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Iqbal Mohammed
Business & Property
18/02/2020

Iqbal Mohammed Nominated for Barrister of the Year at BLS Awards

We are delighted to announce that Iqbal Mohammed has been nominated for the Birmingham Law Society Award for Barrister of the Year 2020.  This is the second successive year that Iqbal has been nominated in this category, each time as the most junior...

James Morgan QC
Business & Property
31/01/2020

James Morgan QC successfully acts for trustee in bankruptcy in alleged “mistaken payment” claim (Elston v King [2020] EWHC 55 (Ch))

In late 2014, in compromise of a potential application for an income payments order, Mr Elston entered into an income payments agreement (IPA) with his trustee in respect of uncrystallised pension rights. Subsequently, in Horton v Henry [2017] 1 WLR...

Iqbal Mohammed
General News
26/01/2020

Iqbal Mohammed promotes the Commercial Bar as a career

Iqbal Mohammed, a member of St Philips’ Commercial Group, contributed to an event organised by ComBar and Cake and Counsel titled “Is the Commercial Bar for Everyone?” held at Coventry University. Cake and Counsel was set up to focus on hosting...

Peter Haynes
Crime
23/01/2020

International Criminal Court marks opening of the Judicial Year 2020

President of the International Criminal Bar Association, Peter Haynes QC spoke at a special session to mark the opening of the judicial year, held on 23rd January at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands Read more here. View...

Julie Duane
Employment
14/01/2020

St Philips Chambers are delighted to announce that Julie Duane has joined our specialist Employment Law Team

Julie has joined St Philips from an award-winning Lancashire law firm. She is a specialist in employment law who works across the full spectrum of employment issues for both Claimants and Respondents. She has a wide array of experience in complex...

Jenny Josephs
Crime
06/01/2020

Jennifer Josephs secures only acquittal in historic child sex abuse case

In a recent trial at Birmingham Crown Court, five men faced allegations of child rape dating back to the early 2000s in Telford. Jennifer Josephs represented the only Defendant to be acquitted of all charges. To read more about the case, please...

Richard Atkins QC
General News
19/12/2019

Richard Atkins QC speaks on behalf of the Bar of England and Wales at Lady Hale’s valedictory

Chairman of the Bar, Richard Atkins QC, had the honour of speaking at Lady Hale’s valedictory on Wednesday 18th December. All remarks can be watched on the Supreme Court YouTube channel here.

Ali Tabari
Business & Property
02/12/2019

Ali Tabari successful in application to validate out-of-hours administration appointment

In a High Court decision before HHJ Cooke (Re All Star Leisure (Group) Limited [2019] EWHC 3231 (Ch)), Ali Tabari represented the applicant successfully seeking to confirm the validity of an administration appointment in the wake of recent...