Six Pump Court shortlisted as Health & Safety Set of the Year by 2012 Chambers Bar Awards
ix Pump Court has been shortlisted for UK Set of the Year in Health & Safety by the 2012 Chambers Bar Awards. Barrister Mark Harris has also...
Supreme Court confirms scope of listing of old minerals planning permissions
Roy Martin QC acted for the successful owner of minerals in a case in which the Supreme Court confirmed that when a planning authority...
Eleanor Laws QC and Lucy Luttman secure acquittal of former Head Teacher in sex abuse case
Eleanor Laws QC and Lucy Luttman successfully defended a former Head Teacher of a Boys School in Brighouse, West Yorkshire. The Head Teacher was charged with nineteen charges of serious...
Criminal Team’s established presence in Kent further strengthened with the addition of five experienced practitioners
Chambers is pleased to announce that Tom Stern, John Fitzgerald, Simon Wickens, Tom Dunn and Kieran Brand have joined the Criminal Team. The recruitment...
Nina Ellin speaks at the Level 3 Child Safeguarding Conference 2012
Nina Ellin spoke at the Level 3 Child Safeguarding Conference 2012 held by the Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine Conference in London last week....
Nicholas Ostrowski awarded Pegasus Scholarship
Six Pump Court Chambers is pleased to announce that Nicholas Ostrowski has been awarded a Pegasus Scholarship. He will be seconded to a number of...
Pascal Bates and Simon Taylor lead Bribery Act Training Event
On 1st November 2012 Pascal Bates and Simon Taylor led a CPD accredited training event on the Bribery Act 2010 at the head quarters of Epping Forest District...
Nicholas Baldock acts for Pride Of Derby Angling Club and obtains injunction to prevent £3m development on part of its waters
Following a four day hearing, a judge has ruled that plans for a £3m hydropower plant on a stretch of the River Trent cannot...
David Travers QC and Mark Watson awarded honorary fellowships of the Society of Food and Hygiene and Technology
On 22 November 2012 David Travers QC and Mark Watson were awarded honorary fellowships of the Society of Food Hygiene and Technology (SOFHT) at the Society's annual lunch at...
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...