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Silver Circle Pro Bono Patron
General News
10/12/2024

Advocate Silver Circle Pro Bono Patron

We are proud to announce that Chambers has become an Advocate Silver Circle Pro Bono Patron. Through the Pro Bono Patron scheme, Chambers will further support Advocate’s ability to carry out pro bono work and enable cases in all tribunals and...
Peter Haynes KC
Crime
09/12/2024

Peter Haynes KC visits President of Uganda in his role as Joseph Kony’s lead counsel

Peter Haynes KC recently paid a visit to the Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and Chief Justice, Hon. Justice Alfonse Chigamoy Owiny-Dollo, in his role as lead counsel to Joseph Kony. Alongside Legal Assistant Professor Yvonne McDermott Rees and...
Ryan Hodgins
Regulatory
06/12/2024

Ryan Hodgins represents Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Trust in 5-day Article 2 jury inquest

Ryan Hodgins appeared at the inquest touching the death of a MHT service user, before Birmingham Coroners Court. The five-day Article 2 inquest was heard before HM Area Coroner Emma Brown, in the presence of a jury. The jury did not identify any...
Rebecca Wade KC
Crime
28/11/2024

West Mercia Police praise Rebecca Wade KC in rape case that was “exceptionally well prosecuted”

Rebecca Wade KC prosecuted Royston Gill who was found guilty of multiple non-recent sexual offences committed against more than one child in Worcester between September 1996 and February 2002. The defendant pleaded not guilty but in what West Mercia...
Katie Stephens
Family
28/11/2024

“The Public Law Working Group’s proposal for ‘a sea change’ to post-adoption contact”- Katie Stephens

Pupil barrister Katie Stephens has had an article “The Public Law Working Group’s proposal for a ‘sea change’ to post adoption contact” published by Family Law Week. Katie’s article sets out the working group’s proposals for changes to...
Rebecca Wade KC & Marcis Harry
Crime
27/11/2024

Rebecca Wade KC, leading Marcus Harry, prosecutes two teenagers for the killing of 17 year old

Rebecca Wade KC, leading Marcus Harry, successfully prosecuted two teenagers for the killing of a fellow teenager in a park in Wolverhampton. The deceased was found with fatal stab wounds at West Park in March of this year. Following a trial at...
David Nuttall
Business & Property
26/11/2024

Historic Neglect in Service Charge Disputes: Lessons from the Four Courts case

Anyone regularly acting in service charge disputes will have come across the concept of “historic neglect”.  At one end of the spectrum, service charge demands will be met with a response of “why should I pay when the access door hasn’t...
Katie Stephens
Family
26/11/2024

Katie Stephens worked as Research Assistant for recently released “Wards of Court and the Inherent Jurisdiction” book

Following the recent publication of Harcourt Chambers barrister Rob George’s “Ward of Court and the Inherent Jurisdiction” we would like to congratulate our pupil barrister Katie Stephens for the excellent and diligent work she undertook as a...
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