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Charles Blatchford
Crime
01/05/2025

Charles Blatchford Achieves Not Guilty Verdict for Juror Following Prosecution for an Offence Under the Juries Act

Charles Blatchford, instructed by Mr Asad Khan of Hussain Solicitors, recently secured a Not Guilty verdict for a client prosecuted for an offence under the Juries Act- juror carrying out research. The prosecution arose from allegations that the...

Dan Jacklin
Regulatory
30/04/2025

Resurrecting a dead horse? PACE Code B and local authority enforcement powers

Defence arguments have a habit of resurrecting themselves as one generation of lawyers takes up the baton from the previous generation. In this article, Dan Jacklin explores a recent spate in defendants raising the issue of noncompliance with PACE...

Elizabeth Hodgetts
Employment
25/04/2025

Elizabeth Hodgetts represents MoD in its successful defence of race discrimination and victimisation claims

Elizabeth Hodgetts, instructed by the Government Legal Department, represented the Ministry of Defence in its successful defence of race discrimination and victimisation claims arising out of a sequence of events over 18 months. The claimant was...

New staff joiners April 2025
General News
25/04/2025

Expanding Our Staff Team: Welcome Paul, Laura & Megan

A warm welcome to the newest members joining our staff team. We’re delighted to introduce Laura Ward and Paul Matthews, who have joined our busy Finance Team as Fee Clerks. Paul is well known to Chambers, having previously acted as a Clerk...

Specialist Regulatory Advocates
Regulatory
24/04/2025

Specialist Regulatory Advocate Appointments

Chambers is pleased to announce that 12 of our members have been appointed to the Attorney General’s List of Specialist Regulatory Advocates in Health and Safety and Environmental Law. This prestigious list identifies members approved to act on...

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Business & Property
24/04/2025

deBriefed – April 2025

Welcome to the first deBriefed of 2025. In March, the Group bade farewell to John Randall KC who retired following 44 years at the bar, in a remarkable career. During the month we were delighted to announce that Robert Mundy...

Andrew Evans & Duncan Craig
Events
23/04/2025

Expedited Reviews under the Licensing Act 2003 Seminar, 22 May ’25

We are confirm a half day seminar aimed at enhancing interested parties understanding of Expedited Reviews under the Licensing Act 2003. Whilst not common for many licensing authorities to have to deal with, Expedited Review Applications can occur in...

Henry Skudra
Regulatory
23/04/2025

Henry Skudra Joins Chambers’ Regulatory & Criminal Groups

We are thrilled to announce that Henry Skudra has joined Chambers. Henry joins our Regulatory and Crime Groups, with significant experience in complex confiscation, asset recovery, regulatory law, and financial crime. He has a proven track record in...