News & Events: Timothy Salisbury
Litigation in a foreign language
As an early Christmas present from the Pump Court Civil team to any practitioners short on CPD, Tim Salisbury is joined by Oliver Foy to discuss the practical and procedural issues facing litigants, legal representatives and the court in cases involving litigants who are speakers of other languages. They discuss the law and relevant provisions […]
Pump Court maintains Top Tier status in the Legal 500 2025 rankings
We are very proud to announce that Pump Court Chambers has maintained its status as a Top Tier Set in the latest edition of The Legal 500 UK Bar Guide. Chambers is ranked as a Tier 1 set for Family: Children and Domestic Abuse, Family: Divorce and Financial Remedy and Crime (General and Fraud) on […]
Grenfell Tower Inquiry – Phase 2 report published
Sir Martin Moore-Bick has today published the report from Phase 2 of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry. The full report can be found here. The Inquiry examined the circumstances leading up to and surrounding the fire at Grenfell Tower on the night of 14 June 2017 causing the death of 72 people. Following Phase 1 of […]
New Practitioner Series – Season 2
We are pleased to launch season 2 of our New Practitioner Series of webinars, which are aimed at practitioners 0-3 years qualified. It includes a range of bite-sized webinars on matters of procedure and law and is designed to be used as training and library resource for practitioners as they navigate their case-loads. The topics […]
Disclosure in inquests
This episode, Timothy Salisbury speaks to Pump Court’s Shona Love about disclosure in inquests, including how coroners approach sensitive and classified material. Shona has just returned from a secondment working for HM Senior Coroner for the Inner South District of Greater London. To get in touch with us, for any feedback, queries or suggestions of […]
Introducing The Civil Law Podcast from Pump Court Chambers, a new podcast covering topics of interest from across the civil jurisdiction
In this first episode, the regular hosts, Timothy Salisbury, Louisa Simpson, and Chris Stead, discuss three significant recent cases in the civil law sphere: Majid Ali v HSF Logistics Polska SP Zoo [2023] EWHC 2159 (KB) – on illegality defences in credit hire claims; R (on the application of ASLEF and ors) v Secretary of […]
Commercial Seminar on Directors’ Duties
Pump Court Chambers is pleased to invite you to a multidisciplinary seminar addressing directors’ duties. This seminar will be presented by the business and commercial team in partnership with the regulatory team. It will include the following: An introduction of the fundamental duties owed by directors to their companies and the importance of treating their […]
Part 36: Is there any value in a split liability offer?
In the recent case of Mundy v TUI UK Ltd [2023] EWHC 385 (Ch), the High Court (Collins Rice J) provided helpful clarification about when Part 36 offers deal with an apportionment of liability. Mr Mundy went to Mexico on an all-inclusive holiday supplied by the Defendant, TUI. Unfortunately, Mr Mundy suffered from food poisoning […]
Pump Court Chambers launches Personal Injury Online Resource
We are delighted to launch the first in our series of short, bite-sized webinars, designed as an introduction to practical subjects for practitioners with less than 3 years’ experience improve their skills in personal injury litigation. The Autumn series of webinars includes: The RTA Protocol: Louisa Simpson Credit Hire – A Beginners Guide: Henry Hawkesworth […]
Fixed Costs
In this webinar, Timothy Salisbury highlights the basis of various types of fixed costs within the CPR relevant to Personal Injury litigation. This presentation highlights some quirks and potential pitfalls of the fixed recoverable costs (“FRC”) regime and includes some worked examples to illustrate how FRC are calculated in practice. To download a copy of […]
Timothy Salisbury appointed Deputy Chancellor for the Diocese of Gloucester
Pump Court Chambers is proud to announce that Timothy Salisbury has been appointed the Deputy Chancellor for the Diocese of Gloucester. Timothy will take up his position with immediate effect. Mark Ruffell, Chancellor of Diocese of Gloucester said: “I am delighted to appoint Tim Salisbury as Deputy Chancellor in the Diocese of Gloucester. Tim is […]
Holiday rights in the Coronavirus Pandemic
As we approach the summer, the ongoing risks and restrictions caused by the Coronavirus pandemic have meant that many of us have seen our dreams of a foreign holiday melt like a dropped ice-lolly. Consequently, the rights of would-be travellers to refunds and/or compensation for now redundant pre-booked holidays and cancelled flights continue to be […]
