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Crime
31/01/2022

Tenancy Vacancies – Crime

GROW WITH ST PHILIPS CHAMBERS At St Philips, we are synonymous with attracting and nurturing some of the finest talent at the Bar and we are looking to add to our Criminal Group by seeking tenancy applications from barristers between 1 to 10 years’...
Zafar Ali QC
Crime
14/01/2022

Zafar Ali QC joins Chambers as a Door Tenant

St Philips Barristers is delighted to welcome criminal specialist Zafar Ali QC as a Door Tenant. Called to the bar in 1994 and attaining Silk in 2012, Zafar acts exclusively as defence counsel and his experience encompasses a full spectrum of...
Andrew Rourke
Crime
12/01/2022

Senior Criminal Clerk Appointment

St Philips is pleased to welcome Andrew Rourke to Chambers in the role of Senior Criminal Clerk. Andrew joins us after a hugely successful 6 years with St Ives Chambers. In all, Andrew has worked for over 18 years in the Criminal Justice System – 7...
Philip Beardwell
Crime
11/01/2022

Modern Slavery and NRM decisions

Below, Philip Beardwell discusses modern slavery and NRM decisions. In common with many aspects of the criminal justice system there is a significant backlog in NRM decision making at present. For those unfamiliar with the process, it is essentially...
Stephen Linehan
Crime
23/11/2021

Stephen Linehan QC successfully defends man charged with attempted murder

Stephen Linehan QC of St Philips Chambers, instructed as leading Counsel on behalf of the defendant, successfully defended TP, who was charged with the attempted murder of his mother, alternatively wounding with intent and unlawful wounding.  TP...
Zaheer Afzal
Crime
17/11/2021

Zaheer Afzal successfully defends Coventry man charged with murder, manslaughter and armed robbery

Zaheer Afzal of St Philips Chambers, Michael Ivers QC of Garden Court Chambers and Kevin Metzger of Great James Street Chambers successfully defended CB, a Coventry man who was charged with murder, manslaughter and armed robbery. CB was delighted to...
James Dunstan
Crime
12/11/2021

Chief Constable’s Team Award for Criminal Barrister

Criminal Barrister, Jim Dunstan, recently received the West Midlands Police Chief Constable’s “Team Award” for his outstanding work bringing two offenders who were part of a sex offence case to justice. Jim was commended for his:...
Ryan Hodgins
Crime
12/10/2021

New tenant for St Philips Chambers Ryan Hodgins

St Philips Chambers is delighted to announce that Ryan Hodgins has accepted an offer of tenancy following the completion of his Criminal pupillage under the supervision of Tom Walkling. First Junior Clerk, James Withers commented, “The whole of the...
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