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Amy Rollings and Beth Caunce review this Supreme Court decision on claims brought by a close relative (a "secondary victim") for psychiatric injury caused by witnessing the death or immediate aftermath of a loved one (the "primary victim"), where the primary victim’s death was allegedly caused by the defendant’s earlier clinical negligence.

Head of Pupillage and Tenancy, Amy Smith, talks through the key skills and qualities we are looking for in our search for six prospective pupils and how you might demonstrate these at interview.

Chambers is delighted to announce that Jennifer Ferrario has recently been appointed as a Legally Qualified Chair in Police Misconduct hearings for the East Midlands and South Eastern regions.

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

In R v BNE [2023] EWCA Crim 1242, the Court of Appeal ruled that, in sexual communications offences cases where a decoy has sent pictures of "themselves" to the accused, the Crown must disclose, if the image is sent unaltered, the true age of the person photographed, or, if the image is modified or manufactured, that fact.

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.