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09 Nov 2016

Deborah Charles appointed Circuit Judge

Chambers warmly congratulates Deborah Charles on her appointment as Circuit Judge. Deborah Charles will take up her new role on 5th December and will sit at Croydon. She will be sitting there as a Recorder from now until her new appointment formally begins in December. Chambers wishes her all...

07 Nov 2016

North Wales ex-Police Superintendent prosecuted for historical sex abuse

A former Police Superintendent, Gordon Anglesea has been convicted of four indecent assault charges against two boys which took place between 1982 and 1987, when both boys were 14 or 15. The trial held at Mold Crown Court lasted for six weeks and resulted in a conviction and sentence of 12 years in...

04 Nov 2016

Family Law Update – A Seminar

Six Pump Court presents a Family Law Update Seminar to be held in Maidstone in December to provide an overview of recent changes in family law. More details are below and a flyer for the event is available here Family Law Update – A Seminar Purpose:    This seminar will provide an...

04 Nov 2016

Jill Barrett joins Six Pump Court as an Associate Member

Six Pump Court is pleased to welcome Jill Barrett, a distinguished academic and former FCO lawyer in the field of public international law as an Associate Member. Jill Barrett is currently a Visiting Reader in the School of Law at Queen Mary University of London, where she teaches public...

03 Nov 2016

Oliver Saxby QC commences gross negligence manslaughter prosecution

The trial of Jasmine Gregory, charged with the manslaughter of her 14-month old baby daughter, began today. The Crown allege that Miss Gregory ran a bath, placed her baby in it and then left her unattended for upwards of 7-10 minutes. The trial is expected to take 2 weeks and will involve various...

02 Nov 2016

Six Pump Court is pleased to welcome Daniel Stevenson to the Crime Team

Chambers is pleased to welcome Daniel Stevenson to the Crime team at Six Pump Court. Daniel prosecutes and defends the most serious criminal offences, including sexual offences, drugs offences, fraud and offences of violence. He undertakes prosecutions for the CPS, including the Organised Crime...

02 Nov 2016

Six Pump Court ranked Band 1 in Environment and barristers ranked in eleven areas in 2017 Chambers UK Bar Guide

Six Pump Court Chambers is delighted to be ranked as a Band 1 Set in Environment Law along with further Set rankings in Crime, Health & Safety and Planning in the new 2017 Chambers UK Bar Guide . Furthermore barristers at Six Pump Court received 42 individual rankings across eleven practice...

01 Nov 2016

Science and Justice: The Family Courts

On 3rd December, Caroline Topping will speak at an event hosted by the British Academy of Forensic Sciences entitled 'Science and Justice: The Family Courts'. She will speak on the topic of Non-Accidential Injury within public family law. The event will be divided into three chaired sessions...

01 Nov 2016

Six Pump Court welcomes new Environmental Law specialist Charles Morgan

Chambers is pleased to welcome Charles Morgan to the Planning & Environmental Law team at Six Pump Court. Charles’ principal areas of practice are environmental law and commercial property law. He has a particular interest in all areas of water and water industry law which has led to...

31 Oct 2016

Court of Appeal hears first two appeals under new sentencing guideline

On 25th October, Pascal Bates appeared for the respondent (HSE) in the first two appeals heard against sentences for health and safety offending passed under the new Sentencing Council guideline. Kenneth Thelwall, a company director, had been sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment after an...

31 Oct 2016

Mark Harris wins Environment Junior of the Year at Chambers UK Bar Awards

Chambers congratulates Mark Harris on winning Environment Junior of the Year at the 2016 Chambers UK Bar Awards. The annual Chambers UK Bar Awards were presented at a ceremony in London last week and are based on the extensive research that is undertaken for the 2017 edition of Chambers UK Bar...

31 Oct 2016

Augmenting reality – avoiding criminal liability

In an article for Lexis PSL, Ian Whitehurst considers some of the potential criminal law issues surrounding the development of AR. He explains what it is and how it has been deployed through apps and technology, to track individual locations, record activity and modify versions of reality, recently...

25 Oct 2016

Murder Conviction in Wind in the Willows Trial

Michael Danaher was yesterday convicted of the murder of the rare book dealer Adrian Greenwood and sentenced to Life Imprisonment with a minimum term of 34 years. The case was prosecuted by a team led by Oliver Saxby QC. The jury in the 3-week trial had heard detailed evidence relating to the...

