Karamjit Singh appears in Fundamental Dishonesty Committal Hearing

Karamjit Singh appears in fundamental dishonesty case – 3 months sentence of imprisonment imposed for false statements of claimant and his witness. At a committal hearing listed on 21 March 2018, Mr ... Continue Reading

Celebrating the feast day of St Ives, patron saint of lawyers

St Ives, also known as Saint Ivo of Kermartin and the ‘Advocate of the Poor’, is the patron saint of lawyers and abandoned children. In honour of the feast day of St Ives on 19th May, we held a... Continue Reading

Law Update: A Missing Step?

In this latest article, Alexander Pritchard-Jones talks about ‘A Missing Step? The interaction of the guidelines on the imposition of community and custodial sentences and the specific offence guide... Continue Reading

Ben Douglas-Jones QC has joined chambers as a door tenant

The members of the Crime Team are delighted to announce that Ben Douglas-Jones QC has joined chambers as a door tenant with immediate effect. Ben’s CV can be found here. ... Continue Reading

Housing Update: Automatic discharge of SPO’s

The Court of Appeal has considered the interpretation of a clause in a suspended possession order that provides for automatic discharge after a prescribed period of time in the case of Armstrong v Ashfield... Continue Reading

St Ives Annual Charity Challenge Cup Quiz

Thank you to all those who attended the St Ives Annual Charity Challenge Cup Quiz. The quiz raised £1,669.50 for our charity of the year, Birmingham Children’s Hospital. Congratulations to the winne... Continue Reading

Peter Cooper defends and secures acquittal in attempted murder trial

Peter Cooper defends and secures acquittal in attempted murder trial at Warwick Crown Court. Rugby resident Daniel Szulc, was accused of stabbing his partner after she announced her intention to leave him ... Continue Reading

St Ives Chambers Criminal Group supports the Criminal Bar Association action

The members of St Ives Chambers Criminal Group are of the view that the AGFS remuneration scheme, introduced on 1st April 2018, is seriously flawed. The reason behind it, namely the continued assault upon ... Continue Reading

Alyssa Howard has joined chambers as a tenant

We are delighted to announce that Alyssa Howard has joined chambers and will begin receiving instructions in May. Alyssa is a family practitioner who undertakes private law children and finance work and is... Continue Reading

Birmingham City Council v W & Ors [2018] EWHC 610 (Fam)

David Payne and Dympna Howells were instructed on behalf of different parties in a case where Mr Justice Keehan considered whether the London Borough of Haringey (in whose area a child had been residing wh... Continue Reading