Is it time for a change of approach to the climate change negotiations?
Posted by: Frances Lawson In a highly divisive arena where common ground remains at a premium, one area of agreement among all the actors...
Oliver Saxby QC and Peter Alcock secure rape campaign acquittals
A 21 year old man with learning difficulties has been cleared of allegations of rape and attempted rape. D was alleged to have committed...
Intended Nationally Determined Contributions and the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Negotiations
Posted by: Frances Lawson Since the 19th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, parties have been developing...
Nina Ellin speaking at “Child and Adolescent Health and Wellbeing” symposium
Nina Ellin will be speaking at the "Child and Adolescent Health and Wellbeing" symposium held by the Public Policy Exchange on Wednesday 24th June...
POCA and Ancillary Relief Seminar
Ian Whitehurst and Jane Campbell are presenting a seminar entitled 'POCA and Ancillary Relief'. The seminar will focus on the issue of third party...
New International Climate Change Blog
Six Pump Court is delighted to announce the launch of its new international climate change blog. Written by Frances Lawson as part of her...
No ‘bonne nouvelle’ from Bonn
Posted by: Frances Lawson It was never going to be easy, but hopes that intense negotiations in Bonn (UNFCCC) would shift the climate change...
Loan shark fails in appeal against confiscation proceedings
Richard Barraclough QC has successfully led the prosecution in the case of a loan shark who appealed against a confiscation order made against him...
The Moroccan INDC – more than just a mitigation commitment
Posted by: Frances Lawson In the fraught world of international climate change negotiations, some things can be more significant than they initially seem. Although...
Canterbury Crown Court – Open Day and Mock Trials
On Saturday 13th June barristers from Six Pump Court will be participating in mock trials as part of the Open Day at Canterbury’s Combined...
Jane Campbell appointed Deputy District Judge
Six Pump Court Chambers warmly congratulates Jane Campbell on her appointment as Deputy District Judge (Civil).
Final costs and confiscation judgment given in Sanger
In the most recent judgment in London Borough of Newham v Sanger, the sanctions for failing to comply with a planning enforcement notice have...
Old Bailey Grooming Trial Continues
The trial of 11 men charged with sex exploitation offences in the Aylesbury area has reached the end of its second week. The first...
Eleanor Laws QC appears in Butler [2015] EWCA Crim 854
Eleanor Laws QC has appeared in R v Butler in which the President of the Queens Bench Division Sir Brian Leveson issues some guidance...
Tom Dunn instructed by SECCU to prosecute substantial human trafficking case
Tom Dunn has been instructed on behalf of the South Eastern Complex Casework Unit of the CPS to prosecute Josef and Marion Dzuga for...
Oliver Saxby QC instructed in Killing Case
Oliver Saxby QC has been instructed to represent John Cudworth, a man in his 20's, charged with the murder of his wife whose body,...
CPS Accredited Rape and Sexual Offences Training seminar – 30 May
Eleanor Laws QC will be speaking at the annual CPS South East Circuit Accredited Rape and Sexual Offences Training seminar on 30th May. The...
Application of Barnwell Manor principles test
Anne Williams has successfully represented the Nicholls Lane Field Action Group in an Inquiry into a refusal by Stafford Borough Council for a residential...
Edward Grant speaks at the annual PEBA Conference
On Friday 15th May, Edward Grant spoke at the 2015 PEBA National Conference. At this annual event, which this year was entitled ‘Animal, Vegetable...
Oliver Saxby QC opens for the Crown in eleven-handed Old Bailey Sex Exploitation Case
The ‘Operation Articulate’ trial, Vikram Singh and others, gets under way today at the Central Criminal Court. Eleven defendants face 49 sex exploitation charges...