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Ben Close & Matt Cullen
Crime
20/03/2023

Successful drugs trial prosecution

Ben Close leading Matthew Cullen successfully prosecuted the trial of a courier of 107kg of high-purity cocaine, in what is believed to be amongst Leicestershire’s largest ever drug seizures. The wholesale value of the drugs was between £3.75m and...
Emma Templar
Family
20/03/2023

Emma Templar joins the St Philips Family Team

Chambers is delighted to announce that Emma Templar has chosen to join the St Philips Family Team as she returns from Maternity Leave. Emma was called in 2001 and prior to her Maternity Leave practised at a well known chambers in the Temple in...
Crime
13/03/2023

Ben Close leading Catherine Ravenscroft secure convictions for armed robbery

Ben Close leading Catherine Ravenscroft have secured convictions of all 5 defendants who carried out an audacious armed robbery of a jewellers, the footage of which went ‘viral’. The robbers stole gold valued at £300,000, having blocked...
William Horwood BLS Pro Bono Award
Family
10/03/2023

BLS Pro Bono Award for William Horwood

Huge congratulations from all at Chambers to William Horwood who won the Birmingham Law Society Pro Bono Award at last night’s Birmingham Legal Awards. William is a very worthy winner of this award and Chambers is hugely...
Paul Wilson
Employment
02/03/2023

Paul Wilson successfully defends Trent College against religious belief discrimination

Paul Wilson successfully defends Trent College against religious belief discrimination claims brought by its former School Chaplain. Paul Wilson has successfully defended Trent College against all claims brought by its former School Chaplain in the...
Institute of Barristers' Clerks Podcast
General News
01/03/2023

Joe Wilson features in IBC podcast

Chambers Director Joe Wilson features in the latest edition of The Institute of Barristers’ Clerks podcast where he, alongside Matt Gibbons of Deans Court Chambers, discuss: You can listen to the podcast through the links below. Apple...
Chambers Pro Bono Framework
General News
17/02/2023

Chambers Pro Bono Framework

Chambers has a proud tradition of members undertaking Pro Bono work and, as such, we are proud to be the first set in the Midlands, and one of the first in the UK, to sign up to Advocate’s Chambers Pro Bono Framework. There has always been a need...
Blondel Thompson
Crime
15/02/2023

Blondel Thompson secures acquittal

Following a 6-day trial, Blondel Thompson instructed by Ian Larkin of Mann and Co Solicitors secured an acquittal for her client charged with historical sexual offences of Rape and Indecent Assault of his niece aged 6-7 years.
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