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Lorna Badham
Regulatory
20/03/2019

Black Country Coroner finds death of Luke Thomas Harris was contributed to by neglect

Lorna Badham acted for the family at the inquest into the death of Luke Thomas Harris, a beloved son and brother and a keen fisherman who died last year at the age of 22. Mr Siddique, the Black Country Coroner, concluded that Luke died of natural...

Naomi Candlin
Business & Property
19/03/2019

Naomi Candlin appointed as a Deputy District Judge

St Philips is delighted to announce that the Lord Chief Justice has appointed Naomi Candlin as a Deputy District Judge to sit on the Midland Circuit.

Elizabeth Hodgetts & Sophie Garner Legal Awards 2019
General News
18/03/2019

Double win for St Philips at BLS Legal Awards 2019

Congratulations to Elizabeth Hodgetts for winning ‘Barrister of the Year’ and Sophie Garner for winning the Pro Bono Award at the Birmingham Law Society Legal Awards 2019. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our clients for...

HHJ Walker sworn in
General News
14/03/2019

HHJ Walker sworn in by The President of The Family Division

On Wednesday 13th March Liz Walker was officially sworn in as Her Honour Judge Walker at a ceremony at The Royal Courts of Justice before The President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane. Liz was attended upon by her immediate family as...

William Horwood
Family
13/03/2019

G (Children: Fair Hearing) [2019] EWCA Civ 126 – by William Horwood

How far is too far? And when is a finding not a finding? In G (Children: Fair Hearing) [2019] EWCA Civ 126, the Court of Appeal (Peter Jackson LJ and Moor J) considered two situations which will be very familiar to advocates conducting urgent...

Tom Rochford
General News
11/03/2019

Tom Rochford appointed as a Circuit Judge

We are proud to announce that The Queen has appointed Thomas Rochford to be a Circuit Judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable David Gauke MP and the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Right Honourable The Lord...

St Philips Chambers reception
General News
08/03/2019

Charles Blatchford at the Deepcut Inquest

Private Geoff Gray was found dead with two gunshot wounds at Deepcut Barracks in 2001. He was the third of four young soldiers to die at the barracks with such wounds between 1995 and 2002. In 2018 the original inquest was quashed and a fresh inquest...

St Philips Chambers reception
Family
19/02/2019

Two members of St Philips Family Team appointed to part-time roles in the First-Tier Tribunal

St Philips are delighted to announce that Heledd Williams and Lucie French have both been appointed to the First-Tier Tribunal where they will sit as part-time fee-paid judges once they have completed their initial training which commences next...