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Barry Harwood-Ferreira
Employment
08/04/2019

The Employment Group is delighted to announce the arrival of Barry Harwood-Ferreira as a door tenant

Barry is a senior Employment law Barrister, and pupil supervisor. He specialises in all aspects of Employment law and has done so for over 20 years. Barry has appeared in the Legal 500 for the last 4 consecutive years,commended for his employment law...

St Philips Chambers reception
Regulatory
02/04/2019

Regulatory List Appointments

The St Philips Regulatory Group are delighted to announce that several of their members have been appointed to the Panel of Specialist Regulatory Advocates and are now eligible to prosecute on behalf of a number of regulatory bodies including the...

St Philips Chambers reception
Family
01/04/2019

St Philips welcome Karl Rowley QC

St Philips Family Barristers are delighted to welcome Karl Rowley QC as a Door Tenant at St Philips Chambers. Karl was called to the Bar in 1994 and took Silk in 2013 and is also a Recorder with Family, Criminal and Civil tickets. He practices...

Nick Brown
Family
28/03/2019

FGM – First Conviction & New Legislation

This month has seen two key developments for any practitioner following the ever developing field of work against FGM. On 8th March, the first person ever to be convicted for an FGM related offence in the UK was sentenced to a term of 11 years’...

five new tenants
General News
28/03/2019

St Philips Chambers Pupils commence practice on Monday 1st April

Left to right: Sandamini, Natalie, Matthew, Anna and Olivia. We are pleased to inform you that our pupils will commence practicing from Monday 1st April. All five of our pupils have undergone extensive training in their chosen disciplines since...

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...