Dr Christopher McNall of 18 St John Street succeeds in £6.7m corporation tax appeal. In its decision in WilHunter UK, Judge Charles Hellier found that the payment of a contract release fee in relation to a North Sea oil rig was a payment made ‘in connection with’ oil related activities and was therefore taxable. Christopher McNall… Read more »
Mike Wilkinson has persuaded Court not to discharge the Council’s undertaking even if it was illegal (but also because it was not illegal). Acting for a residential tenant, Dr Wilkinson (instructed by Scott Amison at Dickson Solicitors) successfully resisted an application by Stoke-On-Trent City Council to discharge an undertaking they had given in connection with earlier possession… Read more »
There are many articles about becoming a Pupil Barrister detailing critical information on how to secure pupillage, which chambers are looking for pupils, how to apply and prepare for interview etc… But for those of you who want more of an insight into what Pupillage actually looks like, we asked our 18 St John Street… Read more »
18 St John Street’s Christopher McNall succeeds in upper tribunal in £1.9M stamp duty appeal. In its decision, the Upper Tribunal allowed HMRC’s appeal against the decision of the First-tier Tribunal that Mr Candy was entitled to reclaim £1.9m of stamp duty land tax in relation to Gordon House, Chelsea – one of London’s most… Read more »
18 St John Street Barrister, Serious Injury specialist Ruth Costello, writes about the expansion of e-filing in the QB division… First used in the Technology and Construction Court in 2014, the Electronic Working Pilot Scheme has slowly filtered through HMCTS. After becoming mandatory in January 2019 in the Queen’s Bench Division of the High… Read more »
18 St John Chambers Personal Injury, Clinical Negligence and Costs Department are delighted to announce that Ruth Costello, 2016 call, has joined chambers. Ruth will be practising in Serious Injury specifically as well as all areas of Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence and joins having completed her pupillage at another chambers in the North West. Head… Read more »
18 St John Street Chambers are actively inviting applications from established practitioners due to an increasing workload. 18 St John Street continues to go from strength to strength with a busy and increasing workload across chambers necessitating a recruitment drive in the following practice areas: Business & Property Personal Injury, Clinical Negligence & Costs Crime &… Read more »
18 St John Street Barrister, Family Finance Specialist Stephen Murray discusses ‘Financial Remedies: Final Hearing: No Decree NISI’. This author has had recent experience of a financial remedies case which was listed for a final hearing, in which there were experience on both sides, who were collectively seeking an adjournment of the hearing because there was no… Read more »
18 St John Street Barrister, Family Finance Specialist Stephen Murray discusses the law surrounding ‘illegally obtained evidence’. Many, if not most, financial remedy practitioners will have experience of a client who hacks into their estranged spouse’s email account or intercepts their written communications and discovers incriminating evidence of non-disclosure. Such conduct is probably a crime and also… Read more »
https://casinoreviewcanada.com 18 St John Street’s Daniel Calder prosecutes a mother-of-two who had a relationship with a 15-year-old schoolboy… The former care worker, Laura Bardsley, 26, had a four month long affair with the 15-year-old and, despite being arrested multiple times, continued to make contact with him. She even went as far as to acquire a… Read more »
May is National ‘Share a Story’ month. And while this is normally a way to encourage children to read and consume stories, we’ve decided to use this month to gather and share the stories of the women at our chambers. Our aim is to motivate female students who are thinking of studying/getting into a career… Read more »