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On 6th December 2017 a jury sitting at Wood Green Crown Court convicted the defendant Kennedy Tisson of raping a child in the 1990s. The victim, who cannot be named, was in local authority care when first raped by Tisson who was…
The High Court of Justice in R (on the application of Peter Gaskin) v Richmond Upon Thames London Borough Council [2017] EWHC 3234 (Admin) (Bean LJ and Carr J) today ruled that fees charged by Richmond Upon Thames Borough Council to an…
For this final Newsletter of the year we return to private international law and the issue of
jurisdiction. Powerful obiter from the Court of Appeal suggests that the use of anchor
Defendants (Article 8(1) of recast Brussels I) needs to…
The Court of Appeal has finished hearing arguments as to whether the CICA was right to apply the Lord Chancellor’s Prescribed Discount Rate in assessing future care costs in a pre-tariff case under the 1990 Scheme. The rate had been used even…
We are delighted to announce that The Queen has appointed Karen Shuman to be a Master of the Chancery Division on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable David Lidington MP and the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, the…
Andrew Ritchie QC representing Charli Lewington achieves a long overdue change in road traffic law providing better protection for the public against uninsured drivers.
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The jury unanimously convicted WB, a landlord who raped his tenant whilst she was intoxicated and unconscious. After the rape he took three indecent images of her to keep as a trophy. Following conviction and despite his previous good character he was…
We are delighted to announce our award as Chambers of the Year 2018 in Clinical Negligence.
Thank you to the Legal 500 team and Hayley Eustace and very well done to all members of 9 Gough Chambers.
For the full list of nominations visit…
We are delighted to announce that Laura Begley has been named Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence Junior of the Year.
The awards ceremony will take place on 22 February 2018 at The Royal Exchange, Bank, London EC3V 3LR from 7pm.
For…
In Baker (through his wife and litigation friend) v British Gas Services and J and L Electrics Limited [2017] EWHC 2302 (QB) the court was asked to consider the liability of two defendants arising out of an accident at work.
The…