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Emma Templar
Family
18/04/2023

The PLO: How can Practitioners help?

By now, anyone who works in Family Law is aware of the impact Covid 19 and the increase in applications had on the Public Law Outline (PLO).  As a result, in January 2023, the President of the Family Division relaunched the PLO with the...

Marc Brown and Mark Grant
Business & Property
17/04/2023

Breakfast Seminar: Civil Litigation Update

Please join us at our breakfast seminar where Marc Brown and Mark Grant will provide updates and insights in the Civil Litigation process, looking at recent developments and changes affecting users of the Business & Property Courts.   ...

Happy Easter
General News
06/04/2023

Easter opening hours

With Easter Sunday on April 9th we can confirm that Chambers will be closed on both the Good Friday and Easter Monday bank holidays, opening again as normal on Tuesday April 11th.

Charles Blatchford
Regulatory
04/04/2023

Charles Blatchford successfully prosecutes fatality matter on behalf of the Heath and Safety Executive

On 28 March 2023, LM140121 Ltd (formerly known as Le Maitre Ltd) was found guilty after a trial of breaching health and safety regulations in relation to operations at their factory at Fourth Drove, Peterborough in the run up to an explosion on 2...

Christopher Millington KC and Tom Walkling
Crime
03/04/2023

Murder and manslaughter acquittal

Following an 8-week trial at Stafford Crown Court, Christopher Millington KC, leading Tom Walkling, and instructed by Eddowes Waldron Solicitors, secured the unanimous acquittal of their client, charged with murder and manslaughter. The defendant had...

carl templar vasey's client acquitted
Crime
31/03/2023

Carl Templar-Vasey’s client is acquitted of attempted murder

Following a trial at Warwick Crown Court, Carl Templar-Vasey’s client is acquitted of attempted murder. Carl was instructed by David Latham of Penmans law. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-65040623

Lauren Starmer
Family
30/03/2023

‘Give or Take a Few Years’: Age Assessments in Care Proceedings

Age assessments predominantly arise within the arena of immigration law where the question to be determined is whether the individual concerned is aged under 18. Those seeking to enter the UK are often both unaccompanied and undocumented, and the...

Kavita Sandhu
Family
30/03/2023

‘Secret adoption’?

‘Secret adoption? Considering applications regarding the need to give a father, without PR, notice of the intention to place a child for adoption’ A plan of adoption has long been synonymous with the all too familiar phrase – ‘nothing...