10th February 2020
We are pleased to announce that 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 summarises relevant recent judgments in the higher courts of England and Wales on relief…
4th December 2019
Georgina Thompson joined Chambers in October 2019 following successful completion of her pupillage under the supervision of Alex Troup and John Dickinson. Georgina is currently building a broad practice; undertaking work in all areas of law within the Commercial and Chancery team. During her pupillage and since joining Chambers as a tenant, Georgina has acted in, and advised…
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…
27th November 2019
St John’s Chambers is proud to announce that on 1 October 2019 two new pupils commenced their pupillage in our successful Family & Divorce and Commercial & Chancery teams. Kate Pearson who joins our Family & Divorce team will be under the supervision of Zoë Saunders and Lucy Reed. Whilst studying for the Bar, Kate…
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…
20th June 2019
The Upper Tribunal, in the case of King & Blair v The Incumbent of Newburn [2019] UKUT 176 (LC) decides that ownership of a burial vault under a church is not lost by adverse possession merely because the church has been closed for over 12 years. The Upper Tribunal’s decision was handed down on Monday,…
6th March 2019
The result of Witley Parish Council v Cavanagh has caused understandable concern that we have reverted back to a time when ownership of a tree brings such onerous obligations that early felling is seen as a reasonable mode of risk avoidance. Is that concern really justified? Richard Stead of our Property Damage team gives his legal…
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…
