18 St John Street Chambers are delighted to announce that Paul Treble has joined the Criminal Department. Paul joined Chambers in January 2020. A science graduate, Paul came to the bar via the private sector working with a number of FTSE 100 companies such as British Airways, Glaxo and NatWest. He was called to the… Read more »
Christopher McNall secures permission to appeal from the Court of Appeal to the Supreme Court. A three judge panel of the Supreme Court, led by Baroness Hale, has granted an application for permission to appeal the decision of the Court of Appeal in Matthews v Sedman [2019] EWCA Civ 475. As the grant of permission… Read more »
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In an interview with Lexis Nexis, Christopher McNall discusses his recent important Agricultural Property case against HMRC and the practical implications arising. This article was first published on Lexis®PSL Private Client on 19 November 2019. Private Client analysis: Allowing an appeal on the availability of Agricultural Property Relief (APR) and Business Property Relief (BPR)… Read more »
Our December 2019 edition of the ‘Inside 18’ Newsletter, has now been published. PERSONAL INJURY UPDATE – Evidential Issues Relating to Witnesses (Part 2) In the first part of his article on witness evidence in June, IAN HUFFER considered the evidential issues relating to the failure to call witness evidence. In the second part he… Read more »
Chambers are delighted to announce the appointment of District Judge David Mackley. Everyone at 18 St John Street would like to offer the warmest of congratulations and our best wishes to Judge Mackley, who takes up his post based at the Carlisle Combined Court Centre on 2nd December 2019. JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT: Chambers are delighted to… Read more »
Chambers are delighted to announce the appointment of His Honour Judge Andrew Moore to the Circuit Bench. We offer our warmest congratulations and best wishes to Judge Moore who takes up his post in the Manchester Civil Justice Centre sitting exclusively on Family matters on 18th November 2019.
Christopher McNall has secured a win for the taxpayer against HMRC in a recent important agricultural property case. In Executors of Thomas Gill v HMRC [2019] UKFTT 650 (TC) the Tax Chamber, following a 2 day hearing, has allowed an appeal by executors against a decision by HMRC refusing Agricultural Property Relief in relation to… Read more »
18 St John Street Chambers are delighted to announce that Bethany Wilson has joined the Civil Department. Bethany joined Chambers in October 2019. She was called to the Bar in 2015 and prior to undertaking pupillage, worked as an Advocate at a multinational law firm in their Manchester office. Bethany takes instructions in a wide… Read more »
18 St John Street is delighted to announce that several members of chambers have been ranked as leading barristers in the 2020 edition of the prestigious Chambers and Partners directory. Oliver Caplan features for the first time in the rankings this year. He has been listed as a leading barrister in the field of Social… Read more »
The Legal 500 have revealed their latest professional rankings which highlight the UK’s most impressive barristers and chambers. 18 St John Street is proud to announce that several members of chambers have been included in the 2020 edition across a number of different practice areas, including Commercial, Banking, Insolvency and Chancery law… “18 St John Street Chambers is… Read more »