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Insolvency Conference
Business & Property
05/06/2025

Insolvency Conference, 18 June ’25

We are delighted to announce the agenda for our Annual Insolvency Conference, a key event for professionals involved in insolvency and restructuring. Join us for a day of insightful presentations from leading barristers, practical discussions, and...
HHJ Andrew Smith KC
04/06/2025

Former Head of Chambers Appointed Senior Circuit Judge, Resident Judge based at Birmingham Crown Court

All at St Philips would like to congratulate our former Head of Chambers, HHJ Andrew Smith KC following confirmation of his appointment by The Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Right Honourable the Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill, as...
Events
04/06/2025

Junior Financial Team Seminar, 24 September

Our Junior Financial Remedies Team are pleased to invite you to their forthcoming Seminar. On 30 April, the Supreme Court heard the appeal in respect of Standish v Standish which addressed the thorny question of non-matrimonial property becoming...
Dan Jacklin
Regulatory
03/06/2025

Local Authority Enforcement Powers and Domestic Bee Keeping

In this article, Dan Jacklin provides a detailed analysis of the enforcement powers available to local authorities in relation to domestic beekeeping. The majority of the UK honey bee population are kept in hives as livestock. The average hive can...
Business & Property
02/06/2025

Raghav Trivedi Successful in Complex COMI Arguments in Bankruptcy Proceedings

Raghav Trivedi has successfully secured a bankruptcy order for a petitioning creditor against a debtor with a c.£4 million debt, despite significant jurisdictional challenges. The debtor contended his Centre of Main Interests (COMI) was abroad,...
Lee Marklew KC & Ben Williams
Crime
30/05/2025

Lee Marklew KC & Ben Williams secure acquittal in Prison Murder Case

Lee Marklew KC leading Ben Williams, secured an acquittal for their client, who was one of three defendants charged with the murder of a fellow prisoner at recently-opened HMP Fosse Way. The case was based primarily on extensive CCTV footage, which...
Personal Injury
29/05/2025

CFA Costs Case Commentary: David Richardson & Ors v Slater & Gordon UK Limited [2025] EWHC 1220 (SCCO)

In this article, Connor Wright explores the recent Senior Court Costs Office decision in David Richardson & Ors v Slater & Gordon UK Limited [2025] EWHC 1220 (SCCO), which addressed the enforceability of Conditional Fee Agreements (CFAs)...
Ali Tabari
Business & Property
28/05/2025

Ali Tabari secures permission for minority shareholder in derivative claim

On 21 May 2025, a reserved judgment was handed down by HHJ Rawlings, sitting as a High Court Judge, in the contested application for permission to continue a derivative claim brought in proprietary estoppel by a minority shareholder (Lloyd v Lloyd)....
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