29th March 2021
Nick Pointon and Natasha Dzameh, members of the Commercial team at St John’s, consider the implications of Brexit for the rules governing jurisdiction, choice of law and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in English courts. “The ‘B’ word and the ‘C’ word in one article… Brexit and the Conflict of laws. Those familiar with private international law will…
4th February 2021
Dr Rachel Segal of St John’s Chambers has produced the latest edition of the Denton Resource – an invaluable time-saving aid for practitioners finding themselves on either side of relief from sanctions applications. The Resource (covering relevant higher court authorities reported up to 31 December 2020) now summarises 250 judgments on relief from sanctions since…
21st January 2021
St. John’s Chambers expert barristers will discuss the Supreme Court’s decision in the FCA business interruption insurance test case, looking in particular at its treatment of (1) disease clauses, (2) prevention of access and hybrid clauses, and (3) trends clauses, as well as the all-important treatment of causation underlying these. Nick Pointon, Georgina Thompson and Daniel…
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…
5th October 2020
We are delighted to announce that we have been ranked as top tier in 10 different areas of law and with 47 of our barristers ranked in 14 areas of law in the 2021 Legal 500 rankings. This means that St. John’s barristers have been ranked a staggering 82 times in 2021. We are also…
15th June 2020
Anyone with an interest in proprietary estoppel should read Adam Boyle’s new article. Adam is noted as a specialist in proprietary estoppel by Chambers & Partners and in this thought-provoking article he discusses the state of the doctrine following the case of Habberfield Read full here
27th April 2020
Nick Pointon, together with Jersey Advocate Steven Chiddicks, has been representing Consultant Ophthalmologist Mr Amar Alwitry in long running proceedings before the Jersey courts, arising out of his unlawful dismissal in 2012. The liability phase of these proceedings has now concluded, with the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council declining the States Employment Board’s renewed…
22nd April 2020
Charlie Newington-Bridges Introduction 1. The need for virtual hearings and virtual trials for civil proceedings has presented the judiciary, counsel and solicitors with a whole series of challenges, not least learning how the technology works. 2. What follows is not a definitive guide to virtual hearings, but more a series of observations and tips for…
22nd April 2020
Members of St John’s Chambers’ Wills & Trusts, Real Estate and Commercial teams continue to offer the full range of mediation services during the COVID-19 Lockdown through the use of the Zoom Pro video conferencing platform. This allows the mediation to take place remotely, with the mediator being able to move between virtual rooms where…
1st April 2020
As of today, our Pupils; Kate Pearson & Daniel Soar, start their 2nd Six Months of Pupillage. This means they are now available for appropriate work, including advocacy. Given the current challenges surrounding attending court in person, they are both able to conduct hearings by phone and video conference, including MS Teams and Zoom. If…
