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Family Law Awards
Family
29/08/2024

Family Law Award shortlisting

We are thrilled to announce that St Philips Chambers’ Family Group has been shortlisted in the “Family Law Chambers of the Year – Regional” category at the Family Law Awards 2024. This recognition is based on a set of rigorous,...

Shortlisted UK Bar Awards 2024
General News
28/08/2024

Regional Set of the Year shortlisting

We are delighted to announce that we have again been shortlisted at the prestigious Chambers and Partners UK Bar Awards in the 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 category. The shortlisting process is...

Keiron McCabe
Family
20/08/2024

Keiron McCabe completes Advocate’s Pro Bono Pupil Pledge

Many congratulations to Keiron McCabe, a pupil barrister within our Family Group, who through demonstrating his commitment to pro bono work during his second six, has completed Advocate’s Pupil Pledge. In a world where equal access to justice...

Birmingham Skyline
Business & Property
20/08/2024

Real Estate Annual Conference, 8 October ’24

We are delighted to release the full programme and list of speakers for our upcoming Real Estate Litigation Annual Conference on Tuesday 8 October 2024. For the first time this year, we will be hosting a full day conference externally at The...

Michelle Caney & Eloise Marriott
Business & Property
19/08/2024

Arguing Incompatibility: Lessons from the Court of Appeal

Eloise Marriott, led by Michelle Caney, both of St Philips Chambers, acted on behalf of Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council in the Court of Appeal. Michelle and Eloise were instructed by Nabila Ahmed of Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council Legal...

Jackie Chew & Olivia Middleton
Employment
19/08/2024

Welcome to Chambers Jackie Chu & Olivia Middleton

We are delighted to welcome Jackie Chu and Olivia Middleton to our Employment and Personal Injury Groups’ clerking team. Both Jackie and Olivia bring with them an abundance of drive and enthusiasm and we are sure they will swiftly cement...

Bruce Frew
Employment
15/08/2024

Bruce Frew appears before the Employment Tribunal in case involving a Claimant’s “gender critical” philosophical belief

Bruce Frew represented the Respondent before the Employment Tribunal in the case of Orwin -v- East Riding of Yorkshire Council in an interesting case centred on an allegation of direct discrimination because of the Claimant’s philosophical...

Christopher Buckingham
Business & Property
15/08/2024

Some aspects of the law of forfeiture

This brief article, written by Christopher Buckingham, considers the law of forfeiture in the light of the recent High Court decision of The Tropical Zoo Limited v The Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Hounslow [2024] EWHC 1240 (Ch). It is...