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Oliver Edwards
Employment
21/03/2023

New Employment & Personal Injury Senior Clerk

We are pleased to welcome Oliver Edwards to Chambers in the role of Senior Employment and Personal Injury Clerk. Oliver has a wealth of experience gained over 20 years working in two top London sets and most recently in Chambers in Bristol. On...
Richard Atkins KC
Regulatory
20/03/2023

Wm Morrison’s Supermarkets fined £3,500,000 having been convicted of health and safety failings

Wm Morrison’s Supermarkets were fined £3,500,000 on the 17/3/23 having been convicted of health and safety failings at a trial prosecuted by Richard Atkins KC of St Philips Chambers, leading Mark Jackson of No 8 Chambers. The trial, which lasted 4...
Ben Close & Matt Cullen
Crime
20/03/2023

Successful drugs trial prosecution

Ben Close leading Matthew Cullen successfully prosecuted the trial of a courier of 107kg of high-purity cocaine, in what is believed to be amongst Leicestershire’s largest ever drug seizures. The wholesale value of the drugs was between £3.75m and...
Emma Templar
Family
20/03/2023

Emma Templar joins the St Philips Family Team

Chambers is delighted to announce that Emma Templar has chosen to join the St Philips Family Team as she returns from Maternity Leave. Emma was called in 2001 and prior to her Maternity Leave practised at a well known chambers in the Temple in...
Crime
13/03/2023

Ben Close leading Catherine Ravenscroft secure convictions for armed robbery

Ben Close leading Catherine Ravenscroft have secured convictions of all 5 defendants who carried out an audacious armed robbery of a jewellers, the footage of which went ‘viral’. The robbers stole gold valued at £300,000, having blocked...
William Horwood BLS Pro Bono Award
Family
10/03/2023

BLS Pro Bono Award for William Horwood

Huge congratulations from all at Chambers to William Horwood who won the Birmingham Law Society Pro Bono Award at last night’s Birmingham Legal Awards. William is a very worthy winner of this award and Chambers is hugely...
Paul Wilson
Employment
02/03/2023

Paul Wilson successfully defends Trent College against religious belief discrimination

Paul Wilson successfully defends Trent College against religious belief discrimination claims brought by its former School Chaplain. Paul Wilson has successfully defended Trent College against all claims brought by its former School Chaplain in the...
Institute of Barristers' Clerks Podcast
General News
01/03/2023

Joe Wilson features in IBC podcast

Chambers Director Joe Wilson features in the latest edition of The Institute of Barristers’ Clerks podcast where he, alongside Matt Gibbons of Deans Court Chambers, discuss: You can listen to the podcast through the links below. Apple...
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