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...
Mark Harris wins Environment Junior of the Year at Chambers UK Bar Awards
Chambers congratulates Mark Harris on winning Environment Junior of the Year at the 2016 Chambers UK Bar Awards. The annual Chambers UK Bar Awards...
Court of Appeal hears first two appeals under new sentencing guideline
On 25th October, Pascal Bates appeared for the respondent (HSE) in the first two appeals heard against sentences for health and safety offending passed under the...
Murder Conviction in Wind in the Willows Trial
Michael Danaher was yesterday convicted of the murder of the rare book dealer Adrian Greenwood and sentenced to Life Imprisonment with a minimum term...
Mock Public Inquiry – Friday 11th November
Six Pump Court in association with The Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment, University College London will be presenting this Mock Inquiry on Friday...
The Autonomous Consumer and the Dutiful State: A Real Problem or Simply Food for Thought?
David Travers QC will be speaking at a conference entitled The Future of Food Law & Policy in Canada, in Halifax, Nova Scotia next month....
Paris Agreement entry into force: Much ado about something, but much more to do
It is nice to be reminded that, sometimes, things can happen more quickly than anticipated. The ‘best estimate’ for the crossing of the threshold for the entry into force of the Paris Agreement was the end of 2016. Instead, the threshold of 55% of Parties accounting for at least 55% of total global emissions was reached on 5th October.
National Food and Drink Manufacturing Health and Safety Conference 2016
On Tuesday 4th October, David Travers QC participated in the IOSH National Food and Drink Manufacturing Health and Safety Conference 2016. The aim of...
Oliver Saxby QC instructed for Crown in complex inter-generational historical sexual abuse case
Oliver Saxby QC has been instructed to prosecute the case of A and others, a multi-defendant, multi-complainant historical sex abuse trial involving an indictment...
Court of Appeal Upholds £3 Million Fine
Pascal Bates appeared before the Court of Appeal on 11 October 2016 successfully to resist (on behalf of HSE) ConocoPhillips (U.K.) Limited’s attempts to...
Oliver Saxby QC Instructed in Pokemon Killing
Oliver Saxby QC has been instructed to defend John Dickson, one of two men charged with the murder of a man called Carl Gregory....
‘Wind in the Willows’ Murder Trial Continues
The trial of Michael Danaher - charged with the murder of antiquarian book seller Adrian Greenwood - continues at Oxford Crown Court. On Friday,...