Six new tenants for SJB
We are delighted to announce that six new barristers are joining Chambers on successful completion of their pupillage.
Lead Criminal Clerk
Criminal Clerk
Junior Criminal Clerk
Junior Criminal Clerk
Junior Criminal Clerk
Emmanuel has a multi-disciplinary practice, with a focus on professional discipline, regulatory law, inquests and criminal law.
Emmanuel acts for registrants and regulators in proceedings before any professional regulator. He has a particular interest in regulatory proceedings concerning healthcare professionals.
Emmanuel regularly appears in matters brought before the Nursing & Midwifery Council. He has acted for registrants and the NMC in Interim Order Reviews and Substantive Order Reviews. His experience includes acting in cases where registrants faced charges of concerning sexual allegations, dishonesty, lack of competence and gross misconduct.
In addition to NMC proceedings, Emmanuel welcomes instructions in cases before a wide range of other healthcare regulators (GMC, GDC, HCPC and Social Work England).
His experience in NMC proceedings makes him well placed to act for healthcare professionals where they are facing parallel criminal proceedings or are an interested party in an inquest. In criminal proceedings, he recently appeared in a case where a carer had been charged by the CPS with ill-treatment/wilful neglect of patient without capacity under section 44 of Mental Capacity Act 2005. The patient had dementia and the carer was alleged to have assaulted the patient whilst under their care in the care home.
Emmanuel accepts instructs to represent clients in CQC and OFSTED registration appeals. During his pupillage, Emmanuel completed training delivered by experienced practitioners on advising and conducting registration appeals against OFSTED and CQC decisions.
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Emmanuel accepts instructions across a broad spectrum of regulatory work, including:
Emmanuel provides advice and representation to individuals, companies and regulatory bodies. He has experience representing clients in the County Court, Magistrates’ Court, Crown Court, Coroners’ Court and before tribunals.
Emmanuel routinely represents individuals and companies before the criminal courts in health and safety related prosecutions. He has recently acted in matters concerning food hygiene safety, supplying unsafe products and animal protection. Emmanuel welcomes instructions to act for local authorities and regulatory bodies in such matters.
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Civil Orders
Emmanuel is regularly instructed in his criminal practice to apply for and resist civil protective orders. He has experience in dealing with Criminal Behaviour Orders, Football Banning Orders, Domestic Violence Protection Orders and Cash Forfeiture Orders.
In his professional discipline practice, Emmanuel routinely successfully applies on behalf of the NMC for interim orders to suspend or restrict a registrant’s practise. The grounds advanced often relate to public protection and the public interest.
Emmanuel has a particular interest in representing the police and local authorities in applying for protective orders before the criminal, civil and family courts. He is able to assist the police and disciplinary regulators in obtaining Third Party Disclosure Orders in the Family Court. He is also able to apply for public interest immunity on behalf of the police following a court order for disclosure of documents.
Public/Administrative
Emmanuel accepts instructions to act for the Government Legal Department through the Attorney General’s ‘Junior Junior’ scheme.
Emmanuel acts for families and interested persons at pre inquest reviews and inquest hearings. He has acted in a pre-inquest review where Article 2 was engaged and the inquest was to include a jury.
Emmanuel accepts instructions to act pro bono for families.
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Emmanuel prosecutes and defends across the full spectrum of criminal offences in the Crown Court, Magistrates’ Court and Youth Court.
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Sport
Emmanuel accepts instructions to provide advice and representation in sports disciplinary and regulatory cases. His experience in criminal law and professional discipline enables him to act in the full spectrum of disciplinary and regulatory cases arising in a sporting context.
In his professional discipline practice, Emmanuel regularly acts for individuals and regulators in disciplinary proceedings which give rise to issues concerning misconduct, safeguarding and a breach of professional standards. This experience makes Emmanuel well placed to act for athletes, sports teams and professional governing bodies in cases involving safeguarding, anti-doping, on and off-field misconduct and general breaches of sports regulation.
In criminal proceedings, Emmanuel has acted in cases arising in a football context.
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