23rd October 2020
We are delighted to announce that we have been hugely successful in this year’s Chambers UK Bar 2021 Guide. We have been recognised in a total of 22 major areas of law, with 1 of our barristers ranked as a star individual, 3 up and coming, 17 of our barristers ranked in Band 1 and…
28th November 2019
Following our success in 2018, being awarded ‘Set of the Year’ in the regional category for The Legal 500, it is with great pleasure that we announce that St John’s Chambers have been shortlisted ‘Set of the Year’ for The Legal 500 UK Awards 2020. We are also extremely pleased to announce that Leslie Blohm…
27th November 2019
St John’s Chambers sponsored the University of West of England (UWE) 2019 Mooting Competition, and on Thursday, 21st November was the final of the three stage mooting competition at UWE, with the results being announced. The winner was Monica Young and the runner up, Ella White who have both received a mini pupillage experience at…
12th November 2019
Leslie Blohm QC recently spoke at the Agricultural Law Association’s National Conference on Thursday, 7th November at The Copthorne Tara Hotel, Kensington, London. Leslie provided a case law update to delegates, focusing on a selection of cases that have particular significance to agriculture, whether to family succession and farms (proprietary estoppel), impediments to development of…
4th November 2019
St John’s Chambers is extremely pleased to announce that Leslie Blohm QC has won ‘Chancery Silk of the Year’ at the Chambers Bar Awards 2019, a prestigious award recognising Leslie’s pre-eminence in his key practice areas. Leslie collected his award at the Hilton in London on 31st October 2019, where he was also joined by…
4th December 2018
We are pleased to announce commercial and chancery Silk; Leslie Blohm QC has been shortlisted for ‘Regional Bar – Silk of the Year’ in the Legal 500 UK Awards 2019. Leslie has been a member of chambers since 1984 and is one of the Western Circuit’s leading commercial and chancery silk, both in advisory work…
4th November 2018
We are delighted to announce that we have been hugely successful in this year’s Chambers UK Bar 2019 Guide. We have been recognised in a total of 17 major areas of law, with 3 of our barristers ranked as star individuals, and 17 of our barristers ranked in Band 1. What does Chambers UK 2019…
14th August 2018
Leslie Blohm QC, who is renowned for his expertise in farming cases provides an analysis of the relevant principle of proprietary estoppel in the case of Thompson v Thompson [2018] EWHC 1338 (Ch), [2018] All ER (D) 34 (Jun) for LexisNexis. According to Leslie, the case of Thompson v Thompson demonstrates the willingness of the…
14th August 2018
Leslie Blohm QC alongside seven other leading barristers in the UK took part in a series of videos for Oxford University Press discussing their involvement in seminal land law cases from recent years, ranging from Stack v Dowden, Davies v Davies and Bagum v Hafiz. View trailer: Bevan, Land Law: ‘The Lawyers Behind the Cases’ Leslie…
12th June 2018
Leslie Blohm QC, one of the country’s foremost chancery barristers, with experience of appearing in front of the highest courts in wills and trusts cases, has recently been instructed in the latest farming case to consider a claim to the family farm by a farmer’s child. Instructed by Robert James of Thrings, Leslie successfully acted…
