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St Philips Chambers reception
Business & Property
20/05/2020

Rob Mundy & Ali Tabari’s Video Guide to E-Bundles, quoted in official guidance issued today by the Judiciary

The recent video created by St Philips Business & Property Group barristers, Rob Mundy and Ali Tabari, to provide guidance on how to create and use electronic bundles, has today featured in official “Guidance on PDF Bundles” issued by Mr...

St Philips Chambers reception
Business & Property
18/05/2020

UPDATED 18.05.20 Judicial guidance regarding proceedings at Birmingham High Court (Queen’s Bench Division) and Birmingham County Court

IMPORTANT INFORMATION (revised 18 May 2020) Please note that guidance and advice issued nationally can be found at the following address https://www.judiciary.uk/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-and-guidance/?utm_medium=email&utm_source This local...

Ed Beever
Employment
18/05/2020

Enforcement of Settlement Agreements and Breach of Confidentiality

Does the employer still have to pay where the employee has failed to keep the terms confidential? That was the question posed in Duchy Farm Kennels Ltd v Steels, which was a decision of Cavanagh J in a High Court appeal from a County Court decision....

Doctor with PPE
Personal Injury
14/05/2020

PPE: a consideration of civil liabilities

Lorna Badham, a barrister specialising in Personal Injury and Employment law at St Philips Chambers, provides a legal perspective on this headline-dominating topic.  Have we ever talked so much about PPE?  Each breakfast bulletin features...

Olivia Beesley
Crime
13/05/2020

Covid-19 and Suspended Sentences – A Court of Appeal Judgment: R v Christopher Manning

While the Lord Chief Justice and the Lord Chancellor have announced that jury trials will commence this month, we are far from the pandemic’s conclusion. This fear is felt all the more by defendants facing sentencing hearings. Regardless of whether...

St Philips Chambers reception
Business & Property
12/05/2020

STOP PRESS: COURT OF APPEAL CHALLENGE TO PRACTICE DIRECTION 51Z, “STAY OF POSSESSION PROCEEDINGS – CORONAVIRUS”, FAILS

At 1pm yesterday, 11th May 2020, the Court of Appeal handed down its judgment (remotely, of course) on PD51Z in the case of Arkin v Marshall & Anr (Lord Chancellor interested party; Housing Law Practitioners Association intervener) [2020] EWCA...

Question Mark
Events
12/05/2020

Family Finance Forum 20th of May 17:00

St Philips Family Finance Team is running a series of Q & A webinars hosted by our specialist financial remedy practitioners, the first of which will take place on 20 May at 5pm. Each webinar will give you the opportunity to ask the panel...

Ben Mills
Regulatory
07/05/2020

Don’t put it in writing! Problems in store for Local Authority Environmental Crime

Joint Deputy Head of St Philips Regulatory Team, Ben Mills gives his expert analysis of Walker v Chelmsford City Council [2020] EWHC 635 (Admin) and its consideration of s108 (4) Environment Act 1995. S108 (4) Environment Act 1995 [EA] sets out a...