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Business & Property
20/01/2022

Free Webinar: Presenting your Possession Case during the Pandemic: Section 8 (Grounds 8, 10 and 11) Rent Arrears Claims

Please join us for the first of our 2022 series of free “Landlord and Tenant in the Age of Covid-19” webinars by the St Philips Real Estate Litigation Team, “Presenting your Possession Case during the Pandemic: Section 8 (Grounds 8,...

Simon Davis
General News
19/01/2022

Simon Davis appointed Director of Public Prosecutions for the Cayman Islands

St Philips Chambers would like to congratulate Simon Davis on his appointment as the Director of Public Prosecution for the Cayman Islands, with effect from 1 March 2022. Simon has been a member of the criminal group for the past 21 years and...

Chris Royle
Business & Property
17/01/2022

Welcome back Chris Royle

We are delighted to announce the return of Chris Royle to St Philips.   Chris re-joins with immediate effect from Enterprise Chambers, having originally departed to the North of England in 2011 to be closer to family.  In this time he has built a...

Zafar Ali QC
Crime
14/01/2022

Zafar Ali QC joins Chambers as a Door Tenant

St Philips Barristers is delighted to welcome criminal specialist Zafar Ali QC as a Door Tenant. Called to the bar in 1994 and attaining Silk in 2012, Zafar acts exclusively as defence counsel and his experience encompasses a full spectrum of...

Andrew Rourke
Crime
12/01/2022

Senior Criminal Clerk Appointment

St Philips is pleased to welcome Andrew Rourke to Chambers in the role of Senior Criminal Clerk. Andrew joins us after a hugely successful 6 years with St Ives Chambers. In all, Andrew has worked for over 18 years in the Criminal Justice System – 7...

Philip Beardwell
Crime
11/01/2022

Modern Slavery and NRM decisions

Below, Philip Beardwell discusses modern slavery and NRM decisions. In common with many aspects of the criminal justice system there is a significant backlog in NRM decision making at present. For those unfamiliar with the process, it is essentially...

Chris Buckingham
Business & Property
10/01/2022

Christopher Buckingham joins Business & Property Group

St Philips is delighted to announce that Christopher Buckingham (formerly of Enterprise Chambers) has joined Chambers with immediate effect. Recognised in this year’s Legal 500 as “fabulously bright: a careful strategist who is more than a match...

Sharon Hughes
Personal Injury
06/01/2022

Has the establishment of the Cervical Check Tribunal in Ireland restored loss of trust?

Barrister Sharon Hughes discusses news from Ireland relating to the Cervical Check Tribunal whose Supreme Court analysed leading English case law on negligence. Has the establishment of the Cervical Check Tribunal in Ireland restored the loss of...