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Business & Property
23/07/2026

Spot the Bot: Responding to AI Generated Documents in Proceedings, 19 August ’26

Our Business & Property Juniors are pleased to invite fellow junior lawyers to their forthcoming seminar: “Spot the Bot: Responding to AI Generated Documents in Proceedings”. Join Raghav Trivedi and Eloise Marriott who will...
Darron Whitehead and Clare Rennie.
Crime
16/07/2026

Darron Whitehead, leading Clare Rennie, defend only acquittal in Multi-handed Kidnap and Honour Torture

Darron Whitehead and Clare Rennie were instructed by Jonas Roy Bloom to defend SR at trial for the offence of kidnap.  On 29 December 2025, four masked men carried out surveillance of the victim, whom they perceived had brought dishonour upon their...
Julie Duane
Costs
15/07/2026

Julie Duane secures £20,000 costs award

This case is a stark reminder of how parties who pursue litigation which has no prospects of success and/or behave in either an unreasonable, scandalous or vexatious manner are not immune to significant financial consequences.  The Claimant...
David Walters
Family
14/07/2026

David Walters joins St Philips Chambers as Senior Family Clerk

St Philips Chambers is delighted to announce that David Walters has joined Chambers as Senior Clerk to our Family Group. David’s arrival marks an important new chapter for one of Chambers’ largest and busiest practice groups, following the recent...
Bar Placement Scheme 2026
General News
14/07/2026

St Philips supports the Bar Council’s Bar Placement Scheme

This week, two students join us for the Bar Placement Scheme, where they will spend four days shadowing our barristers in Chambers and in court. Nay Dyari and William Mason will also receive advocacy training from the Inns of Court College of...
Raghav Trivedi
Business & Property
14/07/2026

Inheritance tax planning – The application of section 10 IHTA 1984 (Burles v The Commissioners for HMRC)

Can the purchase of an income interest in an offshore trust escape inheritance tax under section 10 IHTA 1984? The First-tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber) has just said no. In Burles v The Commissioners for HMRC, the Tribunal dismissed the appeal against...
Paul Dhami
Crime
13/07/2026

Harinderpal Dhami prosecutes care home manager convicted of defrauding dementia patient

Harinderpal Dhami appeared as prosecution counsel in the trial of a care home manager convicted of six counts of fraud at Worcester Crown Court, following a five-day trial. The complainant, a resident at the care home, had been diagnosed with...
Jonathan Gale
Business & Property
07/07/2026

The Landlord’s Right to Demolish or Reconstruct

OPPOSITION TO GRANT OF A NEW BUSINESS TENANCY ON THE GROUND IN SECTION 30(1)(F) – Landlord’s intention to demolish, reconstruct or carry out substantial work In this month’s Lay of the Land, I have extracted guidance from some recent helpful...
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