10KBW tenant, Christina Warner has been published in the Journal of Animal Welfare Law researching the impact of domestic abuse on household pets. Investigating a seldom discussed subject, the effects and support available for victims and their owners. A copy of her article can be found here. .
Jonathan Martin and Sara Anzani seek permission to appeal to the Court of Appeal in NW (Sri Lanka) -v- Secretary of State for the Home Department (C5/2014/2322). The case involves the application of the test in Kugathas [2003] EWCA Civ 31, family life in this instance existing between the applicant, an adult, and his parents.…
Civil Team leader, James Bogle, acting for the Defendant/Respondent, recently succeeded in defending an appeal against a costs order of the Master made in lengthy litigation going back to March 2013. Despite permission to appeal having been granted by Mr Justice Jeremy Baker in October 2013, and Mr Justice Blake having ordered a payment into…
Carlton Christensen appeared on behalf of the Appellant in the case of Indika Kommala Kommalage v Sinnarajah Sayanthakumar (CA Ref A/22014/0797 – ICLR Online [2014] CN 2036) in which the Court of Appeal, upholding the appeal, decided that a monetary judgment against a named partnership gave rise to a debt only as against the partners…
Jonathan Martin lately appeared on behalf of the Appellant in the Case of IA (Pakistan), heard in the Court of Appeal on 13.11.14 before LJJs Sullivan, Vos and Briggs. This was a case where a student had exhausted his appeal rights but was advised he could submit a fresh application. He did so and was…
10KBW is pleased to announce that Lee Williams, most recently of 7 Bedford Row, has joined Chambers as Senior Clerk. Lee has 23 years’ experience as a clerk, the last 9 years as First Junior Clerk, all at leading sets. He brings with him a wealth of experience and a calm, intelligent, measured approach to this…
Junior tenant Emma Harris, acting for a Zimbabwean asylum seeker, recently succeeded in obtaining permission in a judicial review application within hours of her client being put on a plane to be removed from the UK. The decision by the Secretary of State for the Home Department had been that new evidence produced did not amount to a fresh…
Civil Team leader, James Bogle, acting for the applicant/defendant, recently succeeded in the Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court in varying a long-standing judgment of 7 years to allow the applicant to go to trial and plead extortionate credit bargain and a penalty. The applicant did not learn of the judgment, obtained in October 2007,…