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23rd June 2015

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...

23rd June 2015

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...

22nd June 2015

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...

19th June 2015

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...

16th June 2015

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...

16th June 2015

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...

16th June 2015

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...

12th June 2015

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...

11th June 2015

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...

10th June 2015

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...

8th June 2015

Jane Campbell appointed Deputy District Judge

Six Pump Court Chambers warmly congratulates Jane Campbell on her appointment as Deputy District Judge (Civil).  

3rd June 2015

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...

29th May 2015

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...

22nd May 2015

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...

22nd May 2015

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...

20th May 2015

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,...

19th May 2015

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...

18th May 2015

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...

18th May 2015

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...

18th May 2015

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...