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Personal Injury
09/07/2020

Elaine Robinson v Department for Work and Pensions

[2020] EWCA Civ 859, 2020 WL 03643325 Ms Robinson, an experienced administrator at the DWP’s debt management department, suffered from blurred vision amounting to a disability. Her disability caused her to suffer migraines when using a computer,...

Kevin Hegarty QC & Simon Philips
Crime
01/07/2020

St Philips Barristers, Kevin Hegarty QC and Simon Phillips have been briefed to prosecute a woman accused of killing her mother

St Philips Barristers, Kevin Hegarty QC and Simon Phillips have been briefed to prosecute a woman accused of killing her mother, in a case where, so far, the body has not been found. Lucy Fox has been charged with murdering her mother Judith Fox,...

Sofia Ashraf
Personal Injury
30/06/2020

Rushbrooke -v- HM Coroner for West London [2020] EWHC 1612 (Admin)

Sofia Ashraf was instructed by Sarah Huntbach and Sasha Hibbitt of Anthony Collins Solicitors on behalf of Ms Rushbrooke to advise and to draft the application to quash the original inquest in a complex, multi-issue matter involving a deceased who...

St Philips Chambers reception
Business & Property
26/06/2020

Enter the ‘New Normal’: Key Takeaways from the Birmingham Business and Property Court User Meeting on 15th June 2020

On Monday 15th June 2020, the Birmingham Business & Property Court held its latest online Court Users Meeting and welcomed The Chancellor of the High Court, Lord Justice Vos along with Mr Justice Marcus Smith.  Below is a summary of the key...

Richard Atkins QC
General News
26/06/2020

Former Chair of the Bar Richard Atkins appointed Head of St Philips Chambers

We are delighted to announce Richard Atkins QC as Head of Chambers. Richard has taken over the post formerly held by Andrew Smith QC. Chair of the Bar of England and Wales in 2019 and Leader of the Midland Circuit for three years from 2014 to 2017,...

Rob Mundy
Business & Property
26/06/2020

Statutory declarations by video link

In the article below, Rob Mundy explains why you can make a statutory declaration by video link. Key points: Because of doubts about whether para 9 of the Temporary Insolvency Practice Direction is effective, it is worthwhile considering whether...

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Family
22/06/2020

Update from the Financial Remedy Court

On Wednesday 17th June 2020, St Philips Family Team had the pleasure of hosting three specialist Financial Remedy Judges, to provide an update from the Financial Remedy Court. For those unable to attend, the session was recorded and is now available...

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Family
18/06/2020

Family Law Podcast – Evidence in Cases Involving the Sexual Abuse of Children

St Philips Family Team is pleased to bring you the first in a series of podcasts, focusing around public law proceedings. In this podcast we will hear from Susan Todd, Julie Moseley and Emma Williamson on the subject of Evidence in Cases Involving...