Apr 6, 2021 | News
Chambers has signed up to the Department of Health and Social Care’s National Workplace Testing Programme meaning we are now able to offer free and quick rapid lateral flow tests to all our participating Members, contractors, sub-contractors and staff. As we slowly...
Mar 31, 2021 | News
Rebecca Chalkley recently discussed private prosecutions with The Law Society Gazette in a piece entitled “Are private prosecutions getting out of control, or do we need more?” Rebecca explained that public prosecutions are not as well-resourced than private...
Mar 25, 2021 | News
We are thrilled to announce a new addition to Cornwall Street Barristers, Brig (Rtd) Anthony Paphiti. A military law expert, Anthony is joining us as an Academic Associate Tenant to bolster and support our growing Military Law team. An alumnus of Leeds University,...
Mar 24, 2021 | News
Cornwall Street Door tenant and former Counsel General for Wales, Theo Huckle QC, said that during lockdown he undertook the Bar Council’s public access course after learning almost 25% of all the earnings of the Bar are now from direct access instructions. Theo was...
Mar 23, 2021 | News
Following a contested Interim Removal Hearing, Miss Edwards was able to persuade the Court that the threshold for separation of a four month old baby and his birth mother had not been met. The Court had the evidence of two independent social workers and the...
Mar 2, 2021 | News
The recent judgment of HHJ Jarman QC provides a helpful reminder of what someone claiming the benefit of a deathbed gift (donatio mortis causa) must prove. It also highlights that applying the law is not necessarily synonymous with dispensing fairness. Tim Jacques...