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National crime agency award
Crime
05/07/2017

Kevin Hegarty QC and Raj Punia Receive Award from National Crime Agency

St Philips are delighted to announce that Kevin Hegarty and Raj Punia have received Commendations from the National Crime Agency in recognition of their work in securing an ‘excellent prosecution result’ on Operation Smarten, a multi-handed case...

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General News
03/07/2017

Blondel Thompson appointed a Bencher of the Middle Temple

St Philips is proud to announce that Blondel Thompson has been appointed as an Ordinary Bencher of the Middle Temple. Her Bench Call ceremony will take place on 17th October.

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General News
03/07/2017

Women in Sports Law

Blondel Thompson is now a member of WISLaw, an international non-profit association that unites women from more than 40 countries who specialise in sports law. The aim is to bring women in the sports law sector together through regular educational...

Ben Mills
Regulatory
13/06/2017

Ben Mills appears for the HSE in the Court of Appeal case of R v Tata Steel UK Ltd

Ben Mills prosecuted this case on behalf of the Health and Safety Executive. Fines of £1,315,000 and £185,000 were imposed following Tata Steel UK’s guilty pleas to two health and safety offences arising from separate incidents in which employees...

Kevin Hegarty
Crime
24/04/2017

Kevin Hegarty QC successfully prosecutes Sivan Amin

Kevin Hegarty QC was instructed to prosecute a 37 year old man charged with murdering his former housemate in Wolverhampton in a ‘savage’ knife attack motivated by ‘extreme jealousy’.   Amin was found guilty of murder after a 13 day trial...

John Vater
Family
04/04/2017

St Philips welcome John Vater QC

St Philips Family Barristers are delighted to welcome John Vater QC as a Door Tenant at St Philips Chambers. John was called to the Bar in 1995 and took Silk in 2012 and has practised from Harcourt Chambers from pupillage. With a national...

Colin Baran
Personal Injury
03/04/2017

Personal Injury Barrister of the Month: March

This month’s Barrister of the Month is Colin Baran, called in 2003. What caused you to want to specialise in Personal Injury? During my pupillage with Tom Rochford here at St Philips, I saw a lot of personal injury work.  One particularly...

Richard Atkins QC
Crime
28/03/2017

Richard Atkins QC successfully prosecutes Lauren Jeska

Richard Atkins QC represented the prosecution in the recent case of Lauren Jeska, a trans-gender athlete, who was convicted of the attempted murder of an official of UK athletics. The attack took place at the Alexander Stadium in March 2016. In what...