Six Pump Court hosts Health & Safety Prosecutions seminar for LBLA practitioners
On Monday, Six Pump Court Chambers hosted a seminar for London Boroughs Legal Alliance (LBLA) practitioners on ‘Health and Safety Prosecutions’. At this event,...
Chambers invites applications for pupillage and mini-pupillage to commence in 2016
Six Pump Court is pleased to announce that we will be offering up to two 12-month pupillages commencing in October 2016. Applications will be...
Oliver Saxby QC’s Sex Exploitation Trial Continues at Old Bailey
The case of a 36 year old man facing allegations of rape and sexual activity allegedly committed against a young and vulnerable 13-14 year...
David Travers QC to speak at forthcoming Food Law in Practice Conference
David Travers QC will speak at The Institute for Food Safety Integrity & Protection (TiFSiP) Food Law in Practice Conference later this month. The...
Implications of the United Kingdom Leaving the European Union on Climate Change and Energy Law
In a paper on behalf of the Climate Change and Energy Working Party, UK Environmental Law Association (UKELA), Stephen Hockman QC and Benjamin Haseldine...
Mukhtiar Singh visits local schools in Kent as part of the Bar Council’s ‘Speak up for Others’ Initiative
Mukhtiar Singh spoke at a local secondary school in Kent this week as part of the Bar Council’s ‘Speak Up For Others’ Initiative. This...
Ian Thomas provides some insight into the new Sentencing Guidelines for regulatory offences
The new sentencing guidelines came into force on 1 February 2016 for the sentencing of offences relating to health and safety, corporate manslaughter and...
Forensic DNA analysis in light of new technology and security needs
Kristiina Reed is to speak at an international conference in Venice on the legal and regulatory frameworks for the forensic use of DNA technology...
Conviction in historic sex abuse case
A manager of a Scout campsite near Chatham has been convicted of the sexual abuse of 3 children which took place over 30 years...
Planning and POCA: Court orders confiscation of rental profits
Giles Atkinson represented the local authority, the London Borough of Lambeth, in a successful prosecution of a breach of an enforcement notice. The notice...
Nicholas Baldock successfully defends claim in high value road traffic act claim
Nicholas Baldock has successfully defended a timber merchant in a Third Party claim brought in respect of a road traffic catastrophic injury claim. The...
Finance, transparency and compliance – Key features of the Paris Agreement (Part Two)
Article 6 - This part of the Agreement establishes a “mechanism to contribute to the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions and support sustainable development”, a device to support implementation through both market and non-market instruments; the latter reflecting an aversion of a number of Parties to market mechanisms such as carbon trading.
Mark Watson secures withdrawal of £3m confiscation application against company director in waste case
Mark Watson, representing the director of a waste company, has secured the withdrawal of one of the largest confiscation applications ever made by the...
Christopher Badger reviews the European Commission’s new legislative proposals on waste
Following changes made to the Circular Economy Package by the European Commission, including revised legislative proposals on waste, Christopher Badger, provides insight into the proposals...
Six Pump Court hosts Brazilian Lawyer Camilla Lisboa Martins
Camila Lisboa Martins, is a junior associate at Grinberg e Cordovil Advogados, a boutique law firm in São Paulo, specialising in Antitrust Law, Trade...
Key features of and the occasional surprise in the Paris Agreement (Part One)
The text finally agreed in Paris does not lend itself to easy navigation or digestion; the absence of sub-headings makes it necessary to dive into each paragraph in detail in order to understand the subject matter. This article will summarise the first set of key provisions and points of interest for legal practitioners.
Pascal Bates in prosecutions of two very large energy companies
ConocoPhillips (U.K.) Limited and UK Power Networks (Operations) Limited have been fined £3 million and £1 million respectively for (quite separate) safety breaches in...
Simon Taylor and Tom Dunn secure unanimous convictions in murder trial
Simon Taylor and Tom Dunn instructed by the South Eastern Complex Casework Unit of the CPS have secured the conviction of Allison Tomlin and...
Kutyauripo Killing – Oliver Saxby QC instructed to defend
Oliver Saxby QC has been instructed to defend the 16 year old charged with the murder of Charles Kutyauripo, who sustained fatal stab wounds...
Thomas Stern secures acquittal for army Major accused of causing death by careless driving
Thomas Stern has secured the acquittal at Salisbury Crown Court for army Major accused of causing death by careless driving. Please see below for...