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Ben Williams
Regulatory
28/05/2026

Major housebuilding firm, defended by Ben Williams KC, cleared of environmental charge

The Defendant, one of the UK’s largest housebuilders and a FTSE250 company, faced an allegation that sewage effluent had been deliberately pumped from foundation trenches into a natural watercourse, following a sewer blockage at a housing...
Tamsin Sandiford
Employment
28/05/2026

Tamsin Sandiford appears for Claimant in Wicked Vision v Rice at Supreme Court

Tamsin Sandiford was delighted to appear in the Supreme Court on 21st May 2026 in the highly anticipated whistleblowing appeal in Wicked Vision v Rice. Led by Adam Solomon KC of Littleton Chambers, Tamsin appeared alongside Chris Milsom of...
Pro Bono Bronze Patron
General News
28/05/2026

St Philips Chambers named Bronze Pro Bono Patron of Advocate

We are pleased to announce that we have become a Bronze Pro Bono Patron of Advocate, the Bar’s national pro bono charity. Advocate matches members of the public who cannot afford legal representation or access legal aid with barristers willing...
Jonathan Gale
Costs
26/05/2026

Jonathan Gale obtains non-party costs order against company director

I was successful in obtaining a non-party costs order against a company director in the case of Providence Web Services Ltd v R&K Giveaways Ltd and Elliott at Merthyr Tydfil County Court on 13 May. Such orders are considered “exceptional”,...
Insolvency Conference
Business & Property
26/05/2026

Insolvency Conference, 1 July ’26

We are delighted to confirm that our Annual Insolvency Conference will be returning on Wednesday, 1st July 2026.  This full-day conference will bring together members of our insolvency team alongside leading industry experts for what...
William Horwood
Family
20/05/2026

William Horwood successfully defends local authority in judicial review claim

William Horwood acted for the Defendant local authority in a recent judicial review claim in the Administrative Court in Birmingham before Mr Justice Kimblin. The claim arose out of the interaction between the Care Planning, Placement and Case Review...
Gary Bell KC
Crime
20/05/2026

Gary Bell KC joins Criminal Group

We are pleased to announce that Gary Bell KC has joined the Criminal Group at St Philips Chambers. For more than three decades he has been instructed by solicitors across the country in the most serious and complex criminal cases, with a particular...
Ben Mills & Dr Dan Jacklin
Regulatory
19/05/2026

Director given suspended sentence for workplace death

On 17 September 2024, Mr Gill picked up Jan Hlavaty from his home address. He took Mr Hlavaty to a yard he rented where he began dismantling a truck-mounted fork-lift so it could be sold for scrap. Mr Gill removed pins which kept the mast of the fork...
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