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2016

We are delighted to announce that 9 Gough Chambers were named ‘Client Service Set Of The Year’

We are delighted to announce that 9 Gough Chambers were named ‘Client Service Set Of The Year’ at the 2016 Chambers UK Bar Awards.

James Thacker successfully prosecutes rapist to a total of 19 years’ imprisonment

Following an 8 day trial at Isleworth Crown Court earlier this year, GM was unanimously convicted of historic rape of two family members, over a 6 year period when the complainants were aged between 6 and 11 years. The indictment, which straddled…

We are pleased to announce the publication of the 2nd edition of Criminal Injuries Compensation Claims

We are pleased to announce the publication of the 2nd edition of Criminal Injuries Compensation Claims.
Laura Begley was the general editor of the book and the contributing editors include, Christopher Stephenson, Edward Lamb, Holly Tibbitts, William Dean and Ben Zurawel.

Giles Mooney speaking at webinar on ‘Animals Causing Injuries – A Guide for Personal Injury Lawyers’

Giles Mooney will be speaking at a webinar on 17th January 2017 on Animals Causing Injuries – A Guide for Personal Injury Lawyer.
Find more information, including how to book a place, by clicking

“Physically prevented” from accessing the court office: a cautionary tale to claimants intending to issue on the day of expiry.

The case of Kaur v S Russell & Sons Ltd [1973] Q.B. 36 enshrined the principle that if the time limit for making a claim expires on a non-working day, a claimant can nevertheless bring a claim the next working day. The…

Can a Defendant NHS Trust withdraw from admissions formalised in a consent order? Yes, according to Kelly Marie Simmons v City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust.

The recent High Court decision of Kelly Marie Simmons v City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust (2016) is worthy of note for those practising in the clinical negligence and/or personal injury field. It concerns whether admissions (made on the basis of preliminary expert…

Late amendments, strike outs, summary judgment & remote heads of loss

 
The High Court has recently handed down judgment in Gonul Guney v Kingsley Napley & Anor [2016] EWHC 2349 (QB). This was a professional liability claim based on the Claimant’s retainer of the Defendant solicitors, in respect of litigation concerning…

9 Gough Chambers will be sponsoring the ALC Annual Conference 2016 in Bristol

Members of 9 Gough Chambers family team will be attending the 27th ACL (Associaton of Lawyers for Children) Annual Conference in Bristol between 17th – 19th November.
The head of the family team, Tim Parker will be speaking on Friday 18th…

Eleanor Mawrey successfully prosecutes employee who faked cancer to defraud company

Eleanor Mawrey successfully prosecuted Elaine Lynch-Harwood who callously defrauded her employers over an 8 year period. Trusted with managing the company accounts, she abused that position by systematically transferring £191k into her own bank account rather than paying it into the company’s…

Government Whiplash Reforms – On Hold?

The Law Society Gazette is here which, as a reminder, were that the small claims track limit should be raised to £5,000 and the removal of the right to general damages for minor soft tissue injuries.

Apparently the MOJ has stressed that…

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