21st Apr 2020
Please click here for an article on ‘COVID-19 & Civil Procedure Rules Practice Directions 51Y, 51Z & 51ZA’ written by Oliver Newman from our Civil Team. It is a briefing note for Civil Litigation Solicitors to summarise the changes to the Civil Procedure Rules due to Covid-19 and assist in considering the practical impact of the changes and offers […]
14th Apr 2020
Oliver Newman, Daniel Searle and Ian Cain of Goldsmith Chambers have drafted a briefing note for Civil Litigation Solicitors to assist them in providing their clients with initial advice on how to settle disputes over which party in a commercial contract bears the risks of non-performance as a result of the Covid-19 Pandemic. This can […]
8th Apr 2020
Dear Friends and Colleagues, Even during this very difficult time, the barristers who make up Goldsmith Chambers’ Civil Team remain available to provide high quality legal services, whether to professional clients, businesses or the general public, across our practice areas: Commercial Inquests and Corners Courts, Contract Clinical Negligence and Healthcare, Insolvency, Sports law, Landlord and […]
20th Mar 2020
In light of the Government’s announcement that non-essential contact and travel should be avoided, we are taking steps to reduce risks to our Staff, Barristers and Clients, whilst ensuring that Chambers can continue to operate as normal. With effect from 20th March, all staff will be working from home. During this time we will have full […]
13th Mar 2020
Samina Iqbal of Goldsmith Chambers helped set up and co-found WiGS – Women Internationally Gaining Skills at the start of 2020. The aim of the project is to deliver training in advocacy and legal skills to female law students, advocates and barristers internationally. In particular, WiGS aim to focus on countries, where there is greater […]
13th Mar 2020
Sangeetha Iengar, a member of Chambers’ immigration team has been commissioned by the Times to write about the legal implications of Europe’s border violence. Her article ‘The EU have chosen strong borders over legal duties – The migrant crisis in Greece is the inevitable result of years of seeing the right to asylum as a […]
12th Mar 2020
Goldsmith Chambers was delighted to be commended for its “Outstanding Achievement” for the ‘Case of the Year’ award -the only category where there was specific mention for anyone but the winners -for the landmark case of SSHD v Banger , in which Anthony Metzer QC and Sanaz Saifolahi were instructed, at last night’s Lexis Nexis […]
12th Mar 2020
The case of A (A Child: Female Genital Mutilation: Asylum) [2019] EWHC 2475 (Fam) (25 September 2019) was before the Court of Appeal on 12th March 2020. The Court of Appeal was invited to reconsider how the family court should evaluate findings about the risk of FGM made in the immigration courts.
9th Mar 2020
The High Court ruled on 18th February 2020 that a child is at high risk of FGM if she is deported to Sudan or Bahrain. The mother of the girl was represented by Karon Monaghan QC, Matrix Chambers and Dr Charlotte Proudman, Goldsmith Chambers. The Judgment can be found here: A (A child) (Female Genital […]
25th Feb 2020
Anthony Metzer QC features in a podcast with Rosalind English of 1 Crown Office Row, where he discusses the implications of the landmark case whereby he used the secular criminal law to persuade a husband to grant his client a “get”. Listen to the podcast here.