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Last night, 6th November 2019, at the Advocate Pro Bono Awards, Head of Chambers Anthony Metzer QC was awarded Pro Bono QC of the year. Sanaz Saifolahi, of the immigration team, was recognised as ‘highly commended’ in the Junior Pro Bono barrister of the year category. Both Anthony and Sanaz were recognised for their extensive […]
It was with great sadness that we learned of the tragic death of Jessica “Jess” Holmes, who passed away at the end of September aged just 40. Jess had been a tenant at Argent Chambers, specialising predominantly in criminal law. Before the merger with Goldsmith Chambers, she decided to leave the independent Bar, and spent […]
Heather Beckett has had a commissioned article – ‘What not to do as an Expert Witness from a Barrister’s point of view’ published in the Autumn 2019 ( Volume 1 Issue 29) edition of The Expert Witness. The article can be read here.
Two members of Chambers’ crime team joined the Law Friends Society Crime Conference in London as trainers on 25th October 2019. Oliver Newman spoke on the recent important changes to the PACE Codes of Practice, an essential area for high-street criminal legal aid firms. The lecture covered the inclusion of body worn video cameras now […]
To celebrate this year’s Centenary of Women in Law, Goldsmith Chambers Wellbeing team will be co-hosting an event with Doughty Street Chambers entitled ‘Breaking the barriers to being your best at the Bar’. The invited speaker will be Nikki Alderson, a former criminal barrister and now Corporate and Executive Coach. The talk will be an interactive and informal […]
Anthony Metzer QC was instructed as leading Counsel in PK before the Court of Appeal. The appeal was allowed and the case was remitted back to the Upper Tribunal. The Court of Appeal also confirmed that clarification will be required in relation to draft evaders (from Ukraine) as to whether an appellant can successfully claim […]
Chambers has successfully defended a high-profile case brought by a former member of Chambers, after all her allegations were rejected as false by an Employment Tribunal. The case against Goldsmith Chambers was brought by Karen Gillard. She was expelled from Chambers after various serious complaints were made against her including that she was bullying staff, […]
Anthony Metzer QC, Roderick Johnson QC, Dominic Bell, Sarah Taylor and Harry O’Sullivan were invited by the Under Sheriff of Essex, Roger Brice of Gepp & Sons, to the High Sherriff’s Justice Service on Sunday 13th October. They were joined at the service by members of the Judiciary and many others who serve the criminal […]
In the matter of Re A (A Child: Female Genital Mutilation: Asylum [2019] EWHC 2475, Dr Charlotte Proudman of Goldsmith Chambers and Karon Monaghan QC of Matrix Chambers represented the mother in an application before an Female Genital Mutilation Protection Order before the President of the Family Division. The case concerned a girl age 10 of Sudanese origin with Bahraini citizenship. The […]
Meyrick Williams will be part of the Scottish Bar’s conference on Proceeds of Crime in Edinburgh on 7.10.19. He will be discussing Unexplained Wealth Orders [“UWOs”] and also the principle of “proportionality” in confiscation cases as it develops following R v Waya [2012] UKSC.
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