Regulatory

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Ben Mills
Regulatory
07/05/2020

Don’t put it in writing! Problems in store for Local Authority Environmental Crime

Joint Deputy Head of St Philips Regulatory Team, Ben Mills gives his expert analysis of Walker v Chelmsford City Council [2020] EWHC 635 (Admin) and its consideration of s108 (4) Environment Act 1995. S108 (4) Environment Act 1995 [EA] sets out a...

Remote working setup
Regulatory
28/04/2020

Remote Working – Cybersecurity and Wellbeing

As we enter our sixth week of lockdown, Regulatory Group member and GDPR specialist Jane Sarginson provides an easily accessible and timely reminder and consideration of the cybersecurity and wellbeing issues that remote working raises.Covid 19...

St Philips Chambers reception
Regulatory
07/04/2020

Regulatory Group Spring Newsletter

Introduction by Jonathan Barker, Editor Welcome to the St Philips Regulatory Group’s Spring newsletter. We hope you are well in what are undoubtedly testing times for legal practitioners. We are all having to adapt, take on and get used to new...

Cat Ravenscroft
Crime
06/11/2019

Cat Ravenscroft returns from successful secondment in St Helena

Catherine Ravenscroft is a member of the St Philips Criminal and Regulatory Groups. Having completed a successful pupillage under the supervision of Jennifer Josephs, Cat accepted tenancy with Chambers in April 2019. Since then, she has gained a...

James Bruce
Regulatory
29/07/2019

Court of Appeal upholds £50,000 fine in relabelled poultry case

The Court of Appeal underline the importance of risks to the public for sentencing in food safety cases. The Appellant Company was a Food Business Operator (FBO) who had bought out-of-date frozen chicken that was only suitable for use in pet food....

St Philips Chambers reception
Regulatory
02/04/2019

Regulatory List Appointments

The St Philips Regulatory Group are delighted to announce that several of their members have been appointed to the Panel of Specialist Regulatory Advocates and are now eligible to prosecute on behalf of a number of regulatory bodies including the...

Lorna Badham
Regulatory
20/03/2019

Black Country Coroner finds death of Luke Thomas Harris was contributed to by neglect

Lorna Badham acted for the family at the inquest into the death of Luke Thomas Harris, a beloved son and brother and a keen fisherman who died last year at the age of 22. Mr Siddique, the Black Country Coroner, concluded that Luke died of natural...

Andrew Evans
Regulatory
27/11/2017

Taxi ride ‘contributed to Norma Francis norovirus death’ – Andrew Evans

On 23rd November 2017, Andrew Evans, instructed by Clare Comiskey of Irwin Mitchell Solicitors, represented the family of Norma Francis in an inquest at Stafford Coroner’s Court. In April 2016, Mrs Francis, aged 78, had travelled to the Loch Achray...