The Court of Appeal has considered the approach a Magistrates’ Court should adopt when adjudicating upon an appeal against the decision of a Local Authority in relation to a premises licence.

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Many more members of 9 Park Place Chambers are now able to offer public access having been approved by the Bar Council to accept instructions direct from members of the public and businesses to provide legal advice or representation in court.  

Ten members of the criminal team at 9 Park Place Chambers have recently been approved as Grade 4 Prosecutors for conducting Crown Prosecution Service work following a national re-grading exercise.

Gregg Taylor QC has led Ieuan Bennett, both from the criminal team at 9 Park Place Chambers, in the successful prosecution of Carl Whant.

Last year, the Supreme Court in Jones v Kaney abolished the rule that expert witnesses enjoyed absolute immunity from suit.  The appellant was the claimant in a PI claim arising from a road accident. 

In Jones v Kernott (like Stack v Dowden) the Supreme Court considered the approach to calculating beneficial interests in property, where the legal title is held in joint names, by an unmarried couple, with no express statement of how it is to be shared.

Jeffrey Littman looks at the role of the land registry adjudicator in this article.

Simon O’Dwyer discusses the recent employment law cases of Edwards v Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Botham v Ministry of Defence [2011] UKSC 58.

The High Court has upheld a decision to reorganise schools in the Whitchurch area of Cardiff which saw Cardiff Council being successfully represented by 2 members of 9 Park Place Chambers in the judicial review proceedings.