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Business & Property
23/07/2024

Business & Property Juniors Events 2024

We are pleased to confirm details for the next two sessions in our Business and Property Group Juniors series of talks – ‘Urgency, Urgency, Urgency’. These popular and engaging sessions have been built with junior...

Colin Baran & Tia Richards
General News
22/07/2024

Welcoming Tia Richards as an Intern at Chambers

We are pleased to be hosting Tia Richards in Chambers this week as part of 10,000 Intern Foundation’s 10,000 Black Interns programme. Tia will be spending a busy week shadowing barrister Colin Baran to gain a full insight into what life at the...

James Dunstan & Amrisha Parathalingam
Crime
22/07/2024

James Dunstan leading Amrisha Parathalingam secure drug supply conviction

James Dunstan, leading Amrisha Parathalingam, secured the conviction of Khaled Usman concerning the supply of crack cocaine and heroin. This conviction was the seventh out of seven as part of Operation Furnace. The crack cocaine and heroin supply...

Tom Walkling and Kiran Pourawal
Crime
19/07/2024

Tom Walkling leading Kiran Pourawal secured convictions following brutal knife attack

Tom Walkling leading Kiran Pourawal secured convictions for attempted murder, wounding with intent, and violent disorder, prosecuting 7 defendants following a brutal knife attack in Coventry City Centre. After attending a student event, the victim...

Michelle Caney
Business & Property
17/07/2024

Michelle Caney successful as High Court rules in favour of Universities in key protest encampment case

Appearing in both cases for the University of Birmingham, and the University of Nottingham, Michelle Caney secured campus wide summary possession orders arising out of protest encampments. The two important and keenly awaited judgments were handed...

Harry Marriott
Business & Property
17/07/2024

End of Term? University Protest Encampments and Possession Proceedings

After Michelle Caney successfully represented two universities in two key protest encampment cases, Harry Marriott provides an overview of the principles that were discussed and the potential practical implications. End of Term? University Protest...

Business & Property
17/07/2024

Gavin McLeod achieves Society of Trusts & Estates Practitioners worldwide excellence award

Congratulations to Gavin McLeod who has achieved a Society of Trusts and Estate Practitioners (STEP) worldwide Excellence Award, granted to the highest scorers in each of the STEP assessments. Gavin’s 2023 essay on letters of wishes in relation to...

Lee Marklew KC
Crime
12/07/2024

Lee Marklew KC defends woman acquitted of murder

Following an eight-day trial at Derby Crown Court defendant Regan Martin, represented by Lee Marklew KC, was acquitted of murder. The prosecution had argued that the defendant had stabbed her partner to death and intended to cause him serious harm...