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Gemma Maxwell represented Lee Simon Peter Connell at the Court of Appeal and successfully argued that his previous six-month jail term be replaced with...

Specialist Property and Estates barrister Elis Gomer has written an article about costs in probate and estates disputes, following the recent Inheritance Act case of Williams v...

St John’s Buildings have sponsored a major international exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery. Chambers have been a patron of the gallery for many years...

Mark Senior has been appointed to the national committee of the Association of Lawyers for Children, which promotes access to justice for children and...

We are delighted to announce that Simon Murray has been named “Lawyer of the Year” in the Made in Manchester Awards. Organised by Future...

St John’s Buildings have adopted Headway as their Chambers’ charity for 2016. Headway is the UK-wide charity that works to improve life after brain...

We are currently experiencing problems with the telephone lines in our Sheffield chambers. An engineer is investigating, but in the meantime please contact Sheffield by email...

Megan Rhys prosecuted a man who was found guilty of the non-recent rape and sexual assault of three schoolgirls who were aged between nine...

Warmest congratulations to Zia Chaudhry MBE who has been shortlisted in the British Muslim Awards. The awards aim to recognise the role of Britain’s Muslim...

Andrew Lawson has written a case report from Hussain & Others v Khan, discussing the fixed recoverable costs regime and the issue of whether...

A court has ruled that lightning strikes are not one of the “extraordinary circumstances” that excuse airlines from paying flight delay compensation. Current regulations...

Chris Moss prosecuted a landlord who was found to be housing 107 Romanian migrants in extremely dirty and cramped conditions with risk of fire and...