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Mother and former partner found guilty over death of baby
James Newton-Price QC and Richard Tutt have successfully prosecuted a mother and her male partner for causing or allowing the death of a 24 day old baby in a case which attracted national media coverage. The child died from a skull fracture and associated brain haemorrhage and was found to have sustained 32 rib fractures […]
Safety Errors can be very Expensive
Westminster City Council v The Zoological Society of London [ZSL] On 22nd October 2018 ZSL was fined a total of £40,000 with costs of £8000 for failing to ensure the safety of an employee, and linked, failing to have in place adequate a risk assessment. On 16th July 2016 a keeper using a step ladder […]
Pump Court recognised as Leading Set within Chambers & Partners 2019
Pump Court Chambers is delighted to announce that it has once again been recognised as a Leading Set within the 2019 edition of Chambers & Partners legal directory. Members have been recommended across a number of practice areas including Crime, Ecclesiastical, Family/Matrimonial and Employment with a number of improvements within individual rankings. Coverage of our […]
Pump Court recognised in latest edition of Legal 500
Pump Court Chambers is delighted to announce that it has been ranked again as a leading set within the latest edition of the Legal 500 and we are pleased to be recognised for our ‘broad range of talent’. We have enhanced our number of recognised practitioners by 4 and now have a total number of […]
Amelia Sugden joins Pump Court Chambers
We are delighted to announce that Amelia Sugden, formerly of 1 Hare Court, has accepted an offer of tenancy at Pump Court Chambers. Amelia was called to the bar in 2006 and specialises in the areas of Financial Remedies, Schedule 1 and Private Law Children. Amy joins at an exciting time for Chambers following our recent Family […]
Maria Henty to speak at AstenJ Family Law Conference
Pump Court Chambers is delighted to announce that Maria Henty will be speaking at the forthcoming AstenJ Family Law Conference on Saturday 27th October 2018 at BPP University, 68-70 Red Lion Street, WC1R 4NY. Ms Henty will be covering the area: Financial Remedies, this will be followed by a Q&A session. The event will provide valuable and in-depth […]
Peter Asteris and Tim Akers secure acquittals after five-month fraud trial at Southampton Crown Court
Peter Asteris and Tim Akers secured the acquittal of a client of all offences charged in the longest-running trial that has taken place at Southampton Crown Court. Over the course of five months, eleven defendants were on trial for charges of conspiracy to defraud and fraud in a Trading Standards prosecution that arose out of […]
Successful dismissal in the Court of Appeal in Re B (A Child) [2018] EWCA Civ 2127
Acting on behalf of the respondent father and local authority respectively, counsel John Ker-Reid and Maria Gallagher of Pump Court Chambers, have successfully sought the dismissal of an appeal in the above case. The appeal brought by the mother, related to a decision given by Recorder Miller in July 2018 following a 5 day fact-finding […]
Susan Campbell QC to speak at Children Law Conference
Pump Court Chambers is delighted to announce that Susan Campbell QC will be speaking at the forthcoming White Paper Public Children Law Conference on Tuesday 2nd October 2018 at The Caledonian Club, London, SW1X 7DR. Ms Campbell QC will be covering the topic of Adoption: ‘What are the unresolved issues – both legal and practical – […]
Pump Court Chambers shortlisted for Family Law Chambers of the Year – London
We are pleased to announce that the Family Team at Pump Court Chambers have been shortlisted in the 2018 ‘Family Law Chambers of the year – London’ category. The awards recognises lawyers for their exceptional contribution to family law and will be presented at the 8th annual Family Law Awards on Wednesday 28 November at the Ballroom […]
Driving instructor allowed to continue working after using mobile
Mark Ruffell has successfully appealed on behalf of a Driving Instructor who had been declared to be not a fit and proper person to be an instructor following receiving 6 penalty points for using his mobile telephone whilst instructing. The Registrar of Driving Instructors ordinarily seeks to remove an instructor from the register of approved […]
Client cleared of Basingstoke park death
James Newton-Price QC successfully defended his client who was charged with the murder of a drug dealer working for a London drugs network, following a trial lasting 3 weeks at Winchester Crown Court. The case concerned the fatal stabbing of a man in a local park in February. The Jury returned Not Guilty Verdicts on […]
