Chambers is delighted to announce that Laura Briggs is to be appointed as Queen’s Counsel. Laura is a Family Law specialist based at 1GC Family Law, London, as well as being a door tenant here at 18 St John Street Chambers, Manchester. Laura was called in 2001 and was a pupil at 18, where she then practised for 10… Read more »
There are only 4 days until Christmas and we are going to continue with articles relating to the Charity work we as a Chambers have completed in a year when Charities have needed help the most due to the Pandemic. For blog number 4 we are going to cast our minds back to January, when… Read more »
At number 5 of our 12 Blogs of Christmas Countdown is an article about a charity we have continued to support for many years – Wood Street Mission. We are delighted to have been able to raise once again a significant amount of money that will help so many families in need in the Salford… Read more »
There are only a few more days to go until we reach the number 1 blog of the year, at number 7 we have the blog announcing Kane Simons as a newly appointed Deputy District Judge. Appointments to the role are made by the Lord Chancellor on the advice of the Judicial Appointments Commission, and… Read more »
As we are edging closer to Christmas our chosen blog for number 8 is an article giving a hands on insight into the life of a Pupil Barrister. Three of our then Pupils, now Tenants, Laura Broome, Olivia West, and Daniel Boal gave candid details on their experience as Pupil Barristers in their 1st and… Read more »
Number 9 on our 12 blogs of Christmas countdown is the important and thought-provoking article written by our very own barrister Olivia Edwards – Race and culture in family law. The article highlights how issues of race and culture may impact upon family law cases and will hopefully provide some guidance to lawyers as to… Read more »
Continuing the 12 blogs of Christmas countdown here at 18 St John Street Chambers, coming in at number 10 we have our Chambers and Partners rankings 2022 post. As we are approaching the deadline for legal directory submissions we wanted to take a look back and celebrate this years achievements as many of our members… Read more »
Following the recent application process, 18 St John Street Chambers are delighted to announce the promotion of 5 Criminal Barristers within the CPS Advocate Panel. Level 4 is the highest category reserved for barristers which means they are now able to prosecute the most serious offences. This promotion has been awarded to Rachel Faux. Claire… Read more »
Following on from yesterday’s post we are continuing with our festive countdown of the 12 most significant blogs of the year. We are pleased to reveal coming in at number 11 is our blog welcoming the three new tenants here at 18 St John Street Chambers. Laura Broome, Olivia West and Daniel Boal all accepted… Read more »
Here at 18 St John Street Chambers, to celebrate the festive period and see us into the new year, we have decided to look back at our 12 most significant blogs of 2021. At number 12 we have a post where we celebrated International Dog Day and raised money for The Manchester and Cheshire Dogs… Read more »
Dr Christopher McNall appeared for the landlords in the latest round of the long-running and hard-fought litigation about Maesllech Farm, near Cardiff, earmarked for development as part of the 7,000 home Plasdwr ‘Garden City’. After a 2 day trial in the High Court, HHJ Jarman QC upheld the landlords’ claim for possession and dismissed a proprietary estoppel defence… Read more »