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Monthly Archives: 27th July 2017
Stephen Tromans QC and Rose Grogan win Court of Appeal case on liability to remediate contaminated land
Stephen Tromans QC and Rose Grogan acted for the appellant, Powys County Council, in a successful appeal about the liabilities of local authorities for the acts of their predecessors under… Read more »
Planning, Environment & Property Newsletter – July 2017
Welcome to this edition of the newsletter, which we hope will provide a little bit of light reading somewhere far from your desk. Variety is very much the flavour. First,… Read more »
Alison Foster QC successfully defends HMRC against British American Tobacco
Alison Foster QC has successfully defended HMRC’s 45% withholding tax in a decision released on the 12th July 2017. In BAT Industries and others v HMRC [2017] UKFTT 558 (12… Read more »
Rachael O’Hagan Appointed to the Technology and Construction Bar Association (TECBAR) Committee
Rachael O’Hagan has been appointed to the Technology and Construction Bar Association (TECBAR) Committee. There are 20 members on the full committee. TECBAR was founded in 1983 and now has over… Read more »
Susan Rodway QC to speak at The Second International Conference on Paediatric Acquired Brain Injury (Rome).
Susan Rodway QC is to speak at The Second International Conference on Paediatric Acquired Brain Injury – New Strategies to Improve Outcome and Quality of Life – which will be held… Read more »
Lord Dyson, Nigel Pleming QC and Peter Rees QC Appointed to the New Panel of the London Chamber of Arbitration
Lord Dyson, Nigel Pleming QC and Peter Rees QC have been appointed to the new panel of the London Chamber of Arbitration. The new arbitration service launched by the London… Read more »
Alison Foster QC and Saima Hanif obtain permission to appeal to the Court of Appeal in landmark pharmacy consultation case
The High Court has granted permission to the Claimants to appeal the judgment in PSNC v Secretary of State for Health [2017] EWHC 1147. The appeal concerns the lawfulness of… Read more »
Lindsay Scott to join 39 Essex Chambers as Chief Executive Officer
Heads of Chambers Neil Block QC and Alison Foster QC are delighted to announce that Lindsay Scott will be joining 39 Essex Chambers as Chief Executive Officer. Lindsay joins 39… Read more »
Adrian Hughes QC and Lindy Patterson QC to speak at the Construction Law Summer School
Adrian Hughes QC and Lindy Patterson QC will be speaking at this year’s Construction Law Summer School. This annual conference takes place between the 4th and 7th September and will… Read more »
UKELA Report: Brexit and Environmental Law – Exit from the Euratom Treaty and its Environmental Implication (Stephen Tromans QC)
Stephen Tromans QC, along with Paul Bowden from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, have produced a report on behalf of UKELA on Brexit and Environmental Law – Exit from the Euratom… Read more »
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