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Our Essential Injury Toolkit Conference for Junior Practitioners returns on the 15th May at We The Curious. Is a half-day event aimed at equipping you with the tools and resources required working in #personalinjury and #clinicalnegligence practice. The outline of our event will…
We're pleased to announce that we raised over £1,000 for @HeadwayBristol from our charity raffle at our Catastrophic Injury Conference last year. Thanks Marion for popping into Chambers and having your photo with Ben Handy and Hugh Maguire today - it was great to catch up!…
🧾 GPs are regularly cited as defendants in clinical negligence litigation. In this article, Justin Valentine, head of our clinical negligence team, identifies the most common areas of GP hashtag#negligence based on cases with which he has dealt. These are bowel cancer,…
Natasha Dzameh was appointed to the Legal Services Panel for the @BVIGovernment in their most recent round of recruitment. Appointments are for a two year period with the possibility of extension. She is thought to be the only regional junior appointed. The Government of the…
Following on from the recent History of the Bristol Bar article by Christopher Sharp KC, @BristolLawSoc will be featuring a spotlight on each of the Bristol Corporate Member Sets over the coming months and we were first up! As the last of the six founding members of St John’s…
Bethany Scarsbrook and Sophie Smith-Holland have published the Spring edition of the 2025 financial remedies update written for the FLBA Regional ‘Family Affairs’ magazine. This is an extremely useful guide for all #familylaw practitioners. Bethany and Sophie regularly review…
New #podcast on our #sjcfamilylaw podcast channel, episode 11: Covert Recordings in Family Proceedings: Part 1 Part 1 was recorded prior to the publication of the FJC Guidance. Part 2, which will consider the new guidance, is coming soon! In this episode, Vivien Croly is joined…
📕 𝗔 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲, 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻…
The last of the six founding members of St John’s Chambers, @CSharp520917 has retired from full practice after more than 50 years. Christopher has been in practice in Bristol since 1975 and took Silk in 1999, making him one of those unusual barristers who has been a silk longer…
📢 Our Catastrophic Injury Conference returns on 25th September 2025 at the iconic Bristol Beacon. Join us for a day of topical sessions delivered by our team of leading barristers and a selection of sought-after experts, who’ll be discussing aspects of #Rehabilitation following…
Olivia Pike represented the Local Authority in the Court of Appeal, successfully appealing a Judge’s decision to make a section 37(1) direction and interim supervision orders in respect of children who were not the subject of proceedings. Read the judgment here:…
🧾 We’re proud to share that five of our lawyers feature on the 2025 Pro Bono Recognition List published this morning which recognises solicitors and barristers across England and Wales who have given over 25 hours of their time to pro bono work over the past year. Christopher…
New article written by Charles Shwenn and Nicole Hilton. About time: adverse possession in boundary disputes following Brown v Ridley. The Supreme Court has determined that, in the context of a boundary dispute, one element a person in adverse possession must prove in order to…
Our #Commerciallaw and Company team are looking forward to coming down to Exeter on 20th March to host our seminar in association with @DSLawSociety at the Marriott Hotel. Topics include: 📕 Unfair Prejudice: what is unfair and what is prejudicial? Charlie Newington-Bridges 📕…
St John’s Chambers is delighted to announce that, following the latest competition, @NDzameh has been appointed to the Attorney General’s Regional B Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown. This prestigious appointment is for a duration of five years commencing 1 March 2025 and…
📢 1 more week until the second installment in our Family Finance Debate Series. 📕 Debate 2: Is the current discretionary system in England & Wales fit for purpose? Has the time come for a move to greater certainty? Jody Atkinson v Vivien Croly chaired by Jack Harris. Book…
Commercial and chancery barrister & mediator, Natasha Dzameh, will be joining Mr Justice Linden and Judge Rohan Pirani on 25 February 2025 at VWV. The panel will be discussing their views and aspirations on diversity at the Bar & Bench. ESSWN is a recreation of the BAME Legal…
Dr Rachel Segal has published the 2025 edition of the #Denton Resource – an invaluable time-saving research aid for civil #lawyers called upon to advise on, argue or determine relief from sanctions applications. This publication provides brief, easily searchable summaries of…
Please take a look at our digital book which looks back at some news and highlights from 2024. You can also find out a bit more about what’s happening in 2025. We have a full range of CPD seminars and conferences to look forward too (lnkd.in/e4233Wbg) as well as new…
Our #Divorce & Financial Remedy team are excited to invite you to an innovative series of debates focusing on some of the hot topics in the world of #financial remedies. Held in Chambers, each debate will see two of our specialist financial remedy barristers pitted against each…
