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Huw Davies Successfully represents Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) at Preliminary Hearing
Huw Davies successfully represented the charity, Voluntary Services Overseas, in a preliminary hearing on the issue of jurisdiction. A former employee, working abroad in Bangladesh, had brought various claims in the London South Employment Tribunal. Following a two-day hearing, despite the employee being an English national and his contract being governed by English law, the […]
read morePatrick Harrington QC obtains Judgement and a Costs order for Alex Reid against Katie Price.
Patrick Harrington QC of Farrar’s Building, who led Philip Williams of 33, Bedford Row, was successful in obtaining judgement and a costs order in favour of Alex Reid in his claim against his former wife Katie Price for the Misuse of Private information, Breach of Confidence, Breach of Contract and Breach of Data Protection, notwithstanding her bankruptcy having been granted some 24 hours […]
read moreMatthew Kerruish-Jones defeats claim for commercial rent arrears of £227,000
On 17th October Matthew Kerruish-Jones successfully defended a claim brought by W Wing Yip & Brothers Property and Investment Limited, the landlord of the Wing Yip Business Centre in Croydon, who sought over £227,000 from the defendant who was one of their tenants and a guarantor on a number of their properties. The lion’s share […]
read moreHoward Cohen wins 2 day Multi-track trial in Norwich
Howard Cohen won a 2 day liability-only multi-track trial in Norwich County Court for the Defendant last week arising out of a rather unusual road traffic accident. The Claimant, a pedestrian, was intoxicated and emotional and had spent about an hour walking along (and in the middle of) the A47 dual carriageway in Peterborough. When […]
read moreGEOFFREY WILLIAMS QC DEFEATS MULTIPLE ALLEGATIONS OF DISHONESTY IN THE SOLICITORS DISCIPLINARY TRIBUNAL
In his most recent four consecutive cases at the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal in which allegations of dishonesty have been made against Geoff’s clients, all 15 individual such allegations have been dismissed. Whilst success of this nature is always pleasing to report this scenario raises issues of interest and concern. It is clear that the Tribunal […]
read morePeter Savory joins Chambers
We are very pleased to welcome Peter Savory as our newest member of chambers. Peter successfully completed his pupillage with us this year and has had experience of Chambers’ core practice areas including personal injury, clinical negligence and employment. Peter has also experienced credit hire matters, fast track trials, cases involving fundamental dishonesty, procedural applications, […]
read moreAidan O’Brien interviewed for BBC Radio 4 Documentary: “Harassed students ‘re-victimised’ by universities”
Aidan O’Brien recently took part in a BBC Radio 4 Documentary, entitled “Harassed students ‘re-victimised’ by universities”. Aidan has significant experience of representing students at disciplinary panels, involving allegations ranging from plagiarism to sexual misconduct. The BBC asked Aidan to provide some insights into the deficiencies in the university disciplinary processes, given that they are […]
read moreMatthew Kerruish-Jones successfully defends prosecution brought under the Environmental Protection Act 1990
Matthew Kerruish-Jones was instructed to defend Lukasz Mika who was prosecuted by Dover District Council under s.34(1) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990. The case concerned allegations of “fly-tipping” where items linked to Mr Mika’s property were found disposed of on different sites in Kent. He was accused of breaching his duty of care in […]
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