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Peter Haynes KC
Crime
18/04/2024

Peter Haynes KC succeeds in High Court extradition appeal

Peter Haynes KC, leading Ben Joyes of 9 Bedford Row, succeeds in a High Court Appeal against the extradition of a Romanian citizen. In Gigo v Romania, an appeal was made to the High Court by way of judicial review from an order for extradition...

Business & Property
16/04/2024

Case Law Update: Savage V Savage [2024] EWCA Civ 49

Introduction Background Judicial Reasoning Comment Whilst every effort has been taken to ensure that the law in these articles is correct, they are intended to give a general overview of the law for educational purposes. Readers are respectfully...

John Aldis
Business & Property
16/04/2024

Which 10-year period of reasonable belief?

In Brown v Ridley [2024] UKUT 14 (LC) the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) considered whether the 10-year period of reasonable belief required for adverse possession applications must end on the date of the application (or, alternatively, whether it...

Anthony Verduyn
Business & Property
16/04/2024

Proportions and Fractions and Management Fees

A “proportionate part” or a “fair proportion” of an annual service charge may not be an equal fraction of the charge’s component parts, so held the Court of Appeal in Accent Housing Ltd v Howe Properties (NE) Ltd [2024] EWCA Civ 297. ...

Bar Pro Bono Awards
Family
12/04/2024

Bar Pro Bono Award Shortlisting for William Horwood

Many congratulations to William Horwood, a member of our Family Group, who has just been announced on the shortlist for the “Junior Pro Bono Barrister of the Year” category at the 2024 Bar Pro Bono Awards. William’s shortlisting is a hugely...

Vithyah Chelvam
Crime
11/04/2024

Vithyah Chelvam accepts tenancy

St Philips Chambers is delighted to announce that Vithyah Chelvam has accepted tenancy within our Criminal and Regulatory Groups following the completion of her Probationary Tenancy. On confirming Vithyah’s tenancy, Senior Regulatory Clerk James...

Ed Peperall QC
Business & Property
09/04/2024

Appointment of former Member to the Civil Procedure Rule Committee

Congratulations to former St Philips Business & Property Group Head, Mr Justice Pepperall, on his appointment as a High Court Judge member of the Civil Procedure Rule Committee (CPRC). The CPRC is a non-departmental public body. It was...

Ben Close & Robert Ward
Crime
09/04/2024

Ben Close and Robert Ward successfully prosecute film producers in 5 month trial

Ben Close and Robert Ward have successfully prosecuted two brothers, who were each sentenced to 7 years’ imprisonment after being found guilty of conspiring to make fraudulent claims for Film Tax Relief and VAT.  The defendants represented...