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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...
Petar Starcevic
Personal Injury
24/03/2017

The Discount Rate and Part 36 Offers – Petar Starcevic

We all know that the change in the discount rate from 2.5% to -0.75%  the value of future losses in PI claims have gone through the roof. All solicitors should have reviewed their cases and in particular cases where they have made part 36...
Ed Peperall
General News
21/03/2017

BLS Barrister of the Year 2017 – Ed Pepperall QC

We are delighted to announce that Ed Pepperall QC has been named as Birmingham Law Society’s “Barrister of the Year” at the BLS 2017 Legal Awards. Ed received his award from journalist and author John Sergeant at the ceremony on 9th March...
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