News Archive

Marc Willems QC and Philip Simms conclude ‘unlawful killing’ inquest

19 Mar 2021

Marc Willems QC secures High Court Approval for a £6.5M settlement in relation to a Brain Injury claim

22 Feb 2021

Gary Lewis and Philip Simms appointed to the Attorney General’s Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown.

16 Feb 2021

Article : No Victim No Harm?

5 Feb 2021

Jenna Tym Joins Chambers

1 Feb 2021

Article : Spitting at a Police Officer: Expect a custodial sentence by Eleanor Gleeson

26 Jan 2021

Marc Willems QC secures a £6M mediated settlement

7 Jan 2021

Christmas Opening

15 Dec 2020

Richard Oughton Succeeds in an Important Case Concerning Equitable Notice and Overriding Interests

24 Nov 2020

​Louise Blackwell QC and Gwen Henshaw conduct Training Day with Saint Mary’s Sexual Assault Referral Centre

11 Nov 2020

Cobden House Chambers Ranked in Chambers and Partners

2 Nov 2020

Cobden House Chambers Ranked in Legal 500

27 Oct 2020

Housing Update: Gary Lewis

13 Oct 2020

Michael Jones successfully defends the Chief Constable of GMP

11 Sep 2020

Eleanor Gleeson Joins Chambers

10 Sep 2020

The Passing of John Broadley

13 Aug 2020

Operational Update 6 July 2020

6 Jul 2020

Webinar: Rebecca Hirst Considers Axa Insurance UK Ltd V EUI Ltd T/A Elephant Insurance [2020] EWHC 1207

30 Jun 2020

Louise Blackwell QC and Suzanne Hargreaves successfully prosecute ‘misplaced revenge murder’

29 Jun 2020

''The End of Furlough... the Start of Redundancy?" an article by Nick Flanagan

23 Jun 2020

Bar Council statement on equal treatment, the rule of law and inclusion

12 Jun 2020

Cobden House - Operational Update

9 Jun 2020

Juile Doyle Successful in High Court Application

5 Jun 2020

Julie Doyle attends in Person at Manchester CJC

27 May 2020

Bi-weekly Housing Department Webinars

21 Apr 2020

Chancery / Commercial Department Case Law Update - Spring 2020

21 Apr 2020

Cobden House Supporting PPE Production Crowdfunding

9 Apr 2020

Satpal Roth-Sharma Writes on The Coronavirus Act 2020

6 Apr 2020

COVID - 19 Contingency Plan

18 Mar 2020

David Maddison to Speak at Child Concern Seminar on FGM

7 Feb 2020

Eve Horren Joins Chambers

6 Feb 2020

Louise Blackwell QC and Craig MacGregor defend Murder Charge

30 Jan 2020

Abigail Holt successful at the General Medical Council

28 Jan 2020

Criminal Department Recruiting

27 Jan 2020

Marc Willems QC and Stefanie Cochrane Successful in the Privy Council

20 Jan 2020

Lucie Wood Joins Chambers

7 Jan 2020

Satpal Roth-Sharma Joins Chambers

3 Dec 2019

Marc Willems QC and Stefanie Cochrane Appear before Judicial Committee of The Privy Council

19 Nov 2019

Aaron Pulford Joins Chambers

7 Nov 2019

Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners 2020

25 Oct 2019

Martin Dabrowski Joins Chambers

1 Oct 2019

Julie Ann Doyle Joins Chambers

6 Sep 2019

Haseeb Yousaf represents defendant charged with serious Assault

16 Aug 2019

Louise Blackwell QC Instructed Counsel in successful prosecution

14 Aug 2019

Suzanne Hargreaves successful in the Court of Appeal

13 Aug 2019

Marc Willems QC Appointed Head of Chambers

22 Jul 2019

Rebecca Hirst Concludes 5 Week Inquest

22 Jul 2019

Louise Blackwell QC Writes on Anonymity of Suspects

12 Jul 2019

Chambers Response to MOJ FRC Consultation

6 Jun 2019

Michael Jones negotiates £5.4 million settlement in JSH v PC NHSFT

2 May 2019

Michael Jones secures substantial interim payment award

24 Apr 2019

Ben Bright Joins Chambers

15 Apr 2019

David Maddison Writes in Manchester Law Society Messenger

5 Apr 2019

Rebecca Hirst and Haseeb Yousaf Appointed to the HSE List of Specialist Advocates

3 Apr 2019

Arron Walthall Appointed a Deputy District Judge

21 Mar 2019

David Sandiford Appearing at High Profile Inquest in Sheffield

20 Mar 2019

Act Of Parliament Developed By David Maddison To Improve The Protection For Girls At Risk Of FGM Receives Royal Assent

15 Mar 2019

Haseeb Yousaf Succeeds in Dangerous Dogs Act Prosecution

11 Mar 2019

Philip Simms succeeds in MOJ Portal appeal

31 Jan 2019

Professional Negligence Seminar

29 Jan 2019

Family Practitioner Vacancy

9 Jan 2019

Peter Keenan

9 Jan 2019

Pupillage Opportunities 2019

6 Dec 2018

Chambers Ranked as Leading Chambers in Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners

