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Webinar – Police Station Interviews & Adverse Inferences During the Pandemic

Marie de Redman of Chambers’ crime team and Hannah Gladwell, Chambers’ pupil, present an update for solicitors and police station representatives on the steps that should be taken to conduct interviews safely and what options exist for practitioners and suspects if they aren’t followed by consideration of how those interviews might be approached by the […]

Webinar – How has Coronavirus Changed the Hostile Environment Policy in the UK?

In this webinar, Sangeetha Iengar and Bronwen Jones, of Chambers’ immigration team, take a deep-dive into some of the hostile environment policies, exploring how they have evolved over time to entrench hostility towards migrants and how they have been procedurally or legally adapted, extinguished or preserved during the Coronavirus pandemic. Specifically, Sangeetha and Bronwen discuss […]

Webinar – Varying Financial Orders

This webinar delivered by Dr Charlotte Proudman and Joanna Gillan, of Chambers’ family team, looks at varying financial orders. Charlotte and Joanna look at the process and discuss the key considerations and common pitfalls and how to avoid them when making an application to vary a financial order. The webinar recording can be viewed by […]

Webinar – An introduction to mediation and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms

Adam Gersch and Ian Cain of Goldsmith Chambers’ civil team, present a Webinar on mediation and the other ‘alternative’ dispute resolution [‘ADR’] options available to litigators and their clients. Adam and Ian will use their knowledge and experience as accredited mediators to outline the merits of ADR, review the most popular ADR mechanisms, assess the […]

Supreme Court hands down judgment in Serafin v Malkiewicz and others

Anthony Metzer QC and Dr Anton van Dellen (formerly a full tenant; now a door tenant in Chambers) represented the Appellant publishers in an appeal concerning  the Court of Appeal’s interpretation of the public interest defence in defamation and whether the trial was unfair by virtue of the trial Judge’s interventions.  The original trial was before Jay J in 2017 and concerned the publication […]

Chambers Webinar Series enters its fourth week

Goldsmith Chambers continues its webinar series covering topics which have been impacted by Covid-19. Also covered within the series are areas which are expected to be in high demand once restrictions begin to ease. You can see directly below the running order for this week’s webinars as well as details on how to book yourself […]

Victoria Wilson featured in PodCast

Victoria Wilson, specialist family practitioner and current Chair of Wellbeing at the Bar, appears in a podcast about dealing with rejection, with a focus on pupillage application rejections, discussing strategies for how to move on from rejection, how to fortify your self esteem, how to access support and how to have the right attitude following rejection. […]

Webinar – A Guide to Neighbour Disputes

Oliver Newman and Ian Cain of Goldsmith Chambers’ civil team presented a webinar entitled “A Guide to Neighbour Disputes”. The webinar recording can be viewed by clicking on the link below. The supporting slides, which accompany the webinar, can be accessed here. Oliver and Ian guide you through some common areas of dispute between neighbours, including boundary disputes, […]

Webinar – Covid-19 Measures in Immigration

Samina Iqbal and Sarah Pinder of Goldsmith Chambers’ immigration team presented a webinar entitled “Covid-19 Measures in Immigration”. The webinar recording can be viewed by clicking on the link below. The supporting slides, which accompany the webinar, can be accessed here. Samina and Sarah provide an overview of the steps and measures introduced by the Home Office and […]

Foreign & Commonwealth HM Forces group action

Anthony Metzer QC, Head of Chambers leads Sarah Pinder,  joint-head of the immigration team, in a group judicial review claim brought by eight Fijian Commonwealth veterans, who served in the British army, including on numerous operations. They are instructed by Vinita Templeton, Director at Duncan Lewis. The government’s response to the group’s letter before claim was received on 20th May and […]

 

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