18 St John Street Chambers are delighted to announce that all our departments have received further recognition in the 2025 edition of the prestigious Chambers & Partners legal directory rankings. Overall, chambers now has 39 total rankings for 22 barristers across 18 practice areas. We continue to be ranked as a recommended set in the… Read more »
18 St John Street is delighted to announce that Mukul Chawla KC has joined chambers as a door tenant. Mukul is a white collar crime and criminal silk who is a leader in his field with a reputation as being one of the finest advocates of his generation. He specialises in complex financial litigation of… Read more »
The Legal 500 released their annual professional rankings today. The rankings showcase the UK’s top barristers and chambers. We are delighted to note that 18 St John Street has featured highly again, with a further increase in the number of rankings and individuals across several areas of law. We are also proud to announce an… Read more »
On 30th September 2024, 18 St John Street’s Siobhan Grey KC was delighted to be among 350 women King’s Counsel and Judges who came together at the Royal Courts of Justice to celebrate 75 years since the first women ‘took silk’ – an award for excellence in advocacy in the higher courts. The first women… Read more »
Members of 18 St John Street were delighted to attend the Northern Pupillage Fair 2024 which took place in Liverpool last weekend The Northern Pupillage Fair 2024 took place at the Liner Hotel, Liverpool on 28th September. The event was organised by SpeedMooting.com and sponsored by BPP University Law School. The fair provides aspiring barristers… Read more »
The members of 18 St John Street Chambers are delighted to welcome four new pupils for 2024-25. Our new pupils are: Daniele Scanio – Family Finance pupillage, under the supervision of Stephen Murray. Millie North – Personal Injury pupillage, under the supervision of Elahe Youshani. Reece McAllister – Family Law pupillage, under the supervision of… Read more »
The Court of Appeal has delivered a judgment, dismissing insurance companies’ appeals in the ‘at the premises’ business interruption insurance test cases. Five cases were heard together. Richard Chapman KC and David Hoffman appeared on behalf of the Why Not Bar and Lounge Limited policyholder and Neil Fawcett appeared on behalf of the Mayfair Banqueting… Read more »
18 St John Street Chambers are delighted to announce that our Family Department has been shortlisted for two awards in the prestigious LexisNexis Family Awards 2024. We are very proud to have again been shortlisted for two awards at the 2024 Family Law Awards. This is the second year in a row that 18SJS has received nominations. The ceremony… Read more »
We are delighted to announce that 18 St John Street has been shortlisted by Chambers and Partners for the forthcoming Chambers UK Bar Awards 2024. 18 are shortlisted for the prestigious Regional Set of The Year category, with the winner being crowned at the annual awards dinner on 14th November where the legal profession celebrates… Read more »
Neil Fawcett, of 18’s Business and Property Department, discusses the principles of contractual construction and correction in insurance policies after the Court of Appeal decision in Bellini (N/E) Ltd. v Brit UW Limited [2024] EWCA Civ 435 in a new blog post. You can read the full blog here:
Victoria Roberts has recently successfully settled a pre-trial claim made by a care home business against a broker for undisclosed commissions which were added to the company’s unit price of energy consumed. The broker also resisted any attempt for an expert in the industry to provide assistance to the court on how the unit prices… Read more »