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 April 2018
Earlier this week our real estate team hosted their first in-house free training session in our ‘Building Blocks | bite size property training sessions’ series. The session included the following talks: Procedure in the First-Tier (Property Chamber); The Business and Property Court: Rethink, reform or just rebrand?; Adverse possession: the different statutory regimes and requirements;…
24th January 2018
Leslie Blohm QC, Deputy Head of Chambers and member of our commercial & real estate teams recently published an article within Lexis Nexis on ‘The Business and Property Courts in Bristol, as seen from the Bar.’ He explains to readers that the new Business and Property Courts can be viewed as a way in which…
16th January 2018
Friday the 12th January marked the official opening ceremony of the Bristol Business & Property Courts. The event saw speeches from; The Lord Chief Justice of England & Wales (Rt Hon The Lord Burnett of Maldon) The Chancellor of the High Court (Rt Hon Sir Geoffrey Vos) The Judge in Charge of the Commercial Court…
24th November 2017
It is with great pleasure that we announce both St. John’s Chambers and two of our Silks; Leslie Blohm QC and Kathryn Skellorn QC having been shortlisted for the Legal 500 UK Awards 2018. St John’s Chambers is up for The Legal 500 UK Regional/Scottish Chambers of the year and our two Silks have both…
16th November 2017
St John’s Chambers’ commercial & real estate specialist, John Sharples reminds readers of the changes made with the introduction of the new Business and Property Courts. The courts became operational in London and certain regional centres, including Bristol and Cardiff, on 2nd October 2017. The New Court The B&PC unites the specialist civil jurisdictions of…
23rd October 2017
Leslie Blohm QC, barrister within St John’s Chambers’ town and village greens team, has recently appeared for Torfaen County Borough Council as landowner at the Inquiry. Ms. Ruth Stockley, inspector appointed by Torfaen County Borough Council, has recommended the refusal of registration of the Playing Fields at Llantarnam (formerly the Llantarnam School Playing Fields) as a…
20th October 2017
It is with great pleasure that we announce the achievement of Natasha Dzameh, one of our commercial; real estate and wills & trusts barristers, in winning the Bristol Law Society’s “Barrister of the Year 2017” award last night. She was lauded as an excellent lawyer and was also commended on her client service skills. Her accomplishment…
19th October 2017
We are delighted to announce that St John’s Chambers has been recommended as a Top Tier Set in the Western Circuit’s Leading Set by The Legal 500 United Kingdom 2017. For one solicitor, St John’s Chambers is ‘one of the leading sets in the South West’, providing ‘London-quality advice locally’ with ‘a good breadth and…
3rd May 2017
Leslie Blohm QC and Charlie Newington-Bridges, barristers within St John’s Chambers’ real estate team, have recently obtained an order enforcing ‘put option’ for sale of a family farmhouse. When Mr. & Ms. Yarnold and their daughter and son in law Mr. & Mrs. Smith decided to regularise their rights in the property they were living…
