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Employment
27/03/2020

Video mediation services

Mediation often leads to a swift and cost-effective resolution of disputes. With many hearings being adjourned off, causing lengthy delays for clients, this may be a  good time for both employees and employers to consider taking advantage of this...

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Business & Property
27/03/2020

Business and Property Group News Virtual Hearings: Top 10 Practical Tips

By James Morgan QC & Natalie Kearney The extraordinary times we are currently going through is reflected by the introduction of remote hearings in civil cases. If such a change were to have been introduced in normal times it would have been a...

St Philips Chambers reception
General News
26/03/2020

Telephone numbers for the managers

Whilst our building is closed, we are still open for business. Below are the mobile numbers for our director and managers if you would like to get in touch: Joe Wilson – Chambers Director – 07894 386358 Justin Luckman – Senior Clerk, Business...

Sophie Garner
Employment
25/03/2020

Dealing with lengthy Delays to Hearings

The large number of Employment Tribunals that are being adjourned at the moment due to the unprecedented working conditions we’ve all been placed under is adding to the stress of the extraordinary situation we are living through. We are acutely...

Leisha Bond
Family
25/03/2020

Is Covid-19 a Barder Event?

By Leisha Bond, Specialist Family Barrister Most involved in the legal world will know of the tragic 1988 Barder v Barder case. Now, in an uncertain world since the coronavirus, we ask if this infamous case is applicable to the new climate and is the...

St Philips Chambers reception
General News
24/03/2020

COVID-19 Continuity planning at St Philips Chambers – An Important Update

We would like to update you on important matters in relation to our service. 55 Temple Row: Further to the Prime Minister’s address to the nation on 23rd March in response to the current international health crisis, we have taken the...

Employment
23/03/2020

Attorney General Regional Panel Appointments

St Philips Chambers is delighted to announce that both Sophie Garner and Patrick Keith have been appointed to the Attorney General’s Regional Panel. Sophie, who specialises in Employment Law, has been appointed to the Regional A panel. Meanwhile,...

Julie Duane
Employment
20/03/2020

St Philips Chambers: helping the nation’s businesses to pull through and prosper

By Julie Duane, Specialist Employment Barrister COVID-19 Covered Businesses and employers around the UK are finding themselves in testing and uncertain times. St Philips Chambers Employment Group are ahead of the curve and have been advising on...