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Sofia Ashraf
Personal Injury
12/02/2019

St Philips Personal Injury Group are delighted to announce the arrival of Sofia Ashraf

Sofia spent the first five years of her practice employed by two separate top tier law firms. Initially, Sofia spent over three years as an advocate at a national Legal 500 firm practising in Public and Regulatory law, Coronial law, Costs, Insurance,...

Elizabeth Walker
General News
05/02/2019

Elizabeth Walker appointed as a Circuit Judge

St Philips Chambers are delighted to announce that Liz Walker has been appointed as a Circuit Judge. The Lord Chief Justice has deployed Liz to the Midland Circuit based at Wolverhampton Family Court where she will take up her post on 4th March 2019...

St Philips Chambers reception
General News
04/02/2019

Four nominations for St Philips at the Birmingham Law Society Legal Awards 2019

We are proud to announce that four of our members have been shortlisted for awards at the Birmingham Law Societys Legal Awards 2019. In the category of ‘Barrister of the Year’, Employment specialist, Elizabeth Hodgetts along with Business &...

St Philips Chambers reception
Employment
01/02/2019

Russell Bradley joins St Philips as a Door Tenant

The Employment Group is delighted to announce the arrival of Russell Bradley as a Door Tenant. Russell was admitted as an advocate on 1st June 2012. Prior to that, he was in private practice as a solicitor for over 20 years. In the latter 10 years,...

Peter Haynes
General News
28/01/2019

Peter Haynes QC acts for Greek Cypriots in claim against British Government

Renowned International lawyer, Peter Haynes QC successfully acted for a group of thirty-three Cypriots who claimed they were tortured by British forces during armed uprising in the late 1950’s. The group, who are now in the 80’s, were awarded...

James Morgan QC
Business & Property
24/01/2019

James Morgan QC successful in Northampton Town FC ‘missing millions’ case

Head of St Philips Business & Property Group, James Morgan QC, who was instructed by Osborne Clarke LLP, successfully acts for Northampton Borough Council in obtaining a £2.3m judgment against Anthony and David Cardoza arising out of their...

Iqbal Mohammed
General News
14/01/2019

Iqbal Mohammed appointed as a governor of the Birmingham Metropolitan College

St Philips Chambers is delighted to announce that Iqbal Mohammed, a member of our Business & Property Group, has been appointed to serve a 3-year term as a governor of the Birmingham Metropolitan College corporation; Birmingham’s largest...

St Philips Christmas
General News
18/12/2018

St Philips Christmas Opening Hours

With Christmas fast approaching, here are the office opening times over the festive period: Monday 24th December: Closed Tuesday 25th December: Closed Wednesday 26th December: Closed Thursday 27th December: 9:30am – 4:00pm Friday 28th December:...