St John's Buildings: News Archive

St Johns Buildings continues to grow in strength

Jul 22 2009 12:00AM

Jane Greenhalgh, an expert in criminal law, has joined the Criminal Team.

Manchester to Blackpool Ride

Jul 1 2009 12:00AM

The Manchester to Blackpool Ride takes place this year on Sunday 12th July. A group from Chambers are taking part in the 60 mile ride in order to raise funds for the National Autistic Society...

St Johns Buildings win Great Manchester Run Corporate Challenge

Jun 20 2009 12:00AM

We are pleased to announce that a team from St Johns Buildings have won the 2009 Great Manchester Run Corporate Challenge in the Medium Business Section. The team, organised by Family Clerk Ben McKay and running on behalf of the Genesis Appeal, pipped a Begbies Traynor team and an Arup team to 1st place.

New Recorders in Chambers

Jun 1 2009 12:00AM

St Johns Buildings are pleased to announce that Patrick Thompson and Julian Taylor, both members of the Criminal team in Chambers, have been successful in the latest Recordership competition.

Patrick and Julian received their Royal Warrants in May and are now able to sit as Recorders on the Midland Circuit.

Great Manchester Run Success

May 17 2009 12:00AM

72 members, staff and friends of St Johns Buildings successfully competed in the Great Manchester Run on Sunday the 17th of May.

Raising money for the Genesis Breast Cancer Appeal, the SJB team then enjoyed celebratory drinks in Chambers and compared times. So far almost £4000 has been raised for the appeal and donations can still be made at www.justgiving.com/stjohnsbuildings

New Member of Chambers

May 4 2009 12:00AM

St Johns Buildings are delighted to welcome Christopher Moss as a new member of Chambers. Christopher, who joins Chambers from 1 Stanley Place Chambers in Chester, has a broad range of experience in civil litigation, local authority and police work and also regularly appears in the County and High Courts for local authorities in housing, ASBO and benefit fraud cases. He acts for both private and public landlords and tenants including numerous housing trusts in various property disputes. Christopher also undertakes property litigation and has wide experience of boundary disputes. Although primarily based in Chester, Christopher will be practising throughout the North West and Wales.

If you would like more information about Christopher or any other member of Chambers please contact Chris Ronan or David Anderson on 0161 214 1500.

Jeffrey Samuels

Feb 19 2009 12:00AM

Chambers are delighted to announce that Jeffrey Samuels, the joint head of the SJB Criminal team, was successful in the 2008/2009 Queen's Counsel Competition and was today announced as one of the 104 appointments as Queen's Counsel.

The new QC's announced today will formally become "Silks" when they make their declaration before the Lord Chancellor at the ceremony on Monday 30th March 2009.

For the full list and press statement please visit the QC Applications website at www.qcapplications.org.uk

What next for the publicly funded Bar?

Feb 1 2009 12:00AM

Commenting in the Legal Services Commission's Focus magazine David Anderson discusses the future of the publicly funded Bar and how Chambers can look forwards to a bright future.

R v Darryl Barnes

Jan 22 2009 12:00AM

Darryl Barnes, the burglar who caused £90,000 of damage at a sub-station, blacking out 1590 homes in Blackburn and seriously injuring a Policeman in the process, was jailed for 5 years on the 21st of January 2009.

The case was prosecuted by Mark Lamberty of St John's Buildings. A profile of Mr Lamberty is available by selecting his name from the drop-down list on the right of this page.

To see the BBC report on this case CLICK HERE

To see the Lancashire Telegraph report of this case CLICK HERE

Diana Kloss MBE

Jan 1 2009 12:00AM

Chambers would like to congratulate Diana Kloss on being awarded an MBE for Services to Occupational Health in the 2008/2009 New Year Honours List.

New Criminal Clerk

Dec 1 2008 12:00AM

Chambers are very pleased to announce that Shell Edmonds will be joining our criminal clerking team on the 1st of December 2008. Shell, who has more than 20 years of experience of clerking, is joining from Peel Court Chambers, where he was the joint senior clerk. He will be joining a team of 6 criminal clerks, led by the senior clerk Sean Hulston. We wish Shell all the best in his move to Chambers.

25 new members for St John’s Buildings

Dec 1 2008 12:00AM

We are delighted to confirm that, on the 1st of December, 25 new members joined St John's Buildings. The 5 silks and 20 junior barristers are all joining the SJB criminal team and bring with them a wealth of experience. The criminal team now numbers 74 counsel, with leading practitioners in every area of criminal law and at all levels of experience.

The new members who have joined are; Howard Bentham QC, Michael Shorrock QC, David Lane QC, Richard Marks QC, Andrew O'Byrne QC, Andrew Long, David Bruce, Keith Harrison, David Pickup, Brian McKenna, Julian Taylor, Jeremy Grout-Smith, Jonathan Dickinson, William Baker, Henry Blackshaw, Richard Orme, Joanna Rodikis, Charlotte Crangle, Nigel Booth, Alexandra Simmonds, Adam Watkins, Jennifer Blewitt, Paul Murphy, Sarah Johnstone and Steven McGarry. They will be clerked by Sean Hulston and his experienced team of clerks and we are very pleased to welcome them to St Johns Buildings.

If you would like to speak to someone about our new members or our criminal team, please contact Sean Hulston or one of his colleagues on 0161 214 1500.

St John’s Buildings joined by 25 From Peel Court

Dec 1 2008 12:00AM

Following the dissolution of Peel Court Chambers, preliminary agreement to join St John's Buildings has been reached with 25 members of Peel Court (including 5 silks).

Chambers and Partners 2009

Nov 1 2008 12:00AM

St John's Buildings are pleased to announce that several of our members have been recognised in Chambers and Partners 2009. With practitioners in Family, Crime, Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury being recognised as leaders of the Bar, this reinforces Chambers' position as a top tier set in the latest edition of the Legal 500.

Recognised individually in their fields were, Michael Redfern QC (Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence), Anthony Hayden QC, Sarah Singleton QC, Charles Eastwood, Sally Harrison, Alex Kloss, Sonia Gal (all for Family Law), Jeff Samuels (Crime), Annette Gumbs and Ghazan Mahmood (both for Employment Law).

To view the St John's Buildings entry in Chambers and Partners 2009 please click here.

Anthony Hayden QC to speak at Annual Expert Witness Conference 2008

Oct 1 2008 12:00AM

Anthony Hayden QC will be speaking and presenting Certificates at the 2008 Bond Solon Expert Witness Conference, on the subject of expert witnesses in the Family Courts. Other speakers at the November 7th event include the Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Ministry of Justice Bridget Prentice, Costs Judge of the Supreme Court Master Christopher Wright and the Chairman of KPMG Forensic Mr John Ellison.