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Child returned to parent
Jennifer Lee recently appeared in an urgent hearing for the peremptory return of a young child who had been wrongfully retained by the father on Christmas Day. The Court acceded to the application for the child’s immediate return at the first/urgent hearing. The issues are all the more complex because it has now transpired that […]
Police officer’s rank restored on appeal
Colin Banham has successfully represented a Metropolitan Police Officer at the Police Appeals Tribunal following an original outcome of reduction in rank under the Police (Performance) Regulations 2008. Following oral submissions, the Tribunal overturned the original outcome as they found there were ‘exceptional circumstances’ justifying an extension to the final written improvement notice. The Officer’s […]
Why might 2015 see more IPFD Act 1975 claims than ever before?
The 1975 Act provides for six categories of applicant. Amendment to the statutory language has expanded, two of these and a recent case has demonstrated the a third might be interpreted far more liberally than previously thought. Mark Dubbery discusses in his latest article for Law Skills why more people than ever before, will find […]
Sentence reduced upon appeal
Sarah Jones has successfully appealed a sentence of 26 years’ imprisonment for offences of rape against two young girls in the court of appeal on the case of R v Nash. The court of appeal accepted Defence submissions that although the offending had been extremely serious against the younger sisters of the Defendant’s wife a […]
Social Media Charter, Davos
The Social Media Charter, an initiative promoting compliant use of social media in the financial services industry, is advised by Charles Parry. Much of this territory is still uncharted, with the Financial Conduct Authority planning to publish guidance at the end of March 2015. Hitherto the FCA has been consulting stakeholders and has already published […]
Defendant cleared of drug charges
A woman from Salford, Manchester has been acquitted of conspiring to sell controlled drugs following a long-running trial at Bolton Crown Court. The defendant, who was successfully represented by Colin Banham, was cleared of any wrong doing at the trial. She was alleged to have played a vital role in a conspiracy to sell £3.6m […]
Paediatrician goes on trial for alleged historical rapes
A Court has heard how a consultant paediatrician allegedly raped and indecently assaulted young girls in the 1970s and 80s thinking he was “bomb-proof” because no one would believe a child over him, a jury has been told. Former paediatrician Michael Salmon, 79, who worked at hospitals including Stoke Mandeville in Buckinghamshire, which have been […]
Paul Mertens appointed to BSB CPD Expert Panel
Pump Court Chambers is pleased to annouce that Paul Mertens has been appointed to the Bar Standards Board’s CPD Expert Panel, which will consider and advise on the profession’s future CPD requirements. Working alongside the BSB executive with Michael Edenborough QC (Serle Court) and Matthew Nicklin QC (5RB), Paul is delighted to be be able […]
Shell agrees £55m settlement with Bodo Community
Royal Dutch Shell has agreed a £55 million compensation package for the Bodo Community and its 15,600 fishermen following two oil spills in Niger Delta in 2008 and 2009. The oils spills destroyed thousands of hectares of mangrove in the Gokana River state which is the largest man made disaster of this kind. The compensation […]
A celebration of the life of Gary Morton 1946-2014
Our Employment team suffered a tragic loss in December when our colleague and much loved employment law “encyclopedia”, Gary Morton died after a very short illness. Gary managed to fit in three careers in his life as a political activist (who even became involved with the ANC) a very effective trade unionist and then finally […]