Chambers is delighted to announce that Andrew Goodman has been awarded the AI Legal Awards Winner for the 'Best for Professional Indemnity - UK 2015'
Read moreWe are pleased to announce that Edward Bishop QC has recently qualified to be a PIcARBS (The Personal Injury claims Arbitration Service) Arbitrator.
Read moreWe are pleased to announce that Francesca O’Neill (2012) has been elected to the Bar Council for a three year term. She will be representing barristers of under 7 years’ call.
Read moreApplication to commit struck out
Re An application to Commit (H v D & ors) [2015] EWHC 2090 (Fam) and [2015] EWHC 2228 (costs)
Applications were made by a father against a CAFCASS officer, her supervisor and the mother’s solicitors to commit them to prison for contempt of court.
The father acted in person with the assistance of two McKenzie...
Read moreTAJ v ISLAN: Judges still falling into error in the assessment of BHR post Stevens v Equity [2015]
In the lengthy saga of credit hire litigation, the Court of Appeal has sought to clarify the correct approach that judges should take in the assessment of the BHR (basic hire rate), formerly known as spot rate. The most recent iteration of the approach came in...
Read moreOn 15th July 2015 the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in The South West Strategic Health Authority v Bay Island Voyages [2015] EWCA Civ 708: a claim for contribution by South West Strategic Health Authority (‘SWSHA’) against Bay Island Voyages (‘BIV’). In the main action the claimant, Dr Feest, claims damages for personal injury...
Read moreOn 3 July 2015 the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in Brownlie v Four Seasons Holdings Inc [2015] EWCA Civ 665: a fatal road traffic accident and personal injury claim arising out of an “off-package” excursion contract performed in Egypt. In largely dismissing the Defendant’s appeal against the Order of Tugendhat J...
Read moreWe are pleased to announce that the Lord Chief Justice has appointed Laura Johnson as a Deputy District Judge on the South Eastern Circuit. Laura will sit for approximately three weeks of the year in London and the South East in addition to her full time practice at the Bar.
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