Better Case Management: Training and Information Event – 1st December
Six Pump Court is hosting a training event to provide an overview to the changes that will be implemented as a consequence of the...
John FitzGerald secures acquittal in attempted murder trial
John Fitzgerald has secured an acquittal in an attempted murder trial. The defendant, a Latvian female of good character, was alleged to have driven...
David Travers QC to host Society of Food Hygiene and Technology Annual Awards Ceremony
David Travers QC will host the annual awards ceremony of the Society of Food Hygiene and Technology at the Savoy, London on Thursday 19th...
Mark Watson wins Health & Safety Junior of the Year at Chambers UK Bar Awards
Chambers congratulates Mark Watson on winning Health & Safety Junior of the Year at the 2015 Chambers UK Bar Awards. Mark Watson received the...
Six Pump Court barristers ranked in ten areas of law in new 2016 Chambers UK Bar Guide
Six Pump Court Chambers is delighted to be ranked in ten areas of law in the new 2016 Chambers UK Bar Guide along with...
Richard Barraclough QC instructed in appeal by Dutch haulage company against civil penalty under Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
Richard Barraclough QC has been instructed in an important appeal by a Dutch haulage company against a civil penalty imposed by the Secretary of...
John FitzGerald and Richard Barraclough QC instructed in Maidstone murder mystery case
John FitzGerald and Richard Barraclough QC have been instructed by Gullands Solicitors in a murder mystery case whereby an unidentified body of a man...
All about ambition – Day 5 of the final COP21 negotiating session
Posted by: Frances Lawson With well over a hundred INDCs (Intended Nationally Determined Contributions) now submitted to the UNFCCC Secretariat, one of the talking...
Red lines and dividing lines – Day 4 of the final COP21 negotiating session
Posted by: Frances Lawson My debut appearance at a UNFCCC negotiating session met with an inauspicious start. Those with ‘observer’ status, of which I...
Planning Permission Decision quashed due to apparent bias
Stuart Jessop comments on Kelton v Wiltshire Council [2015] EWHC 2853 (Admin) The grant of planning permission for a residential development, which included affordable...
Hospitality Sector & Liability for Child Sexual Exploitation: an update
Richard Barraclough QC will be speaking at an event dealing with the risks and liabilities faced by the hospitality sector in circumstances where their...
Stuart Jessop successfully prosecutes consumer credit business operating without licence
Stuart Jessop has successfully prosecuted two defendants under the Consumer Protection Act for carrying on a consumer credit business without a licence. Both defendants...
Oliver Saxby QC and Kieran Brand begin Operation Reno defence
Oliver Saxby QC and Kieran Brand have begun their defence of James Carragher, the catholic De La Salle Brother charged with sexually abusing 15...
Liability and Remedies in Land and Water Contamination Claims : A Seminar
Six Pump Court presents the third in our series of environmental law seminars to be held this year: Liability and Remedies in Contamination Claims...
Is it time for the International Court of Justice to give its opinion on climate change?
Posted by: Frances Lawson Between 17th and 19th September 2015, lawyers from around the world converged on London for a 3-day climate change symposium...
Planning Policy Under the New Government – a briefing
At a Westminster Briefing event entitled ‘Planning Policy under the new Government’ on 29th September, William Upton outlined the planning reforms currently underway and...
Man found guilty of ordering his wife to kill her family
In this case, a man who had amassed a large collection of firearms and with a history of domestic violence, has been convicted of...
POCA in Planning Enforcement seminar
On 29th September 2015, Stuart Jessop and Laura Phillips spoke to delegates at the Royal Town Planning Institute's seminar entitled, 'POCA in Planning Enforcement'....
Environmental Permit Revocation and Appeals to the Planning Inspectorate: a Case Note
Richard Barraclough QC has written a commentary on a recent case in which he was Leading Counsel for a waste recycling operator. His commentary,...
Six Pump Court wins Real Estate, Environment & Planning Set of the Year in Legal 500 UK Bar Awards
Six Pump Court is proud to have won top set in the Real Estate, Environment & Planning category of the Legal 500 2015 UK...