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21st July 2014
Report of Parliamentary Inquiry into the Effectiveness of Legislation tackling Child Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking published today
The Report of the Parliamentary Inquiry into the effectiveness of legislation tackling child sexual exploitation and trafficking in the UK has been published today. Eleanor Laws...
21st July 2014
79% and rising? The ACAS Early Conciliation Scheme
On 6 April 2014, the ACAS Early Conciliation Scheme is available to prospective claimants. From 6 May 2014, for most claims to employment tribunals,...
21st July 2014
Members of Six Pump Court ranked in Planning newspaper’s 2013-2014 Planning Law Survey
Members of the Six Pump Court have been ranked highly in Planning newspaper’s annual Planning Law Survey for 2013-2014. Members featured in all three...
21st July 2014
Jane Campbell represents parent in same sex custody case
Jane Campbell has successfully represented an appellant parent in the Court of Appeal in Re G Children [2014] EWCA Civ 336. Judgment was given by...
21st July 2014
John O’Higgins opens the case for the prosecution in the case of Lee Birch accused of murdering his ex-wife
John O'Higgins has opened the case for the prosecution in the case of Lee Birch accused of murdering his ex-wife after flouting court orders banning him...
21st July 2014
Rook and Ward on Sexual Offences – new Supplement published
William Hotham has made significant contributions to the new First Supplement of the 4th edition of Rook and Ward on Sexual Offences Law and Practice. The...
21st July 2014
Eleanor Laws QC writes in Counsel Magazine on the way vulnerable witnesses are treated by the courts
In an article appearing in the latest issue of Counsel Magazine, Eleanor Laws QC writes on the changes that have occurred in the way...
16th July 2014
Richard Barraclough QC writes on the latest attempt to defeat POCA in illegal money lending cases
The latest attempt to defeat POCA in illegal money lending cases on grounds that a POCA order is a "sanction", has been roundly rejected...
11th July 2014
Mukhtiar Singh completes his first multi-track trial
Mukhtiar Singh acted for the Defendants in a high-value, two-day unlawful eviction trial at Dartford County Court. The Claimant tenant made a number of...
11th July 2014
Eleanor Laws QC interviewed on the ‘Today’ programme on Radio 4
Eleanor Laws QC was interviewed on the Today programme yesterday on Radio 4 commenting on the significance of the verdicts in the Max Clifford...
11th July 2014
Pascal Bates prosecutes Pirbright Institute for foot and mouth disease controls failures in first ever case under the Specified Animal Pathogens Order 2008
Pascal Bates yesterday prosecuted the Pirbright Institute, a government-funded research facility recognised by the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation as the world reference...
11th July 2014
Christopher Badger joins Six Pump Court Chambers
Chambers is pleased to announce that specialist regulatory barrister, Chris Badger has joined Six Pump Court. Chris has an established practice in commercial regulatory...
9th July 2014
Nina Ellin responds on behalf of the Crown in case concerning sexual assault of a vulnerable complainant
Nina Ellin responds on behalf of the Crown, as the Court of Appeal uphold the sentence of 9 months for the sexual assault of...
9th July 2014
Eleanor Laws QC successfully responds in the Court of Appeal to a fresh evidence appeal
Eleanor Laws QC has successfully responded in the Court of Appeal to a fresh evidence appeal in a case. The applicant raped and murdered...
9th July 2014
Andrew Espley prosecutes in a case involving a woman accused of plotting a colleague’s rape
Andrew Espley successfully prosecutes in a case involving a woman who is accused of posing as a workmate in online sex chatrooms asking men...
9th July 2014
Anne Williams appointed Visiting Professor at the Barlett School of Architecture and Planning
Anne Williams has been appointed Visiting Professor at the Bartlett School of Architecture and Planning, part of University College London. UCL is one of...
9th July 2014
David Travers QC to present a lecture at the Royal Society for Public Health conference on food law entitled ‘Allergies on a Plate’
David Travers QC will be lecturing on the new EU Regulation on the Provision of Food Information to Consumers (1169/2011 EC) at a...
9th July 2014
Pascal Bates prosecutes Company Director who is imprisoned for 12 months after roofer fell through fragile asbestos roofing sheets
Robert Wynn Marsh, the 64 year old sole director and shareholder of RM Developments (2005) Limited, was prosecuted for two offences after he caused...
9th July 2014
Murder Trial of Brian Sharp commences
Oliver Saxby QC and Peter Alcock (instructed by Kent Defence) began their defence of Brian Sharp, a 55 year old man charged with murdering...
9th July 2014
Eleanor Laws QC to speak at forthcoming South East Circuit Seminar
Eleanor Laws QC will be speaking at the South East Circuit seminar on Saturday as part of their Sexual Offences Training for the CPS....