24 Oct 2016

Mock Public Inquiry – Friday 11th November

Six Pump Court in association with The Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment, University College London will be presenting this Mock Inquiry on Friday 11th November 2016. The session will include training in Inquiry procedure, expert evidence and advocacy skills, to include preparation of...

21 Oct 2016

The Autonomous Consumer and the Dutiful State: A Real Problem or Simply Food for Thought?

David Travers QC will be speaking at a conference entitled The Future of Food Law & Policy in Canada, in Halifax, Nova Scotia next month. David will present a paper called "The Autonomous Consumer and the Dutiful State: A Real Problem or Simply Food for Thought” in the session entitled...

18 Oct 2016

Oliver Saxby QC instructed for Crown in complex inter-generational historical sexual abuse case

Oliver Saxby QC has been instructed to prosecute the case of A and others, a multi-defendant, multi-complainant historical sex abuse trial involving an indictment alleging 44 counts of Child Cruelty, Rape and Assault spanning a 24-year period. The trial is expected to take place in the Spring of...

18 Oct 2016

National Food and Drink Manufacturing Health and Safety Conference 2016

On Tuesday 4th October, David Travers QC participated in the IOSH National Food and Drink Manufacturing Health and Safety Conference 2016. The aim of the Conference was to explore fresh ways to address the most pressing health and safety issues that affect the industry, providing sector and...

12 Oct 2016

Oliver Saxby QC Instructed in Pokemon Killing

Oliver Saxby QC has been instructed to defend John Dickson, one of two men charged with the murder of a man called Carl Gregory. His trial has been fixed for 6th March 2017. Oliver Saxby QC is instructed by Bond Joseph Solicitors. Please use the links below for news coverage of the...

12 Oct 2016

Court of Appeal Upholds £3 Million Fine

Pascal Bates appeared before the Court of Appeal on 11 October 2016 successfully to resist (on behalf of HSE) ConocoPhillips (U.K.) Limited’s attempts to appeal fines totalling £3 million for breaches of offshore regulations on its Lincolnshire Offshore Gas Gathering System. The Court of...

10 Oct 2016

'Wind in the Willows' Murder Trial Continues

The trial of Michael Danaher - charged with the murder of antiquarian book seller Adrian Greenwood - continues at Oxford Crown Court. On Friday, the jury was shown the book the defendant had taken from Adrian Greenwood’s house on Iffley Rd - a first edition of Kenneth Grahame’s 'The Wind in the...

07 Oct 2016

Litigation and Dispute Resolution Conference - 12 October

Six Pump Court and Kent Law Society present a one day Civil Litigation and Dispute Resolution Conference. The content will cover all the important developments in the principal areas of law, practice and procedure over the past 12 months. Speakers include Nicholas Baldock, Mukhtiar Singh, Ian...

05 Oct 2016

Oliver Saxby QC Opens for Crown in Oxford Rare-Bookseller Murder Trial

Oliver Saxby QC, instructed by Thames and Chiltern CPS, opened for the Crown yesterday in the trial of Michael Danaher, a 50-year old man charged with the murder of a rare book-seller called Adrian Greenwood, who lived on his own in Iffley Rd, Oxford. On 6th April 2016 Mr Danaher went to Mr...

05 Oct 2016

Enabler Provisions of the Finance Act

Six Pump Court Chambers and STEP (IOM) Limited will be hosting a seminar for practitioners entitled "Enabler Provisions of the Finance Act" today. This seminar will provide an overview of the Finance Act 2016 and the Enabler Provisions relating to tax avoidance schemes and the civil liability to...

05 Oct 2016

Planning, POCA and PFI - What You Need To Know

We are very sorry but this event has had to be cancelled. Six Pump Court Chambers and BDO (LLP) will present a Legal and Commercial Update Seminar entitled "Planning, POCA and PFI - What You Need To Know" this month in Manchester. The speakers include Ian Whitehurst, Giles Atkinson and Emmaline...

05 Oct 2016

Deliberate Concealment in Planning Enforcement Case

Anne Williams has successfully defended a client against allegations of deliberate concealment in a recent planning enforcement case. The case was brought by the London Borough of Ealing. The case has been reported in Planning Magazine (available online to subscribers). A copy of the Planning...