18 St John Street Chambers’ Business & Property Department was delighted to welcome clients and colleagues to celebrate Dr Mike Wilkinson’s launch of his new book – ‘The Limits of Separate Legal Personality: When Those Running a Company Can Be Held Personally Liable for Losses Caused to Third Parties Outside of the Company’, which is… Read more »
18 St John Street Family Law Specialist Olivia Edwards recently had her article on forensic substance testing and how the courts should treat results published by The Family Law Journal. The article examines the basic principles of forensic substance testing in the Family Courts and considers: What is forensic drug testing? The types of testing that… Read more »
The members of 18 St John Street are delighted to announce that James Miller has joined the Personal Injury, Clinical Negligence and Costs Law department in chambers. James was called to the Bar in 2017 following a successful career as a costs lawyer and solicitor and joins chambers from Clerksroom to focus on his Costs &… Read more »
The latest in our series of Business & Property Department Breakfast Seminars takes place on Tuesday 5th July 2022. Victoria Roberts will be presenting a seminar on the topic of Car Finance Mis-selling: How to Separate Good Claims from Bad Ones. This short seminar will deal with how to process a PCP claim from start to finish following… Read more »
18 St John Street’s Criminal Department are writing a series of Blogs detailing the new changes in legislation proposed in Police, Sentencing and Court Acts 2022. The government has proposed a long-awaited addition to the suite of serious driving offences available to prosecutors, and increased sentences in the most serious cases. Criminal Specialist Andy Evans… Read more »
Victoria Roberts spoke at the Sole Practitioners Group Conference on Friday 24th June, on the topic of ‘Secret Commission Claims’. The conference was hosted by the President of The Law Society, Stephanie Boyce and Joanna Connolly of Joanna Connolly Solicitors. To find out more about the Sole Practitioners Group please visit their website – https://spg.uk.com…. Read more »
Toby Sasse, instructed by Rob Gray of Keoghs on behalf of Hastings Direct in the case of Woodger v Hallas, comments on some significant points raised in the successful appeal on Fundamental Dishonesty: Woodger v Hallas [2022] EWHC 1561 (QB), Mr Justice Julian Knowles, 20 June 2022 This appeal decision addressed some new points of… Read more »
18 St John Street Chambers joins leading law firms Herbert Smith Freehills, Eversheds Sutherland and DLA Piper, as well as Chambers such as Fountain Court and Brick Court, in supporting Urban Lawyers. 18 St John Street Chambers is delighted to announce a new sponsorship agreement with Urban Lawyers. Urban Lawyers is a charity founded by… Read more »
After a memorable night at the Manchester Legal Awards, organised and hosted by the Manchester Law Society, 18 St John Street Chambers is delighted to announce that Dr Christopher McNall won the “Barrister/QC of the Year Award.” This is the first time a member of chambers has secured the accolade. The award is even more… Read more »
Michael Brady QC, leading Rachel Faux, prosecuted Laura Castle who was convicted of the murder of the child she was seeking to adopt. The defendant was today sentenced to life imprisonment by Mr Justice Jeremy Baker. Laura Castle was found guilty at Preston Crown Court last week of killing 13-month-old Leiland-James Corkill less than five months after… Read more »
Victoria Roberts (18 St John Street Chambers) achieves successful judgment before His Honour Judge Khan in pivotal PCP Finance pre-action disclosure case. The landmark judgment maps out consumers clear route to obtaining documents at a pre-action stage from finance companies. Victoria was instructed on behalf of four claimants by AMS Solicitors and Next Gen Solicitors… Read more »