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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...

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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...

John Aldis
Business & Property
22/04/2025

Boundary Agreements are Here to Stay

The Court of Appeal in White v Alder [2025] confirmed that informal boundary agreements can bind future owners.In this article, John Aldis explains the difference between boundary creation and demarcation agreements and their role in dispute...

Happy Easter
General News
17/04/2025

Easter opening hours 2025

With Easter Sunday on April 20th, we can confirm that Chambers will be closed on both the Good Friday and Easter Monday bank holidays, opening again as normal on Tuesday, April 22nd.

William Horwood
Family
14/04/2025

William Horwood Shortlisted for Prestigious John Collins Pro Bono Excellence Award

We are delighted to announce that William Horwood has been shortlisted for the John Collins Pro Bono Excellence Award at the 2025 Bar Pro Bono Awards. This award is named in honour of the late John Collins, a true pro bono champion. It celebrates...

Pro Bono Recognition List
General News
08/04/2025

Six Members Recognised in 2025 Pro Bono List of England & Wales

The Pro Bono List of England & Wales, which is published annually, recognises lawyers who undertook 25 or more hours of legal pro bono work over the past year. We are delighted to see six of our members recognised in the recently published 2025...

April Beech & Dan Jacklin
General News
02/04/2025

Chambers welcomes April Beech & Dan Jacklin as New Tenants

We are pleased to announce that April Beech and Dan Jacklin have been offered and accepted tenancy at St Philips Chambers. April joins us following the successful completion of her Crime and Regulatory pupillage. Dan, whose practice encompasses...