18 St John Street’s Jocelyn Hughes has been successful in a case before the Court of Appeal which concerned the local authority’s “homelessness duty”, under s.193 Housing Act 1996. Housing provided under the homelessness duty must be suitable for the applicant concerned. For a property to be suitable, the applicant must be able to afford… Read more »
Gemma McGungle succeeds in fundamental dishonesty appeal heard in the High Court, Queen’s Bench Division. The case was reported in the Law Society Gazette: Convicted attacker may claim negligence – despite dishonesty | News | Law Gazette “In Cojanu v Essex Partnership University NHS Trust Mr Justice Ritchie ruled that claimant Dorinel Cojanu’s dishonesty about his crime was… Read more »
The members of 18 St John Street are delighted to announce that Rebecca Costello has joined the family department in chambers. Rebecca was called to the bar in 2013 and joins 18 St John Street having spent her early career as an Associate Lecturer in Law at Manchester Law School (MMU), the University of Salford,… Read more »
18 St John Street Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence Specialist, Elahe Youshani, provides an insightful analysis of the Court of Appeal’s recent decision in the case of Ideal Shopping Ltd & others v VISA Europe Ltd & others [2022] EWCA Civ 14. Elahe addresses the questions of: Whether unsealed amended claim forms are claim forms… Read more »
18 St John Street’s Andy Evans prosecuted and Paul Treble defended Kieran McLoughlin who was sentenced to a 23 year Extended Sentence yesterday in relation to five stabbings he committed as part of ten minute spree across Market Street, Manchester on Sunday January 12 2020. All of his victims were begging and had the appearance… Read more »
Alex Walker instructed by Beverley Jones and Ruth Kearns Liverpool JMW Family team for the intervener in Care Proceedings sees no findings made against his client following an investigation found to be “seriously flawed”. The allegations were that the intervener had strangled an 8 year old. The case turned on allegations made and repeated to the police… Read more »
18 St John Street is proud to announce that Victoria Roberts has recently authored a chapter on Human Rights in Tolley’s Insolvency Law Service – the essential guide to insolvency law in England and Wales. Tolley’s Insolvency Law service – published by LexisNexis – is a practical guide to corporate and personal insolvency. It provides… Read more »
We are pleased to announce that Fiona Holloran is speaking at an upcoming Child Concern Seminar which takes place on Thursday 27th January 2022 at 17.30pm. The seminar is on the topic of Confidence and Confidentiality in the Family system – Transparency and the new Guidelines. It takes place online via Zoom (1.5 CPD hours)… Read more »
18 St John Street Chamber’s Neil Ronan successfully prosecuted a defendant who stalked, head butted and robbed a man of his casino winnings in Manchester City Centre in May last year. Jama followed the victim out of the casino and tried to trip him up, he then strong armed him for a period of around… Read more »
In our latest blog post, current 18 St John Street Family Team pupil Zara Nawaz analyses a recent High Court decision to grant an appeal against a judgment in private law proceedings. M (A Child) [2021] EWHC 3225 (Fam) Mrs Justice Judd DBE 1st December 2021 Mrs Justice Judd, sitting in the Family Division of… Read more »
Proprietary estoppel fails as defence to claim for possession of farm: Further to our news blog on the 3rd December 2021, we are pleased to report that LexisNexis have published a case analysis of (Earl of Plymouth v Rees), written by Dr Christopher McNall. You can find a copy of the analysis – which was… Read more »