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…
14th February 2020
Experienced mediator Alex Troup recently travelled to Carlisle for his first mediation under the Court of Protection pilot scheme, and helped the parties reach a settlement in a statutory will dispute. The scheme is designed for disputes that have resulted in proceedings being issues in the Court of Protection. The aim of mediation under the…
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…
4th February 2019
Abigail Bond has been appointed as a Fee-paid Judge of the First-tier Tribunal (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber). Abigail, who was called to the Bar in 1999, will be sitting in the Mental Health jurisdiction from Spring 2019 and will continue to practise as a Family Law barrister specialising in complex care proceedings. View…
9th November 2018
On 8 November 2018, St John’s Chambers and Wolferstans Solicitors hosted their second Court of Protection conference at Dartington Hall, Devon. The event was sponsored by St James’ Place Wealth Management and Flagstone, and saw over 60 delegates attend. We were delighted to welcome District Judge O’Neill to open up the talks with her ‘update…
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…
30th October 2018
We are thrilled to announce that we have been recommended as a top-tier set, and listed in the ten main areas of law in the 2018 edition of Legal 500. Three of our QCs are listed in the ‘Leading silks’ list – a guide to outstanding silks nationwide. 45 of our barristers are listed in the…
26th January 2018
St John’s Chambers members, Alex Troup and Abigail Bond, were involved in the case of Re DMM, a Court of Protection case which was recently reported on Bailii and has been the subject of considerable press interest. The case concerned an application by EJ, one of the daughters of DMM, to restrain his marriage to…
