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Today we launch the competition for our Access Award and Young Person Access Award 2024.

Martin Mensah, Head of 9SJS Special Education Needs and Disability team shares his insight.

On Tuesday 28th November, Chambers hosted MLAS for a seminar on expert evidence. Attendees heard talks from Dr Neal Edwards, Consultant in Pain Medicine and barrister Jamie Hill from the 9SJS Personal Injury team.

Following on from the Supreme Court decision on 29th November in the case of TUI UK v Griffiths the District Judge bench has given a signal that Griffiths may have altered the landscape as to the nature and extent of questions of experts under CPR 35.

The Nine St John Street Crime team have published the November 2023 edition of our Criminal Law Bulletin.

William Hamilton and Beth Caunce review this Supreme Court decision which concerns the correct approach to "uncontroverted" expert evidence, here in the context of a travel sickness claim, but with broader ramifications regarding the procedural fairness of refraining from cross-examining an expert or relying on one’s own expert and waiting instead to criticise that expert’s opinion in closing submissions.

Rachael Levene and Louise Quigley successfully got a multi-day claim of race discrimination struck out after the Claimant failed to heed the warning of not discussing the case until her evidence was complete.

Today we launch our adverts for pupillage in the Criminal, Family, Employment and Personal Injury teams.

Emma Clarke discusses Lawal v Cambridge Crown Court [2023] EWHC 466 (Admin) in which the High Court confirmed the power of the Crown Court to strike out a case from the list where an unrepresented appellant fails to attend.

9 St John Street Chambers were delighted to host the FreeBar and Northern Circuit LGBT+ social event on Thursday 2 November 2023. Please read the interesting article written by Isabel Baylis who was instrumental in organising this successful event.