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Business & Property
25/11/2021

Free Breakfast Webinar: Taking the ‘A’ out of ‘ADR’, should mediation be mandatory?

You are invited to join Tony Verduyn for this free 40 minute webinar, as he chairs a discussion between fellow mediators Naomi Candlin and Jonathan Gale, to consider the implications of the recent paper by the Civil Justice Council on Compulsory ADR....

Stephen Linehan
Crime
23/11/2021

Stephen Linehan QC successfully defends man charged with attempted murder

Stephen Linehan QC of St Philips Chambers, instructed as leading Counsel on behalf of the defendant, successfully defended TP, who was charged with the attempted murder of his mother, alternatively wounding with intent and unlawful wounding.  TP...

Amanprit Kaur
Business & Property
22/11/2021

Compulsory ADR, a new way forward and the changing litigation landscape following COVID-19

Amanprit Kaur, a pupil barrister within our Business and Property Group, discusses her thoughts following an MCCBA meeting in November: On 18th November 2021, Birmingham Law Society hosted a panel of judges and practitioners on the topic of whether...

Zaheer Afzal
Crime
17/11/2021

Zaheer Afzal successfully defends Coventry man charged with murder, manslaughter and armed robbery

Zaheer Afzal of St Philips Chambers, Michael Ivers QC of Garden Court Chambers and Kevin Metzger of Great James Street Chambers successfully defended CB, a Coventry man who was charged with murder, manslaughter and armed robbery. CB was delighted to...

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Business & Property
16/11/2021

St Philips electronic court bundle video highlighted in guidance issued to the judiciary

We are immensely proud to see that the work of two St Philips Barristers concerning the preparation of electronic court bundles, has again been highlighted in the latest guidance issued by Senior Presiding Judge, Lord Justice Haddon-Cave, President...

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General News
15/11/2021

St Philips joins Bar Sustainability Network

You will not have failed to miss the blanket media coverage of COP26 – the United Nations Climate Change Conference. What you may well have missed, however, is that St Philips has joined the Bar Sustainability Network as part of our ongoing...

James Dunstan
Crime
12/11/2021

Chief Constable’s Team Award for Criminal Barrister

Criminal Barrister, Jim Dunstan, recently received the West Midlands Police Chief Constable’s “Team Award” for his outstanding work bringing two offenders who were part of a sex offence case to justice. Jim was commended for his:...

Stephen Eyre
General News
11/11/2021

High Court Judge Appointment

St Philips would like to congratulate former member of Chambers, The Honourable Mr Justice Stephen Eyre, on his appointment as a High Court Judge, assigned to the Queen’s Bench Division. Mr Justice Eyre enjoyed a thriving commercial and chancery...