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30 Apr 2015

Six Pump Court awarded top Consumer Law set and David Travers QC awarded top barrister

Six Pump Court Chambers has been named top Consumer Law set of the Year and David Travers QC, top Consumer Law barrister of the Year in the 2015 Finance Monthly Legal Awards. To view the full list of the Awards click here To view the work of our Consumer Law Team click here To view the

29 Apr 2015

Food Standards Agency: Food Safety Witness Training Seminar

Mark Watson and Stuart Jessop attended the Food Standard Agency’s Witness Familiarisation Programme on 25th March. As part of the Programme, they trained staff from the FSA, including veterinarian surgeons and expert witnesses, on the process of giving specialist evidence in Food Safety

28 Apr 2015

Six Pump Court Team in Legal Walk 2015

Six Pump Court will be joining the thousands of other walkers on Monday May 18th as part of the London Legal Walk. Our Team of walkers includes Grant Armstrong, Megan Thomas, Emmaline Lambert, Craig Evans, Nicholas Ostrowski, John Dowlman, Micky Singh, Richard Constable, Ryan Barrow and Bridget

27 Apr 2015

Ian Whitehust secures acquittal in conspiracy to convert criminal property case

Ian Whitehurst has secured the acquittal of a defendant after a 8 week trial at Burnley Crown Court. The defendant faced allegations of being involved in a conspiracy to convert criminal property relating to the sale of stolen plant machinery valued at £400,000. The prosecution case was that

27 Apr 2015

Tower Hamlets mayor Luftar Rahman found guilty of illegal and corrupt election practices by Election Court

Richard Mawrey, Election Commissioner, has upheld allegations of corrupt and illegal practices made by four voters against the Tower Hamlets mayor Mr Rahman and councillor Mr Choudhury. The election has been declared void. The offences included voting fraud (double cast votes and votes from

23 Apr 2015

Eleanor Laws QC to speak at CPS Sexual Offences Training Seminar

Eleanor Laws QC will be speaking at the CPS South East Circuit Accredited Rape and Sexual Offences Training seminar on 30th May. The training session will take place between 10am and 4pm at the Bar Council’s offices in London and will qualify for 5 CPD points. Other speakers include HH

23 Apr 2015

Oliver Saxby QC and Peter Alcock secure attempted murder acquittal

A jury today acquitted Jordan Barringer of the offence of attempted murder after a 9-day trial. Barringer, a young man with serious learning difficulties who had the assistance of an intermediary at trial, was accused of trying to kill a pizza delivery driver who he had stabbed 6 times, 3 times to

22 Apr 2015

Eleanor Laws QC and Catherine Donnelly prosecute alleged paedophile ring in latest Operation Pallial case

Eleanor Laws QC and Catherine Donnelly have opened the prosecution this week in the latest of the cases to be brought as part of the Operation Pallial investigation. Operation Pallial is the largest investigation into historic abuse in the UK. It was set up following allegations of historical child

21 Apr 2015

Nicholas Baldock represents a Costs Lawyer before the Costs Lawyers Standards Board

Nicholas Baldock has represented a Costs Lawyer before the Costs Lawyers Standards Board. The Costs Lawyer faced numerous complaints from a previous employer. The Costs Lawyers Standards Board does not sit often and its rules and procedures raised numerous issues that had to be addressed.

20 Apr 2015

Stephen Hockman QC to speak at UN Earth Day celebrations

Stephen Hockman QC will be speaking at the UN Earth Day celebrations on 24th April on the need for an International Court for the Environment. Stephen Hockman QC is currently the Honorary President of United Nations Association (London & South East region). He is also Chairman of the

17 Apr 2015

David Travers QC to address Lawyers in Local Government Weekend School

David Travers QC will address the Annual Dinner of the Local Government Group and Lawyers in Local Government  in the Great Hall of Devonshire House, Exeter as part of the LGG Weekend School. The LGG Weekend School takes place each year and is a training and social event for local government

13 Apr 2015

Members of Planning Team ranked in Planning Law Survey

Members of Six Pump Court's Planning Team have been ranked highly in the annual Planning Law Survey for 2015. William Upton, Mark Beard and Anne Williams featured in the Top Junior Barrister category. To access the 2015 Planning Law Survey please click here (registration required) To find

01 Apr 2015

Acquittal in Rape Case

Oliver Saxby QC today secured the acquittal of a 21 year old university student of previous good character who had been standing trial on an allegation of rape. The complainant was a fellow student and the incident giving rise to the allegation had taken place on campus, in university

01 Apr 2015

Simon Wickens appointed HM Area Coroner for Surrey

We are very proud to announce that Simon Wickens has been appointed H. M. Area Coroner for the Surrey Coroner Area. Simon had been regularly sitting in a part-time capacity as an assistant coroner but now takes up a full-time role and as such, departs Chambers at the beginning of April. His