A message to all our clients Like you we are having to adapt at pace to the outbreak of virus Covid-19, personally and professionally. In challenging times it is vital that the public retains access to the justice system. We want to lend our support to you and your clients and are committed to continuing to provide […]
Recently published review of the court arrangements due to COVID-19 can be found here. Information on the planning and preparation for jury service can be found here.
We are grateful to our solicitors for their support during these challenging times and hope we have been able to reciprocate. To those who are returning to work – welcome back! Many of our barristers are attending an increasing number of court hearings in person as well as by remote means using the latest technology. We are committed to managing old and […]
Crispin Oliver lecturing to an international audience at the Institute of Art and Law, on 22 February, on the subject of Treasure Inquests.
Social mobility in Britain is low. The educational opportunities and life chances of a child born today are strongly linked to their parents’ socio-economic background. The Sutton Trust works to address this through programmes, research and policy influence to fight for social mobility from birth to the workplace so that every young person – no matter who […]
An article by Kate Armstrong that has been published in this month’s edition of Family Law Journal: ‘Not for sharing: passive growth, post-separation accrual, and post-separation earning capacity’ can be found at January [2020] Fam Law 107’. Details of Kate’s practice can be found here
Chambers are delighted to sponsor the Family Justice Board Conference to be held in Middlesbrough on Thursday 30 January 2020. Details on how to book your place can be found here.
We are delighted to welcome Eleanor Irons to Chambers. Eleanor was called to the bar in 2017 and completed a specialist family pupillage at Zenith Chambers. She joins us after moving back to the North East. Head of Chambers John Elvidge QC said, “Eleanor is a very promising young practitioner and we are pleased that she has […]
Two distressed 12-year-olds desperately gave CPR to a young woman as she lay dying following a drink and drugs binge. Hollie Jade Maguire, 24, was staying at friend’s home following a night out in Halifax town centre on June 21 last year. Medics found two distressed, 12-year-old girls administering CPR to Hollie. She […]
All members of Chambers join in congratulating Graeme Cook upon his forthcoming full time judicial appointment as Deemster at the Isle of Man Courts of Justice where he will have particular responsibility for presiding over the Court of General Gaol Delivery (broadly equivalent to the Crown Court in England and Wales). Formerly a […]
