Lady Hale, the first woman to head the UK Supreme Court, honoured the trailblazing lawyer Helena Normanton KC by unveiling a blue plaque at her former London home on 20th October 2021. These two extraordinary woman highlighted 18 St John Street Chamber’s own recent achievement of becoming a female majority chambers. We are very proud… Read more »
Following on from his first Clinical Negligence Case Update, 18 St John Street’s Ian Huffer continues the series detailing the recently reported decision of Mr Justice Soole in Thorley v Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust [2021] EWHC 2604 (QB) (01 October 2021) The recently reported decision of Mr Justice Soole, raises interesting points on… Read more »
18 St John Street’s Personal Injury, Clinical Negligence & Costs Group were delighted to support the Child Brain Injury Sporting Lunch at Edgbaston Cricket Ground earlier this month. “It was an absolute pleasure to see you and your guests there. We were set on creating a fantastic event for you all to enjoy and I… Read more »
Peter Glenser QC successfully prosecuted Northumbrian Water for polluting a watercourse in a case brought by the Environment Agency at Durham Crown Court. Northumbrian Water pleaded guilty just before the trial was due to start on Monday 4th October to discharging sewage effluent into the watercourse that runs through Heads Hope Dene near Castle Eden…. Read more »
THE BUSINESS OF BUSINESS INTERRUPTION: Insurance Concepts, Forensic Issues and Broker Negligence On Wednesday 13th October at 5pm The Manchester Business and Property Courts Forum are holding a Hybrid event discussing ‘The Business of Business Interruption, focusing on the following points of Insurance Concepts, Forensic Issues and Broker Negligence’ and are delighted to welcome Cockerill… Read more »
Huge well done to James Parks and his wife Sarah on completing the Virtual London Marathon in aid of The Oesophageal Patients Association. They completed this in a very respectable time of 7 hours and 26 minutes and James would like to say a huge Thank you to everyone for all their support and encouragement,… Read more »
The Supreme Court handed down its awaited decision in Ho v Adelekun [2021] UKSC 43 this week (06 October 2021) on whether a Defendant’s costs order can be set off against the costs of a Claimant with QOCS protection. 18 St John Street’s, Ian Huffer gives his view. SUPREME COURT DECISION IN HO V ADELEKUN The… Read more »
We are proud to announce that 18 St John Street has again been ranked as a leading set in the latest edition of The Legal 500, with several members of chambers receiving recommendations and glowing testimonials. The 2022 rankings for The Legal 500 directory have been announced. This latest edition sees several members of 18 St John Street… Read more »
18 St John Street Chambers are delighted to announce that Kane Simons has been appointed as a Deputy District Judge. Appointments to the role are made by the Lord Chancellor on the advice of the Judicial Appointments Commission, and through open recruitment. Kane will sit as a Deputy District Judge on the Northern Circuit in… Read more »
18 St John Street’s Richard Vardon successfully defends a 65 year old coach driver charged with causing death by careless driving. The defence case was that on a dark rainy night the deceased, wearing dark clothing and having consumed a significant amount of alcohol walked into the road providing no opportunity to avoid the fatal… Read more »
18 St John Street are proud to share with you this important and topical article written by Olivia Edwards which was recently published by The Family Law Journal. In 2020, the world witnessed the escalation of events concerning racial and cultural matters such as the killing of George Floyd by a policeman, the highly publicised… Read more »