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Meyrick Williams Secures Acquittal in Blackmail Case

Meyrick Williams acted for the lead Defendant charged with a Conspiracy to Blackmail an international footballer over his relationship with a female Defendant having captured him on compromising video. At Trial today, the jury unanimously acquitted him and all his other co-defendants. This was despite the female Defendant, who had been in a relationship with […]

Legal 500 – 2020

Chambers is delighted to announce that a number of members of chambers have been successfully ranked in the Legal 500 2020 and that Chambers is ranked again in Immigration: Immigration Goldsmith Chambers immigration team –  Band 3 – “Goldsmith Chambers provides ‘very organised, competent, and responsive barristers and clerks’ and ‘is very experienced and knowledgeable […]

Raj Joshi joins Chambers

Chambers are delighted to announce that Raj Joshi has joined Goldsmith Chambers from 18 Red Lion Court. Raj practices predominantly in crime, and is an excellent addition to our thriving Criminal team.

Goldsmith Chambers attend House Of Lords

On Wednesday 4th September, Baroness Walmsley hosted Goldsmith Chambers for drinks and dinner at the House of Lords in place of her husband Lord Thomas to commemorate and  celebrate the merger of Goldsmith Chambers with Argent Chambers having taken place 2000 days earlier. Baroness Walmsley spoke very warmly about Chambers and there were words of […]

Banks on Sentence

Harry O’Sullivan of Chambers has been appointed to take over the authorship of the textbook Banks on Sentence. This will involve him writing updates to the text for the next edition and also being the author and general editor for its contents and monthly updater alerts.

Permission granted to appeal to the Supreme Court in defamation case

The Supreme Court has granted permission to appeal Serafin v Malkiewicz.  The issues in the appeal include interpretation and application of the public interest defence under s.4 of the Defamation Act 2013 and  the correct test of whether a trial has been rendered unfair by the conduct of the judge.  Anthony Metzer QC and Dr […]

 

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