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Philip Beardwell
Crime
11/07/2022

Philip Beardwell prosecutes grievous bodily harm with intent case

Philip Beardwell has prosecuted a case in which the defendant, Ethan Oliver, admitted committing grievous bodily harm with intent after deliberately driving his car into Kylveer Hussain Shabbir in the early hours of the morning of October 15, 2021 on...

Jim Puzey
Regulatory
11/07/2022

James Puzey acts for the HSE in the prosecution of a developer and contractor

James Puzey, Head of St Philips’ Regulatory Group, has recently acted for the HSE in the prosecution of a developer and contractor in connection with the death of a labourer at a building site in Perry Barr, Birmingham in 2017. After a two-week...

Delicious Orie and Tom Clarke
General News
08/07/2022

Former employee Commonwealth Games bound

Everyone within Chambers would like to congratulate Delicious Orie, a former member of our finance team, on his selection to box for Team England at this summer’s Commonwealth Games. You can find out more about his journey to Commonwealth Games...

Ben Mills
Regulatory
29/06/2022

Ben Mills, led by Nigel Lawrence QC, prosecutes Carlsberg

Ben Mills, led by Nigel Lawrence QC, prosecutes Carlsberg who were fined £3 million pounds by Mr Justice Picken at Birmingham Crown Court, following a massive ammonia leak at the Carlsberg brewery in 2016 which left one man dead and others requiring...

Sandamini Ethakada
Family
27/06/2022

The Legal Landscape post – RE H- N: Where are we now?

An article by Sandamini Ethakada. The Judgment handed down in the case of Re H-N and Others (children) (domestic abuse: finding of fact hearings) [2021] EWCA Civ 448 (hereafter Re H-N) by the Court of Appeal on 30 March 2021, was, in many respects a...

Ben Close
Crime
27/06/2022

Ben Close secures conviction in attempted murder case

Following a week’s trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court, a jury convicted Nathaniel Nugent, described as a recording artist, of attempting to murder his ex-partner’s new partner. Mr Nugent stabbed Mr Gordon 3 times to the chest after climbing...

Andrew Evans
Regulatory
23/06/2022

Andrew Evans secures closure of bar where stabbing occurred

Andrew Evans successfully represented West Midlands Police in a review of the alcohol and entertainment licence of the Seven Bar in Wednesbury. The premises had long been associated with incidents of violence and disorder to the dismay of local...

Birmingham Legal Walk Walkers
General News
09/06/2022

Congratulations to the team from St Philips who completed the Birmingham Legal Walk 2022

Congratulations to the team from St Philips who completed the Birmingham Legal Walk 2022 on Monday. The event raised much needed money for Access to Justice Foundation’s local branch; the Midland Legal Support Trust. There is still time to...