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What to expect at a video mediation
Business & Property
15/04/2020

Video: What to Expect at a Video Mediation

In the above free video, St Philips mediators Andrew Charman, Anthony Verduyn, Robert Mundy, Sophie Garner and Naomi Candlin explain how a video mediation works.

Sofia Ashraf
Personal Injury
03/04/2020

Practice Direction (PD) 51ZA

By Sofia Ashraf, Personal Injury Barrister Practice Direction (PD) 51ZA provides a temporary update to CPR 3.8 and came into force on 2 April 2020. Essentially, until 30 October 2020, parties are now permitted to consent to extensions of time of up...

Sharon Hughes
Personal Injury
08/07/2019

Sharon Hughes joins St Philips Personal Injury Team

St Philips Chambers are delighted to announce that Sharon Hughes has joined their Personal Injury Team. Sharon advises and represents both Claimants and Defendants. She is regularly instructed in small claims, interim hearings and fast track...

Petar Starcevic
Personal Injury
12/02/2019

The Problem with Trees – Petar Starcevic

The record hot summers of 1975 and 1976 brought a flurry of claims relating to the insidious damage to property caused by roots from nearby trees and caused the law to be clarified and developed. Last week the press announced that 12 million trees...

Sofia Ashraf
Personal Injury
12/02/2019

St Philips Personal Injury Group are delighted to announce the arrival of Sofia Ashraf

Sofia spent the first five years of her practice employed by two separate top tier law firms. Initially, Sofia spent over three years as an advocate at a national Legal 500 firm practising in Public and Regulatory law, Coronial law, Costs, Insurance,...

Colin Baran
Personal Injury
03/04/2017

Personal Injury Barrister of the Month: March

This month’s Barrister of the Month is Colin Baran, called in 2003. What caused you to want to specialise in Personal Injury? During my pupillage with Tom Rochford here at St Philips, I saw a lot of personal injury work.  One particularly...

Petar Starcevic
Personal Injury
24/03/2017

The Discount Rate and Part 36 Offers – Petar Starcevic

We all know that the change in the discount rate from 2.5% to -0.75%  the value of future losses in PI claims have gone through the roof. All solicitors should have reviewed their cases and in particular cases where they have made part 36...

St Philips Chambers reception
Events
09/02/2017

Personal Injury Seminar – 9th February 2017

A very well presented Personal Injury Seminar 09/02/17 by Colin Baran and Lorna Badham, if you would like a copy of the handout then please email our Senior Clerk, Gary Carney. Colin Baran: Ogden 7, Smith v Manchester and all that – where are we...