Mark Watson successfully represents Maritime & Coastguard Agency
At Southampton Crown Court on 27 November 2012 Mark Watson successfully represented the Maritime & Coastguard Agency in the first successful prosecution of a UK-based management...
Pascal Bates Prosecutes Oil Drum Explosion Case
On 27 November Pascal Bates successfully prosecuted C.V.S. (Anglia) Limited, an Ipswich vehicle repair company, for safety failures at its garage premises. A workshop assistant was...
Eleanor Laws QC appointed to sit as Chair in Bar Disciplinary Tribunals
Eleanor Laws QC has been appointed by the Council of the Inns of Court to sit as Chair in Bar Disciplinary Tribunals. To view...
Roy Martin QC appointed as Court of Appeal Judge in Jersey and Guernsey
Chambers is pleased to announce that Roy Martin QC has been appointed by Her Majesty the Queen to serve as a Judge in the Courts of...
Six Pump Court is pleased to announce Oliver Saxby’s appointment as Queen’s Counsel
Called to the Bar in 1992, Oliver Saxby has built up a strong criminal practice and has been involved in some of the most...
Six Pump Court Chambers shortlisted in the Halsbury’s Legal Awards 2013
Six Pump Court Chambers has been shortlisted in the 'Chambers of the Year' category by the Halsbury's Laws Legal Awards 2013. The Halsbury's Legal...
Eleanor Laws QC secures reversal of a ruling regarding a vulnerable witness
Eleanor Laws QC yesterday successfully argued in the Court of Appeal that a terminating ruling declaring a vulnerable witness as incompetent, be reversed. The witness...
Thomas Stern defends one of five indicted for murder
Thomas Stern is representing one of five defendants indicted for murder before the Crown Court at Norwich. The complex trial in which the defendants are accused of the...
The murder trial of Sarah Ripley (Oliver Saxby prosecuting and Richard Barraclough QC and John O’Higgins defending) commences
The trial of Sarah Ripley - a 21 year old girl charged with murdering her partner, James Heddington, began on Monday at Canterbury Crown Court. It...
Mark Harris and Mark Watson have successfully represented the Environment Agency in a test case brought by Thames Water Utilities regarding escapes of sewage onto land
In Thames Water Utilities Ltd v Environment Agency [2013] EWHC 472 (Admin) Mark Harris and Mark Watson have successfully represented the Environment Agency in a test case brought...
Stephen Hockman QC and Lee Bennett successfully represent Ofgem in proposed record £10.5m fine case against energy supplier SSE
Ofgem has announced its intention to fine SSE £10.5 million for mis-selling energy contracts to domestic customers. Stephen Hockman QC, Monica Carss-Frisk QC andLee Bennett advised...
Nina Ellin and Peter Alcock successfully defend mother in child neglect case
Nina Ellin and Peter Alcock successfully defend a mother charged with neglecting her baby boy, who suffered severe head injuries and brain damage at the hands of...
Nicholas Baldock secures finding of 60% contributory negligence in employer’s liability case
Nicholas Baldock secures finding of 60% contributory negligence against employer in a case involving a fall from scaffold. In Jason Sharp (by his brother & litigation...
Eleanor Laws QC to contribute to Advocate’s Gateway training for treatment of vulnerable witnesses
Eleanor Laws QC has been invited to assist in compiling a training programme for the treatment of vulnerable witnesses as part of the launch of...
Mark Watson successfully prosecutes company responsible for major pollution incident
Mark Watson, on behalf of the Environment Agency, has successfully prosecuted one of Europe's leading chemical companies for a pesticide pollution of the River...
Successful appeal by Ministry of Defence against plans for wind farm
William Upton has represented the Ministry of Defence in a successful appeal against plans for two separate wind farms which, it was argued, would interfere...
Oliver Saxby QC and Danny Moore (instructed by Vymans, Gravesend) begin their defence of Lee Webster at Maidstone Crown Court
The trial of Lee Webster began on 30th May at Maidstone Crown Court. Webster is charged with the unlawful killing of a man called...
Oliver Saxby QC becomes Chairman of the Kent Bar Mess
Oliver Saxby QC has become Chairman of the Kent Bar Mess. 6 Pump Court Chambers featured heavily the Kent Bar Mess elections which took place...
Crime Team Seminar – Pre-Trial Advocacy
The first of the Crime Team's Seminars takes place this evening, 6th June, at the Maidstone annexe. The seminar is entitled 'Pre-Trial Advocacy'. The seminar...
Oliver Saxby QC secures Jerome Parkinson’s acquittal of murder
The jury in the case of Parkinson and others returned their verdicts on Thursday. The Crown alleged that Parkinson and two of his co-accused...