Important ruling for almshouse charities and residents
The Court of Appeal today handed down judgment in Watts v Stewart & ors [2016] EWCA Civ 1247 which will be of fundamental importance...
Housing Growth and the Environment
The tensions inherent in giving housing delivery priority in the planning system have been discussed by William Upton in the latest edition of UKELA’s...
Stuart Jessop helps residents oppose new premises licence for restaurant
Stuart Jessop has assisted a group of residents with their representations and objections in relation to a new application for a premises licence in...
Stuart Jessop secures conditional discharge for breach of enforcement notice
Stuart Jessop has secured a conditional discharge for a defendant facing a charge of failing to comply with a planning enforcement notice contrary to...
Letting agent represented by Stuart Jessop successful in appeal against house in multiple occupation
Stuart Jessop recently represented a letting agent in his successful appeal to the Crown Court against a sentence imposed by Thames Magistrates Court. The...
Residents represented by Stuart Jessop successful in their restaurant premises licence review
Stuart Jessop has successfully represented a group of residents in their Review of the premises licence of a restaurant in Southwark. The Licensing Sub-committee...
COP22 and contradictions between commitments and actions
Following the entry into force of the Paris Agreement on 4th November, the 22nd meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change commenced in Marrakech. As if to illustrate poignantly the challenge to be met if the paper commitments are to actually prevent dangerous anthropogenic climate change, two articles were published last week which reflect the extent to which the continued reality on the ground stands in stark contrast to the rhetoric and pledges at international climate change events.
Waste, planning and Aarhus costs
William Upton and Emmaline Lambert have successfully defended a waste recycling facility permission next to a proposed new ‘garden suburb’. The Judicial Review proceedings...
Anne Williams represents restaurant in immediate Article 4 Direction
Anne Williams has represented the Le Colombier restaurant in Chelsea regarding an immediate Article 4 Direction made by the Royal Borough of Kensington and...
Gross Negligence Manslaughter Conviction
Oliver Saxby QC yesterday secured the conviction of Jasmine Gregory, a 24-year old mother of previous good character accused of the manslaughter by gross...
Deborah Charles appointed Circuit Judge
Chambers warmly congratulates Deborah Charles on her appointment as Circuit Judge. Deborah Charles will take up her new role on 5th December and will...
North Wales ex-Police Superintendent prosecuted for historical sex abuse
A former Police Superintendent, Gordon Anglesea has been convicted of four indecent assault charges against two boys which took place between 1982 and 1987,...
Jill Barrett joins Six Pump Court as an Associate Member
Six Pump Court is pleased to welcome Jill Barrett, a distinguished academic and former FCO lawyer in the field of public international law as...
Family Law Update – A Seminar
Six Pump Court presents a Family Law Update Seminar to be held in Maidstone in December to provide an overview of recent changes in...
Oliver Saxby QC commences gross negligence manslaughter prosecution
The trial of Jasmine Gregory, charged with the manslaughter of her 14-month old baby daughter, began today. The Crown allege that Miss Gregory ran...
Six Pump Court ranked Band 1 in Environment and barristers ranked in eleven areas in 2017 Chambers UK Bar Guide
Six Pump Court Chambers is delighted to be ranked as a Band 1 Set in Environment Law along with further Set rankings in Crime,...
Six Pump Court is pleased to welcome Daniel Stevenson to the Crime Team
Chambers is pleased to welcome Daniel Stevenson to the Crime team at Six Pump Court. Daniel prosecutes and defends the most serious criminal offences,...
Six Pump Court welcomes new Environmental Law specialist Charles Morgan
Chambers is pleased to welcome Charles Morgan to the Planning & Environmental Law team at Six Pump Court. Charles’ principal areas of practice are...
Science and Justice: The Family Courts
On 3rd December, Caroline Topping will speak at an event hosted by the British Academy of Forensic Sciences entitled 'Science and Justice: The Family...
Augmenting reality – avoiding criminal liability
In an article for Lexis PSL, Ian Whitehurst considers some of the potential criminal law issues surrounding the development of AR. He explains what...