Hayley Bennett summarises the case of Christopher Manning which recognised the conditions in which courts might consider the current Covid-19 health crisis as a factor which might impact on sentence.

Tom Gilbart has provided a brief video summary of the recent case of Smith, R (On the Application Of) v Assistant Coroner for North West Wales [2020] EWHC 781 (Admin).

To help ease the burden of analysing the guidance being sent out by the Crown Courts, the Criminal Team at 9SJS have prepared a bullet point summary of the recent guidance on the listing of cases involving defendants on bail and the listing of cases in Lancashire.

A bank holiday bonus video is now live! Louise Quigley and Amy Smith have created a short webinar on furlough and maternity. We have consolidated all the furlough maternity queries from the insights inbox into three key questions...

Our Employment Insights duo, Jennie Ferrario and Laura Kaye share their top five tips aimed at employers who have commenced (or those considering commencing) a redundancy process and their employees.

In this post, Helen Longworth summarises the decision in Booth and others. This decision is an important statement of the law in relation to dishonesty and resolves the tension between the cases of Ivey and Ghosh.

Chambers are delighted to announce Dr John Sorabji has recently joined Chambers having previously worked as a Senior Lawyer advising the Lord Chief Justice, Master of the Rolls and other senior members of the judiciary.

The Criminal Team at 9 St John Street appreciate the difficulties that all our clients, friends and colleagues face during this difficult period.

Richard Price, head of Nine St John Street's Mediation Group, offers his reflections on his recent experiences of mediating via Zoom in the following article...

In response to the Coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lock down, the Northern Circuit established the Circuit Task Force to assist members of the Circuit during the crisis.