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Colin Baran
Personal Injury
23/07/2021

Remote Access Trials – The Witness Perspective

I attended a small claims track road traffic accident hearing a couple of months ago.  The hearing took place remotely via MS Teams. I found however that I was surprisingly nervous when waiting to connect.  The reason was that I was a third...

St Philips reception
Business & Property
23/07/2021

deBriefed News from the Business and Property Group

So far, 2021 has proved a busy year for barristers in the Business and Property Group, with remote and in-person hearings in full swing as the country re-opens. The Group has also continued to develop its YouTube channel with a further 10 seminars...

Jonathan Barker
Crime
14/07/2021

Jonathan Barker Prosecutes Pharmacists for illegal Supply of Prescription Medicines

Jonathan Barker was instructed by the CPS Specialist Fraud Division (on behalf of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency) to prosecute Pharmacists, Dean Dookhan and Narvinder Nandra. Using their pharmacies as cover, both men were...

St Philips reception
Personal Injury
13/07/2021

St Philips Personal Injury team in collaboration with Birmingham Medical Institute online training via zoom

Friday 16 July 2021 Time:- 2.00 PM “MOCK TRIAL ON AN ASSAULT IN A MENTAL HEALTH ENVIRONMENT” REGISTRATIONS CLOSED

Francis Mortin
Employment
05/07/2021

St Philips Employment group are delighted to announce, that Francis Mortin has joined chambers

St Philips Employment group are delighted to announce, that Francis Mortin has joined chambers as a full tenant after successfully completing his Third Six Pupillage. Francis is a specialist within employment law who works across the full spectrum of...

Barrister wig
Family
14/06/2021

Pupillage News

Due to the success of the specialist Family Pupillage programme over the past three years, we are delighted to announce that three new specialist Family pupils are starting with us in October. We would like to welcome the three new specialist Family...

St Philips reception
Employment
11/06/2021

COVID Employment Issues (and how to resolve them)

Join Anthony Johnston and Francis Mortin of St Philips Chambers in conjunction with Leeds Law Society for a discussion on: COVID Employment Issues (and how to resolve them) As more employees begin to return to the workplace, so the range of...

St Philips Chambers Atrium
Personal Injury
04/06/2021

Individuals and the court process: Proposed changes to CPR 45 in light of recent amendments to the overriding objective

A specialist personal injury barrister discusses proposed amendments to CPR 45, in the context of the recent update pertaining to vulnerable witnesses.  Such changes not only take greater account of individual differences, but also put to bed long...