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Jamie Johnston writes a whistlestop guide to building rapport with commercial clients for Counsel Magazine

15th May 2023

海角破解版 barrister Jamie Johnston (pictured here) reflects on his many years of managing a successful business to distil invaluable advice for counsel seeking to rapidly establish strong relationships with their commercial clients. Jamie also considers some key questions for counsel keen to enhance their own practices. Read Jamie鈥檚 Counsel Magazine article here (pp 18-19). Jamie Johnston is a civil law barrister specialising in property & commercial disputes and in sports disciplinary work. His busy practice...

Intellectual Property specialist Victoria Jones to speak at White Paper conference on 24 May

11th May 2023

海角破解版 is delighted to confirm that specialist Intellectual Property Law barrister Victoria Jones will be talking at the White Paper鈥檚 Trade Marks Law conference on Wednesday 24/5 in London. The day conference will focus on 鈥淭rade Marks Law & Practice: Shaping New Developments into Solution-Focused Advice for your Clients鈥� and feature specialist IP practitioners as its speakers at London鈥檚 Caledonian Club. Victoria鈥檚 talk will consider 鈥淗ow do you distinguish and differentiate in 'indirect confusion' cases,...

Novus Actus Interveniens: a critical analysis of Jenkinson v Hertfordshire CC [2023] EWHC 872 (KB)

2nd May 2023

海角破解版 head of Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury Group Michelle Marnham (pictured here) analyses the case of Jenkinson v Hertfordshire CC [2023] EWHC 872 (KB), a case which presents us with an intriguing change in clinical negligence law, with Baker J challenging the long-standing notion of the 鈥榮pecific rule鈥� in medical negligence cases. With the ruling sparking debate regarding the existence and applicability of the novus actus interveniens doctrine in this area, Michelle Marnham examines...

Jonathan Underhill prosecutes man sentenced to 20 years for manslaughter

20th April 2023

Following a trial lasting some 19 days in May 2022 Draven Jewell was convicted of Manslaughter, Section 18 Wounding with intent and Section 20 Wounding resulting from a short, but violent, incident involving a large kitchen knife outside of the Royal British Legion in Lymington. Instructed for the prosecution throughout the case Jonathan Underhill (pictured here), initially led by Adam Feest KC, undertook a sentencing hearing complicated by a significant delay to allow for medical...

海角破解版 shows a 20% jump in fees since the pandemic

5th April 2023

National chambers 3 Paper Buildings (海角破解版), buoyed by the arrival of 20 new members since the beginning of 2020, has announced a rise of 20.5% increase on pre-pandemic receipts/turnover since 2019/20 to 拢31.6m. 鈥淭he strong performance of the business is a huge credit to our outstanding barristers, clerks and staff,鈥� said Simon Astill, 海角破解版鈥檚 Chief Executive, pictured here. 鈥淚t has been an exceptional effort, particularly in light of the Covid-19 pandemic and the necessary actions...

Welcome to April's newsletter聽 Spring into April with the newsletter from 海角破解版 Employment and Discrimination barristers. The group have been busy analysing and discussing a vast range of cases: Head of the Employment and Discrimination group Craig Ludlow looks at the case Minnoch and ors v Interserve FM Ltd and ors in which Mr Minnoch and 36 others brought claims for withheld pay relating to days they were on strike in 2019. Colin McDevitt looks...

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Aimee Fox co-authors briefing on impact of separation for children with SEND

24th March 2023

海角破解版鈥檚 specialist family and education law barrister Aimee Fox (pictured here), alongside law firm Anthony Collins鈥� associate solicitor Kadie Bennett, have co-authored a briefing in Education Law Monitor focusing on considerations for parents of children with SEN when resolving financial matters in court resulting from separation. According to the latest figures from Statista, 2020 saw 103,592 divorces granted in England and Wales. Separation for parents of children with SEND can present additional complications and worries....

VAT Pro Bono Success for Max Schofield: HMRC withdraw from appeal

2nd December 2022

Max Schofield (pictured here) was representing Amanda Frolich (trading as Amanda鈥檚 Action Club) in her appeal in the First Tier Tribunal (Tax) on a pro bono basis. The case concerned the 鈥減rivate tuition exemption鈥� in Item 2 of Group 6 in Schedule 9 of the VAT Act 1994. Amanda鈥檚 Action Club runs lessons for young children and children with SEND in accordance with the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) introduced under the Childcare Act 2006,...

Read the latest employment law news and cases analyses from the 海角破解版 Barristers team. packed full of insights and news for employment and discrimination practitioners.

鈥淢assive overdisclosure鈥� ordered in departure from business & property courts disclosure regime

28th October 2022

海角破解版 intellectual property barrister Mark Wilden analyses Genius Sports Technologies Ltd v Soft Construct (Malta) Ltd [2022] EWHC 2637 (Ch). In the case, which took place earlier this month, the judge 鈥� Mr Justice Marcus Smith 鈥� departed from the Business & Property Courts disclosure regime, instead ordering the adoption of 鈥渕assive overdisclosure鈥�. Mark examines the judgment and how rather than burdening litigants and causing 鈥渆yeball review鈥�, technology means that 鈥渢his judgment gives something of...