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General News
05/06/2023

Pupillage Process Review

St Philips Chambers has now completed its pupillage process for 2023, and has recruited 7 pupils to begin in 2024. For the first time, St Philips has produced a report which explains its process, gives feedback on what worked well for the successful...
Julie Duane
Employment
31/05/2023

Claims for £85,000 in damages are struck out with an order made as to costs

Summary In a recent Open Preliminary Hearing against a public sector organisation, the Claimant’s claims for constructive unfair dismissal, breach of contract, harassment and an alleged failure to comply with Section1 of the Employment Rights Act...
Ali Tabari
Business & Property
26/05/2023

Ali Tabari successfully defends in £35m breach of duty trial in the Rolls Building

Ali Tabari successfully defended two former directors of the Hospital Medical Group in a £35m claim brought after the collapse of a high profile healthcare provider which had been involved in the PIP breast implants scandal, and which had undergone...
Tamsin Sandiford
Employment
25/05/2023

Dismissal may be unfair if furlough was not considered as an alternative

In the recent EAT case of Lovingangels Care Ltd v Mrs B Mhindurwa, the Claimant was employed as a live-in carer for “HR”, a client of the Respondent. HR went into hospital in February 2020 before moving to a care home, so the Claimant was no...
Scales of Justice
Business & Property
22/05/2023

Breakfast Seminar Series: Conflict of Laws

Please join us for a series of three breakfast seminars over the summer that will see Raghav Trivedi delve into the fascinating realm of Conflict of Laws. In today’s globalised world, legal disputes often transcend national boundaries,...
Elizabeth Hodgetts
Employment
22/05/2023

Elizabeth Hodgetts acted on behalf of the successful respondent in Spencer v Unison Leicestershire Healthcare Branch

“Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised or a little mistaken” (Jane Austen). “If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything”...
Kevin Hegarty KC & Ben Williams
Crime
18/05/2023

Successful murder conviction in trial prosecuted by Kevin Hegarty KC & Ben Williams

The Defendant had driven his car into a crowd of young adults on the pavement outside a takeaway in Oswestry. The Crown’s case was that he had done so deliberately in an effort to seriously injure someone in the group. He hit and killed a young...
Wellbeing at the Bar Certification
General News
18/05/2023

Wellbeing at the Bar Certification Re-awarded

We are delighted to confirm that our Wellbeing at the Bar Certificate of Recognition has been re-awarded by the Bar Council. After a rigorous review process which not only focussed on the policies and strategies that Chambers has in place to ensure...
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