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Crime

Zafar Ali QC joins Chambers as a Door Tenant

St Philips Barristers is delighted to welcome criminal specialist Zafar Ali QC as a Door Tenant. Called to the bar in 1994 and attaining Silk in 2012, Zafar acts exclusively as defence counsel and his experience encompasses a full spectrum of...

Crime

Senior Criminal Clerk Appointment

St Philips is pleased to welcome Andrew Rourke to Chambers in the role of Senior Criminal Clerk. Andrew joins us after a hugely successful 6 years with St Ives Chambers. In all, Andrew has worked for over 18 years in the Criminal Justice System – 7...

Crime

Modern Slavery and NRM decisions

Below, Philip Beardwell discusses modern slavery and NRM decisions. In common with many aspects of the criminal justice system there is a significant backlog in NRM decision making at present. For those unfamiliar with the process, it is essentially...

Business & Property

Christopher Buckingham joins Business & Property Group

St Philips is delighted to announce that Christopher Buckingham (formerly of Enterprise Chambers) has joined Chambers with immediate effect. Recognised in this year’s Legal 500 as “fabulously bright: a careful strategist who is more than a match...

Personal Injury

Has the establishment of the Cervical Check Tribunal in Ireland restored loss of trust?

Barrister Sharon Hughes discusses news from Ireland relating to the Cervical Check Tribunal whose Supreme Court analysed leading English case law on negligence. Has the establishment of the Cervical Check Tribunal in Ireland restored the loss of...

General News

Applications for pupillage are now open

A pupillage at St Philips is a remarkable opportunity and we are delighted to confirm that we have opened the application process for prospective future pupils. We are seeking enthusiastic, exceptional and well-rounded individuals with good...

General News

Chambers Christmas Opening Hours

Business & Property

Video on Demand: Taking the “A” out of “ADR”, should mediation be mandatory?

On Thursday 9th December, Tony Verduyn chaired a discussion between fellow mediators Naomi Candlin and Jonathan Gale, to consider the implications of the recent paper by the Civil Justice Council on Compulsory ADR. They looked at a range of practical...