News archive
- Kirsten Mercer begins pupillage with Park Court (20th September 2009)
- Ellie Fry successfully completes pupillage (3rd September 2009)
- Robert Smith QC secures acquittal of Emmerdale Star (25 August 2009)
- Paul Greaney shortlisted for Junior of the Year (Crime) for the Chambers Bar Awards 2009 (7 August 2009)
- Simon Phillips appointed to the Serious Fraud Office’s A List (3 August 2009)
- Three more juniors join the Attorney General’s Unified List of Specialist Prosecuting Advocates (30 July 2009)
- Andrew Wastall joins Chambers (16 June 2009)
- Park Court tenant represents appellants in SIAC (13 May 2009)
- Shaken Baby Syndrome case collapses (16 Feb 2009)
- Ian Brook, former Ag. High Court Judge, Trinidad & Tobago, joins Chambers from 1st October 2008 (13 Feb 2009)
- Alex Offer - Future Star of the Bar (Times On-Line) (20 Nov 2008)
- Timothy Hartley nets approx £11,000,000 for lay clients in approval hearings this week in four clinical negligence cases
- John Lodge - appointed to the Circuit Bench
- James Normington presents to local business leaders at the Leeds Chamber of Commerce
- Applications for Third Six Pupillage
- Elaine Skittrell joins chambers from 6th October 2008
- Susanna Kitzing successfully completes pupillage.
- Chambers undertakes major review of school admissions policy for the DCSF
- Doherty & Others v Birmingham City Council [2008] UKHL57
- American Internship at Park Court Chambers
- James Normington meets Hilary Benn MP
- R v Powell and English Revised - New Guidelines from the House of Lords
- Chris Aspinall (former solicitor advocate) joins Chambers
- Decision of Basildon DC to evict the Dale Farm residents quashed
- Four new members join Park Court Chambers - Paul Reid, Nicholas Lumley, Paul Williams and Glenn Parsons
- Priest represented by John Lodge in the first Clergy Disciplinary Tribunal
- Employment Newsflash - one of the first decisions on Age Discrimination -by Ceri Widdett
- Mock Trial for Leeds City Council
- Chambers & Partners 2008: Recommended for Crime and Health & Safety
- Legal 500 2007-8: Park Court Chambers recommended for crime, employment, chancery/commercial, housing, personal injury and family work
- Times On-Line - article by Simon Myerson QC - "The Courts are not keeping pace with Science"
- Nicholas Mason and Gul Nawaz Hussain join Chambers
- 'Exclusive' article in NY Litigator by James Normington entitled "Reaping the Rewards".
- Race for Life - in aid of Cancer Research
- Article published by James Normington on "Chancel Repair Liability"
- Recent publication of "Cohabitation and Trusts of Land", co-written by Elizabeth Darlington
- Life at the Junior Bar
- Laurence Saffer and James Normington join Park Court Chambers
- Adam Birkby - pupillage
- Park Court members in training for the Great North Run
- Wayne Stevens appointed Senior Criminal Clerk and Karen Richardson as Criminal Clerk
Latest News
- Simon Phillips and Paul Greaney appointed Queens Counsel (26th February 2010)
- Simon Anderson joins Park Court Chambers from 15th February 2010 (28th January 2010)
- Simon Bourne-Arton and Tom Bayliss appointed to the SFO Queens Counsel List (13th January 2010)
- Tart-athon held at Park Court Chambers - £615 raised for charity (24th November 2009)
- Paul Greaney named as junior crime barrister of the year at the Chambers Bar Awards 2009. Click here to see him accept his award from Robert Smith QC (Head of Chambers) and Jo Pickersgill (Senior Clerk)(16th November 2009)
- Park Court Chambers takes the prize in the McCormicks Halloween Quiz (2nd November 2009)
- David Young and Dapinder Singh joins Park Court Chambers as Associate Tenants (9th October 2009)
- Stephen Uttley secures acquittal of professional rugby league player (9th October 2009)
- Paul Greaney named as Criminal Law Junior of the Year at Chambers Bar Awards 2009 (2nd October 2009)
- Park Court Chambers sponsors the Niche Law Firm Award at the Yorkshire Lawyer Awards 2009 (1st October 2009)
Events
Family Seminars
2nd February 2010: Hague Convention and Hostile Mothers; Private Law Update
16th March 2010: Interface between Asylum and Immigration Issues and Care Proceedings; Update
15th June 2010: Correlation between Criminal and Care Work; Public Law Update
For further details click on the attached flyer
Employment Seminars
11th February 2010: Agency Workers and the European Directive: is the day of the temp over?
11th May 2010: Discrimination: where are we now?
8th June 2010: TUPE - Pitfalls, Perils and Practice of Transferring an Undertaking (Designed for beginners or those wishing to refresh their TUPE knowledge).
For further details click on the attached flyer
Criminal Seminar:
Impact of Serious Crime Act 2007 and Recent Developments in Criminal Law
Thursday, 11th March 2010
Speakers: to be confirmed
For further information please contact Karen Wade by email: karen@parkcourtchambers.co.uk
Should you wish to book a place on any of the above seminars please contact Karen Wade, Chambers Administrator by email at karen@parkcourtchambers.co.uk or tel 0113 203 5506.
