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Luke Tallis
Family
24/06/2025

The power of adverse inferences, alleging sham and shifting the burden of proof – the procedural minefield in Awolowo [2025]

On 16 May 2025 the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in Awolowo v Awolowo and Linksave Ventures [2025] EWCA Civ 641. You can access a copy of the judgment here. The case may be of interest on several fronts. Firstly, as noted by Alexander Chandler...
Employment
23/06/2025

Connor Wright successfully represented the Respondent in 6-day Employment Tribunal

Connor Wright successfully represented the Respondent in a 6-day Employment Tribunal hearing concerning Reasonable Adjustments under the Equality Act 2010. Background The Claimant was a job applicant in the Respondent’s recruitment process. The...
Dan Jacklin
Regulatory
23/06/2025

Teacher Avoids Driving Disqualification after Challenge to SJP Conviction

Driver A was prosecuted for two driving offences: (1) driving whilst disqualified, and (2) using a mobile phone whilst driving. Disqualification placed Driver A at risk of a custodial sentence, losing their job as a teacher, their income, and,...
Colin Baran & Lawrence Parry
General News
20/06/2025

Lawrence Parry completes Internship in Chambers

We were pleased to welcome Lawrence Parry to Chambers this week as part of the the 10,000 Interns Foundation‘s 10,000 Black Interns programme. Lawrence spent the week shadowing barristers Colin Baran, Amarjit Rai, Connor Wright and second-six...
Legal 500 Bar Awards 2025
General News
19/06/2025

Two Nominations for St Philips at the Legal 500 Bar Awards

We are absolutely delighted to announce that Chambers, has been shortlisted in two categories at the 2025 Legal 500 Bar Awards. After taking home the award in 2024, we have been nominated again in the Set Outside London of the Year category and we...
Connor Wright & Kyran Kanda
Personal Injury
19/06/2025

Tescher v Direct Accident Management Limited [2025] EWCA Civ 733 – An article by Connor Wright & Kyran Kanda

The Court of Appeal has handed down judgment in a decision that is likely to cause a major shake-up in the area of credit hire litigation. In this article Connor Wright and Kyran Kanda discuss implications of Tescher v Direct Accident Management...
Michelle Caney
Business & Property
17/06/2025

Cardiff University secures ‘final’ injunction against Persons Unknown, to protect 11 key sites from unlawful direct action

In the latest round of the University protest litigation, on 13 June 2025, Sir Peter Lane granted Cardiff University a ‘final’ (or perhaps more accurately, a ‘quasi final’) injunction against Persons Unknown, protecting eleven...
Crime
17/06/2025

Henry Skudra advises the CPS in €14m restraint order involving Seychelles & BVI entities

Following an external request by the Dutch authorities under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, Henry advised the CPS throughout in their obtaining of a restraint order. The order was granted restraining inter alia almost 2 dozen...
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