2nd April 2020
Patrick West looks at the potential impact of the Coronavirus pandemic in employers’ cases. The COVID-19 pandemic has been described as the biggest challenge facing the world since World War II. With thousands dead and dying from the virus, there is no vaccine and no cure (yet). It is a frightening prospect for all those…
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…
23rd October 2019
Andrew McLaughlin, ranked in the Chambers UK industrial disease spotlight table, has successfully defended a public house in Manchester against an occupational disease employers’ liability claim brought by a former chef who alleged he was exposed to aspergillus fumigatus mould spores over several years. He claimed to have developed acute invasive aspergillosis, a life-threatening condition,…
