04 Feb 2019
Richard Barraclough QC acts in brain injury case involving multi-million pound damages
Richard Barraclough QC acted for the Defendant insurers in this "exceptionally complex" brain damage case.
read more01 Feb 2019
Clean air strategy 2019—raising difficult expectations?
In an article for Lexis PSL, William Upton, considers the key features and future impact of the government’s clean air strategy 2019.
read more01 Feb 2019
Thomas Stern secures acquittals in case of London taxi driver accused of Covent Garden driving incident
The trial of a London taxi driver, James Manley, has ended with the jury returning not guilty verdicts on two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
read more30 Jan 2019
Tom Dunn secures acquittal of lorry driver accused of £1.5 million cigarette importation following 4 day trial at Maidstone Crown Court.
Tom Dunn, instructed by Oliver Kirk of Old Bailey Solicitors, has secured the acquittal of a 27 year old Northern Irish male accused of attempting to smuggle more than 5 million cigarettes into the UK.
read more28 Jan 2019
Court of Appeal reduces sentences in case where serious physical harm to a newborn was caused or allowed by parents
The Court of Appeal last week allowed the appeal of two defendants represented by Richard Barraclough QC and Tanya Robinson for the one and Danny Moore for the other, against a sentence of 8 years imprisonment.
read more25 Jan 2019
Murder Acquittal - Oliver Saxby QC Defending
Following a two-week trial at Maidstone Crown Court, a 28-year old man from Gravesend has been found not guilty by a jury of the two counts he faced.
read more22 Jan 2019
Maximising mitigation – steps a company can take to reduce penalties
In this two part series published in the Safety and Health Practitioner, Stephen Hockman QC along with other health and safety specialists, considers the actions which a duty-holder can take following a serious incident.
read more22 Jan 2019
Sentence increased for defendant in latest Operation Pallial hearing
In the latest hearing into allegations of historical abuse in the north Wales care system, a man previously convicted of serious sexual abuse and indecent assault at a care home in Wrexham, has had his sentence increased.
read more18 Jan 2019
Stuart Jessop successfully represents Wembley parking company at planning inquiry
Stuart Jessop has successfully represented Stadium Centre Management Ltd (SCM Ltd) in its appeal against two enforcement notices.
read more18 Jan 2019
Court rules that premises was not an HMO
Stuart Jessop has successfully represented a landlord in a prosecution by the London Borough of Camden under section 72 of the Housing Act 2004.
read more10 Jan 2019
William Upton to be appointed Queen’s Counsel
Chambers is delighted to announce that William Upton is to be appointed Queen’s Counsel.
read more21 Dec 2018
Robert Griffiths QC appointed as adviser on Commonwealth Investment and Dispute Resolution by the Commonwealth Secretariat
Robert Griffiths QC has been appointed as high level adviser on Commonwealth Investment and Dispute Resolution to the Commonwealth Office of Civil and Criminal Justice Reform.
read more19 Dec 2018
Verdicts in Grooming Trial
The trial of Mohammed Karrar, Bassam Karrar and Anjum Dogar concluded yesterday with all three defendants being convicted on all counts.
read more17 Dec 2018
International law and governance of the Polar Regions
Jill Barrett is in Japan participating in an international symposium on International Law for Sustainability in Arctic Resource Development: Integrating Economic, Social, Environmental and Scientific Dimensions.
read more04 Dec 2018
Megan Thomas nominated as Real Estate, Environment and Planning Junior of the Year
We are pleased to announce that Megan Thomas has been nominated as Real Estate, Environment and Planning Junior of the Year at the Legal 500 2019 UK Bar Awards.
read more03 Dec 2018
Anne Williams represents London Borough in a National Planning Policy test case
Anne Williams appeared on behalf of the London Borough of Islington appealing against a refusal of planning permission for a key residential development in Tollington Park.
read more03 Dec 2018
Oliver Saxby QC, Simon Taylor, Thomas Stern and Lucy Luttman judge at Bar Mock Trial Competition
On Saturday 1st December 2018, Maidstone Crown Court hosted the regional final of the Bar Mock Trial Competition 2018/19.
read more30 Nov 2018
Maidstone Borough Council challenge their Highway Authority over diversion of funds away from a bus lane to town centre
Stephen Hockman QC and Megan Thomas have obtained permission for judicial review of a highway authority which has made a decision to divert monies collected for road widening under section 106 undertakings to use for a feasibility study for a potential bypass.
read more30 Nov 2018
Oxford Grooming Trial Underway
The case of Mohammed Karrar, Bassam Karrar and Anjum Dogar began at Oxford Crown Court last week. Oliver Saxby QC is prosecuting.
read more23 Nov 2018
Robert Griffiths QC instructed by Hampstead pub landlord in challenge to Hampstead BID levy
Robert Griffiths QC has been instructed by a Hampstead pub landlord following his refusal to pay a business levy imposed by the Hampstead Business Improvement District.
read more21 Nov 2018
Planning 2020 – the Raynsford Review
The final report of the Raynsford Review of Planning in England was launched on 20 November by the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA).
read more19 Nov 2018
Stephen Hockman QC and David Hercock appear in the Divisional Court
On 16 November the Divisional Court handed down judgment in Highbury Poultry Farm Produce Limited v CPS [2018] EWHC 3122 (Admin).
read more13 Nov 2018
John O’Higgins, Nina Ellin and Daniel Stevenson – successful prosecution of a targeted attack on travellers’ site in Kent
The case involved a masked gang, armed with machetes, knives, crow-bars and cable ties, who launched an attack on dwellings in a travellers’ site in Lenham, Kent in 2016.
read more05 Nov 2018
Black cab drivers granted permission to bring a claim for judicial review of Uber licence decision
In a High Court decision, the United Cabbies Group represented by Robert Griffiths QC and Stuart Jessop were granted permission to bring a claim for judicial review of the decision to award a new licence to Uber.
read more02 Nov 2018
Six Pump Court ranked Band 1 Set and barristers ranked in twelve practice areas in 2019 Chambers UK Bar Guide
Six Pump Court Chambers is delighted to be ranked as a Band 1 Set with Set rankings in Crime, Consumer Law Environment, Health & Safety and Planning in the new 2019 Chambers UK Bar Guide.
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