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Bethany Armitage
Family
16/04/2020

Pupillage Diary – Bethany Armitage

  Bethany Armitage, Pupil Barrister First six pupil The phrase ‘time flies when you are having fun’ doesn’t even begin to cover the speed in which my first six has gone. As I begin my second six it seems as though it was only yesterday...

St Philips Chambers reception
Business & Property
15/04/2020

Fixed Fee Video Conferences for New Business & Property Enquires

I hope everyone had an enjoyable Easter and bank holiday weekend. We at St Philips appreciate the difficulties that clients may have with their finances at the moment, whilst still wishing to investigate whether to proceed with a legal matter.  It...

What to expect at a video mediation
Business & Property
15/04/2020

Video: What to Expect at a Video Mediation

In the above free video, St Philips mediators Andrew Charman, Anthony Verduyn, Robert Mundy, Sophie Garner and Naomi Candlin explain how a video mediation works.

Gemma Bowes
Family
14/04/2020

Vaccination of Children in Care

T (A child)[2020] EWHC 220 (Fam) https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2020/220.html In the coming weeks and months, we are likely to be hearing more and more about a vaccine against coronavirus, and possible pressure and expectations to relax the...

Matt Cullen
Crime
14/04/2020

Criminal Behaviour Orders

by Matthew Cullen, Criminal Barrister INTRODUCTION: Criminal Behaviour Orders (“CBOs”) replaced Antisocial Behaviour Orders and are issued under the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (“the Act”). In the recent case...

St Philips Chambers reception
Employment
14/04/2020

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

by Sarah George, Barrister The High Court has ruled on aspects of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (or CJRS) and its interaction with insolvency law in a ruling handed down on 13 April 2020.  For reasons of speed, proceedings In...

St Philips Chambers reception
General News
10/04/2020

Easter wishes in these troubled times

Despite the sun shining and many of us in our gardens enjoying one of those rare warm Bank Holidays, all of us will be only too aware that this is an Easter unlike any other we have ever encountered. The whole world of commerce has been rocked by the...

St Philips Chambers reception
Business & Property
09/04/2020

Business & Property Juniors: Breakfast Club Webinars

While we are all getting used to what we hope will be a short-lived new way of working, our Business & Property Juniors will be running a series of live webinars in the coming weeks. The aim of these talks is to provide up to date information and...