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Graham Howard
Business & Property
13/07/2016

Graham Howard joins St Philips Chambers

St Philips is delighted to announce the arrival of Graham Howard who offers a powerful combination of experience to instructing solicitors in his core fields of commercial litigation including international arbitrations, commercial transactional...

Simon Ward
General News
27/06/2016

Simon Ward appointed as a Circuit Judge

St Philips Chambers is honoured to announce that Simon Ward has been appointed as a Circuit Judge. Simon will take the customary Oath of Allegiance and the Judicial Oath at a swearing in ceremony before the Lord Chief Justice on Monday 4th July 2016...

St Philips Chambers reception
Family
14/06/2016

Double Scoop for St Philips Family Law Group

St Philips Family Law Practice Group is delighted to announce the arrival of two new members to its team. Christopher Rank has recently joined from Cornwall Street Chambers and practices in both Financial Remedy work as well as children work in both...

Simon Davis
Crime
05/05/2016

Simon Davis Successfully Prosecutes PC Charged With IS Kidnap Plot

Simon Davis has successfully prosecuted Amar Hussain, the PC that placed a hoax 999 call claiming that a radical Muslim with links to Islamic State would kidnap a police officer on December 8th 2014. West Midlands Police had to put...

ER Mason Youth Charity fundraising
General News
02/05/2016

St Philips raises £2500 for ER Mason Youth Charity

On Sunday, 1 May 2016 Zaheer Afzal, a Barrister from St Philips Chambers Runners (SPCR), handed over a large cheque to Claire Hughes, Senior Youth Worker at ER Mason Youth Centre. The cheque reflected the culmination of 2 months of fundraising &...

Jonathan Gidney
Employment
25/04/2016

Holiday Pay by Jonathan Gidney

Voluntary overtime, standby and call out payments to be included in the calculation of holiday pay for the 1st 20 days of annual leave In White & Others v Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council [2016] 1300537/2015 the Midlands West...

Paul Wilson
Employment
19/04/2016

Paul Wilson Joins St Philips Chambers

St Philips Chambers give a warm welcome to Paul Wilson, former Head of Employment at Broadway House Chambers, who joins our Employment Team based out of our Park Square office in Leeds. Legal 500 2015 – “He has a good manner with clients, who...

Lee Marklew QC
Crime
22/03/2016

Lee Marklew admitted to the International Criminal Court List of Counsel, The Hague, The Netherlands

St Philips is proud to announce that Lee Marklew has been appointed to the International Criminal Court List of Counsel in The Hague. Lee has over 20 years experience in high profile cases, including murder, organised crime, serious sexual offences...