Sam Powis re-joins St Ives Chambers

We are pleased to announce that Sam Powis will be re-joining St Ives Chambers after taking early retirement in Spring 2023. With nearly 40 years of experience, Sam is an expert in all areas of criminal def... Continue Reading

Legal 500 rankings demonstrate continued strength for St Ives

We are delighted that 2023 has been another successful year for St Ives, having again cemented our reputation as one of the region’s leading sets, with a number of our members featuring in the Legal ... Continue Reading

St Ives Chambers is delighted to welcome three new pupils

St Ives Chambers is delighted to welcome three new pupils Katie Goodman, Jordan Warren and Emily Waggott. Katie and Jordan will be undertaking common law pupillages and Emily will undertake a specialist cr... Continue Reading

St Ives Chambers is delighted to announce three new tenants join Chambers

St Ives Chambers is delighted to announce that all three pupils have accepted offers of tenancy on completion of their pupillages. Alyssa Callaway, Adam Clay-Croome and Milly Webb will continue to practise... Continue Reading

St Ives Chambers is nominated in 2023 Chambers & Partners in the Chambers UK Bar Awards

We are pleased to confirm that Chambers has been nominated for Client Service Set of the Year in 2023 Chambers UK Bar Awards. The awards recognise a Chambers pre-eminence in the UK and their achievements o... Continue Reading

Tom Harrill awarded Barrister of the Year 2023 at the Worcestershire Law Society Legal Awards

Many congratulations to Tom Harrill who was awarded Barrister of the Year 2023 at the Worcestershire Law Society Legal Awards on Friday. Tom is a specialist family law barrister of 10 years’ call. He rep... Continue Reading

Applications for Anti-Social Behaviour Injunctions and Gang-Related Violence Injunctions – changes to the N16A – Richard Dewsbery

Richard Dewsbery provides a reminder of a recent change to the Civil Procedure Rules, requiring claimants seeking an antisocial behaviour injunction to include mandatory information about the availability ... Continue Reading

Tom Lawal awarded Special Recognition Award at the Birmingham Black Lawyer’s Awards Summer Ball

Chambers wishes to express its heartfelt congratulations to Tom Lawal who was a recipient of one of three Special Recognition Awards at last month’s Birmingham Black Lawyer’s Awards Summer Ball. The aw... Continue Reading

The correct procedure for mobile phone extraction in public law proceedings in the absence of police phone disclosure – Holly Hilbourne-Gollop

Holly Hilbourne-Gollop considers guidance from the Court of Appeal in Re P, H-L (Children) (Mobile Phone Extraction) [2023] EWCA Civ 206, in relation to the correct procedure for mobile phone extraction in... Continue Reading

Gangs and Anti-Social Behaviour Injunctions – Standard of Proof – Jane Talbot

Jane Talbot discusses the recent Supreme Court decision in Jones v Birmingham City Council in which the applicable standard of proof in gang and anti social behaviour injunction cases was challenged. To vi... Continue Reading