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CHAMBERS NEWS

  • Isaac Dawson unanimously acquitted of murder at the Central Criminal Court

    Jeremy Dein QC (instructed by TV Edwards) represented Mr Dawson, the first of nine defendants in a multiple cut-throat trial lasting 4 months.

  • Hot topics in International Commercial Arbitration

    Courtenay Griffiths QC will be speaking at the International Conference for Promoting Arbitration, in Warsaw Poland on 6th June 2013 on  the potential use of arbitral proceedings to launder the proceeds of crime and the competing interests of preventing international crime and maintaining arbitral awards under the New York Convention

  • 'Justice for Sale' - Jo Sidhu QC speaks

    Jo Sidhu QC appeared as a panel speaker at the 'Justice for Sale' conference on 22nd May 2013 at the Friends House in Euston. Overs 1,200 lawyers attended the conference to debate the threatened cuts to legal aid.

  • Waste recycling fraud stayed as an abuse of process

    Paul Hynes QC & Nathaniel Rudolf persuaded Preston Crown Court to stay the indictment in a vast waste recycling fraud brought by Cumbria County Council Trading Standards

  • Dermot Keating appointed as a Judge of the First Tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber)

    Dermot will sit for up to 30 days a year on this tribunal considering fitness to work and related issues.

  • Paul Mendelle QC and Lesley Bates (23 Essex Street) project-lead film on questioning the young and vulnerable

    The film, to be presented at the CBA Spring Conference on Saturday 27th April, shows how prosecution and defence advocates can make their questioning developmentally appropriate.

  • Salman Butt- Court of Abitration for Sport

    The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has rejected the appeal filed by the former Pakistan cricket captain Salman Butt against the length for the ban imposed for spot-fixing by tge International Cricket Council. Mr Butt was represented by Yasin Patel.

  • Yasin Patel instructed to represent Mervyn Westfield at ECB Appeal Tribunal

    Mervyn Westfield is to appeal the 5 year ban imposed following his conviction for accepting corrupt payments

  • New tenant- Sushil Kumar

    Chambers is delighted to announce that Sushil Kumar has accepted an offer of tenancy at 25 Bedford Row following a successful completion of his pupillage.

  • John Cooper QC wins libel case for "Loose Women" panellist Lynda Bellingham

    John Cooper QC instructed by Pinder Reaux obtained a six figure settlement sum for celebrity Lynda Bellingham in the high profile libel case involving statements made online about the actress and her husband.

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