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Head of Chambers invited to speak at New York Law School

Anthony Metzer QC, Head of Chambers, was invited to speak by the New York Law School, as part of their Master Class series, and the Institute for Global Law, Justice and Policy. Anthony delivered his lecture “Cybercrime, Privacy and Sexual Exploitation” and answered questions from students and academics. The talk was chaired by Ruti G. […]

Jane Heybroek interviewed by Radio 4’s Law in Action

Jane Heybroek of Chambers’ immigration team was interviewed by Joshua Rozenberg of the BBC. The interview formed part of the BBC Radio 4 programme Law in Action aired on Thursday 21st March 2019. Last week’s edition featured behind the scenes of an immigration tribunal, Taylor House, in central London. Joshua Rozenberg met applicants who want […]

Landmark Supreme Court Judgment on medical evidence of torture

On Wednesday of last week, 6th March, the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in the case of KV (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] UKSC 10.  Charlotte Bayati, of Chambers’ immigration team, was part of the legal team who represented the Appellant KV led by Richard Drabble QC and instructed by […]

EEA Regulations finally amended following the CJEU judgment in Banger

Further to our earlier posts, we are very pleased to report that the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016 have finally been amended to implement the CJEU Judgment in Secretary of State for the Home Department v Banger (C89-17) 12th July 2018.  Anthony Metzer QC and Sanaz Saifolahi continue to represent Ms Banger. The Immigration (European […]

#MeToo Pioneer, Dr Charlotte Proudman writes for the Guardian and the Telegraph about intersectional inequalities in the legal profession

Writing for the Telegraph on 14.02.2019, Charlotte shares her experiences and opinions about gender inequality in the legal profession. Read more here. Today, Charlotte writes in the Guardian that while gender inequality in the legal profession is rightly making headlines, there are other intersectional patterns of inequality, such as class and race, that rarely garner as much […]

Wells v Devani [2019] UKSC 4.

Successful appeal to the Supreme Court from the Court of Appeal on the issue of whether Mr Devani, an estate agent, and Mr Wells, a vendor, had reached a complete and enforceable  agreement despite there being no express identification of the event which would trigger the obligation to pay the commission. The second issue, raised […]

Charlotte Proudman invited by Coco de Mer to join panel discussion

Charlotte Proudman has been invited by the CEO of Coco de Mer to join a panel discussion on the 11th March 2019 to discuss FGM and the broader conversation around the right of women to experience pleasure, together with the importance of education. The panel discussion will be held with Waris Dirie and Rowan Pelling (journalist).

 

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