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Sports Related Traumatic Brain Injury
Sports, especially contact sports, have always carried a degree of risk which those participating accept and sometimes even welcome. After all, the Grand Prix would not be exciting for spectators or participants if there was not a degree of risk that a crash might occur at some point during its 78 laps. These risks […]
Mark Dubbery, Heather Platt and Paul Mertens appointed Deputy District Judges
Pump Court Chambers is delighted to announce that Mark Dubbery, Heather Platt and Paul Mertens have been appointed as Deputy District Judges, on the advice of the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales. Heather and Paul have been appointed to sit on the South Eastern Circuit, with Mark sitting on […]
Independent Review into Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust
The Stage 2 Report following a Review into Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust is published today. The Review was chaired by Nigel Pascoe QC with three Panel Members. In their conclusions they found Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust to be on a critical journey. They acknowledged there had been some real progress, but that there are a […]
Alejandra secures unanimous acquittal in Rape Trial
Alejandra represented the Defendant, who was charged with one count of rape, two counts of sexual assault and one count of voyeurism. The Crown’s case was that after a night out at Viper Rooms in Kingston, the Defendant went back to the complainant’s address, uninvited, and while the complainant slept, he touched the complainant’s clitoris, […]
Pump Court increases Arbitration team
Pump Court Chambers Family Team are delighted to announce growth in our Arbitration offering with Imogen Robins and Oliver Peirson having successfully qualified as IFLA Financial Arbitrators, alongside Caroline Hartley who has qualified as a IFLA Children’s Arbitrator. All have been admitted as members of the Institute of Family Law Arbitrators (IFLA) and join our already experienced ADR team. A bespoke, time efficient […]
Join Us – Criminal Barristers
Due to a significant increase in workload Pump Court Chambers’ specialist criminal team is now seeking to recruit additional members at all levels of call. The team now seeks exceptional criminal advocates to assist with a significant surplus of quality work and complex trials at all levels of seniority. The team, led by James Newton Price QC, […]
Join Us – Public Law Children Practitioners
Due to an expanding workload Pump Court Chambers’ specialist public law children team are looking at recruiting practitioners at all levels of call. The team practises across England and Wales and successful applicants will have a choice to base themselves in any of our established locations in London, Hampshire or Wiltshire. We are recognised as a leading set and are top […]
Gary Self appointed Judge of the Employment Tribunals
Pump Court Chambers is delighted to announce that Gary Self has been appointed a Salaried Employment Judge of the Employment Tribunals (England and Wales). He will be taking up his full-time appointment on Monday 5th July 2021 and has been assigned to the London South and South West Regions.Gary was already one of the leading Employment juniors on the Western […]
Conor Mullan Successful in The Supreme Court of St Helena
Conor Mullan recently appeared in the Supreme Court of Saint Helena representing a senior medical practitioner subject to an injunction preventing him from leaving the island. Mr Mullan was instructed by the Public Solicitors office in Saint Helena in conjunction with the Medical Protection Society in London and the Embassy of Guatemala in London. The case […]
Justin Gau appointed Chancellor of the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich
Chambers is delighted to announce that Justin Gau has been appointed to be Chancellor of the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. He will remain as Chancellor of the Diocese of Bristol and Deputy Chancellor of the Dioceses of Lincoln, and Bath and Wells. Justin is head of the Ecclesiastical Law Team.
Alejandra Tascon co-authors CBA Young Bar Committee Response to the Independent Review of Criminal Legal Aid Panel
In response to the Call for Evidence from the Independent Review of Criminal Legal Aid Panel, Alejandra Tascon, co-chair of the CBA Young Bar Committee, has co-authored the response of the Young Bar Committee on behalf of the Criminal Bar Association. The full text which focuses on the issues faced by junior practitioners can be found […]
Re H-M [2021] EWCA Civ 748: Inconsistent post-fact finding convictions
Hot off the press this week is the judgment in Re H-M [2021] EWCA Civ 748, in which the Court of Appeal (Peter Jackson LJ, Singh LJ and Stuart-Smith LJ) considered an appeal by a mother from a refusal by the trial judge to reopen findings made at the conclusion of a fact-finding hearing. One […]
