team welcomed clients and friends to their Christmas event on Friday night to start the festive season in some style. ‘Tis the season to be jolly and, as 2018 draws to a close, 18 St John Street held a Family Team Christmas Event at Banyan in Spinningfields to thank clients and friends… Read more »
Colin Buckle defended an ex-postman who avoided immediate custody for dumping junk mail in order to get rounds done more quickly, the Manchester Evening News and Daily Mail report… Colin was instructed by JTS Solicitors to act on behalf of the ex-postman, who was found not to have delivered hundreds of spam letters, discarding them in rubbish… Read more »
Chambers are delighted to announce that Farah Ahmed has accepted an invitation to join the Family Department. For further details or booking enquiries please contact our Family Department Clerks on 0161 278 8263 or via family@18sjs.com.
18 St John Street is delighted to have been named as a leading set in the latest edition of The Legal 500, with several members of chambers receiving a ‘Tier 1’ ranking across a number of areas of law. The 2018 edition of The Legal 500 states that Chambers is noted for its ‘solid family… Read more »