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Rebecca Wade KC
Crime
28/11/2024

West Mercia Police praise Rebecca Wade KC in rape case that was “exceptionally well prosecuted”

Rebecca Wade KC prosecuted Royston Gill who was found guilty of multiple non-recent sexual offences committed against more than one child in Worcester between September 1996 and February 2002. The defendant pleaded not guilty but in what West Mercia...

Katie Stephens
Family
28/11/2024

“The Public Law Working Group’s proposal for ‘a sea change’ to post-adoption contact”- Katie Stephens

Pupil barrister Katie Stephens has had an article “The Public Law Working Group’s proposal for a ‘sea change’ to post adoption contact” published by Family Law Week. Katie’s article sets out the working group’s proposals for changes to...

Rebecca Wade KC & Marcis Harry
Crime
27/11/2024

Rebecca Wade KC, leading Marcus Harry, prosecutes two teenagers for the killing of 17 year old

Rebecca Wade KC, leading Marcus Harry, successfully prosecuted two teenagers for the killing of a fellow teenager in a park in Wolverhampton. The deceased was found with fatal stab wounds at West Park in March of this year. Following a trial at...

David Nuttall
Business & Property
26/11/2024

Historic Neglect in Service Charge Disputes: Lessons from the Four Courts case

Anyone regularly acting in service charge disputes will have come across the concept of “historic neglect”.  At one end of the spectrum, service charge demands will be met with a response of “why should I pay when the access door hasn’t...

Katie Stephens
Family
26/11/2024

Katie Stephens worked as Research Assistant for recently released “Wards of Court and the Inherent Jurisdiction” book

Following the recent publication of Harcourt Chambers barrister Rob George’s “Ward of Court and the Inherent Jurisdiction” we would like to congratulate our pupil barrister Katie Stephens for the excellent and diligent work she undertook as a...

Rebecca Wade KC & Philip Beardwell
Crime
22/11/2024

Rebecca Wade KC, leading Philip Beardwell, successfully prosecuted man for manslaughter and ABH

The accused, Benjamin Wallbanks, first attacked a man outside the Pink nightclub in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, in September 2021, delivering a single blow that rendered him unconscious. Just eight weeks later, Wallbanks repeated the same act on Benjamin...

Family
22/11/2024

St Philips’ Family Group Highly Commended at the Family Law Awards

We are pleased to share that our specialist family law group was “Highly Commended” at last night’s Family Law Awards in the “Family Law Chambers of the Year- Regional” category. To be acknowledged among the very best in...

Ben Close & Tom Walkling
Crime
15/11/2024

Ben Close and Tom Walkling appear in monkey torture case

On 13th November 2024, two defendants were sentenced for their part in sharing material depicting the torture of monkeys, and commissioning a torture video, utilising torture methods upon which they had voted with the ‘winner’ choosing the...