2 Nov 2018

Marc Willems QC Succeeds in Multi-Million Pound Brain Injury Trial

2 Nov 2018

Marc Willems QC Succeeds in St Helena Supreme Court

2 Nov 2018

Cobden House Chambers Half Marathon

27 Sep 2018

Craig MacGregor Succeeds in Prosecution against Anti-Fracking Protesters

29 Aug 2018

Manchester CJC – New Protocol for QB cases

13 Jul 2018

Gary Lewis considers Grenfell-style cladding leasehold disputes

26 Jun 2018

Jennifer Dickinson Joins Chambers

20 Jun 2018

Cupcake Day Raises £649

18 Jun 2018

Family Practitioner Vacancies

Chancery & Commercial Case Law Update

Peter Edwards joins Chambers as a door tenant

Abigail Holt carries out extended stay at the European Court of Justice (ECJ)

Angela Georgiou Acts for Family in Inquest Touching the Death of Layla Rose Ermenekli

Sarah Jameson Attends Women In Business Awards

Judgment in the Court of Appeal case of Briggs v CEF Holdings Ltd available

Martin Littler Writes in Law Society Gazette

Abigail Holt drafts Article for Barrister Magazine

Peter Buckley in Appeal Of Transgender Father Against Ruling Of Peter Jackson J

Abigail Holt is giving Presentation to the European Circuit of the Bar

Haseeb Yousaf Joins Chambers

Gary Lewis obtains significant unlawful eviction judgment award

Michael Jones successfully defends contribution proceedings in High Court amputation trial

Chambers Ranked as Leading Set in Legal 500

Suzanne Hargreaves, Philip Simms and Sarah Jameson Join Chambers

Family Team to Present Care & Adoption Seminar

David Sandiford Secures Slavery and Trafficking Risk Order Under the Modern Slavery Act 2015

Abigail Holt Speaks to 170 Lawyers at the PEOPIL 20th Anniversary Conference

Nick Flanagan Appointed as Legally Qualified Chair and Legal Assessor for the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service.

Clinical Negligence / Human Rights - An Article by Abigail Holt

Abigail Holt now Accredited Mediator

Michael Jones acts for successful Claimant in clinical negligence liability - trial

Catherine Dent Joins Chambers

Gary Lewis succeeds in the Court of Appeal

Michael Jones acted for the successful appellant in the Court of Appeal in Briggs v CEF Holdings Ltd

Abigail Holt Succeeds in Pleural Thickening Liability Trial

Louise Blackwell QC Secures Conviction in Baby Murder

Gary Lewis considers Redbourn Group Ltd v Fairgate Development Ltd

Abigail Holt Joins Chambers

Chancery & Commercial Case Law Update April 2017

David Sandiford Considers the decision of the Court of Appeal

National Mock Trial Competition

Anthony Mazzag Appointed as an Assistant Coroner

Tim Willitts Writes on Hernia Surgery

Gary Lewis Granted Permission to Appeal to the Court of Appeal

Peter Buckley in Jewish Transgender Case

Philip Emery Joins Chambers

David Maddison Obtains Three FGM Protection Orders

Judgement Delivered in the trial of Lenderink-Woods v Zurich

Cobden House Supports Irwin Mitchell Charity Ball

David Maddison in 10 Day High Court Case

Housing Law: Gary Lewis successfully responds to proposed Supreme Court appeal

Chancery & Commercial Case Law Update October 2016

Michael Jones – Sonae Industria Group Action - Claimants denied Permission to Appeal

Tim Willitts Speaks at British Hernia Society Conference

New Director of Clerking

Team Cobden Raise £400 for Headway

Compromise Agreements: Gary Lewis obtains Permission to Appeal to the Court of Appeal

John Kennerley Joins Chambers

Cobden House In Tough Mudder Event

Gary Lewis succeeds in the Court of Appeal

Gary Lewis succeeds in Ackerman-Liviningston Appeal

Richard Oughton Wins 7 Day Contested Probate Trial

Anthony Mazzag and Chloe Murray Finish 7 Week Inquest

Unlawful Sterilisation On South Atlantic Island of Saint Helena

Hillsborough Inquests: 96 victims unlawfully killed

Marc Willems QC in Charity Bike Ride

Marc Willems QC Joins the Roll of Advocates of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

David Sandiford Secures Finding of Fundamental Dishonesty Despite the Claimant Discontinuing the Claim

Anthony Mazzag & Chloe Murray Start 6 Week Inquest

3 Pupillage Vacancies

Jimmy White Clears His Name

Gary Lewis in Noisy Neighbour Dispute

Chancery & Commercial Case Law Update

David Sandiford considers the recent decision in R (on the application of LF) v HM

David Sandiford Appointed to Attorney General's Panel

Richard Hartley QC & Lee Nowland in £10M+ Settlement

Nick Flanagan appointed Assistant Coroner

New Head of Chambers: Richard A. Hartley QC

Arron Walthall - Judgment in Manchester City Council v Persons Unknown

Michael Jones - Judgment in Sonae Industria Group Action

Chancery & Commercial Case Law Update

Three Barristers Join Chambers

Michael Jones Starts 4 Week High Court GLO Trial

Three Members involved In High Profile Inquest

David Maddison Appointed as a Deputy District Judge

Gary Lewis Considers Akerman-Livingstone v Aster Communities

David Sandiford considers Chief Coroner's latest Law Sheet

Tim Willitts in Parents' Dependency Award

Marc Willems QC Sworn in as Silk

Gary Lewis succeeds in Court of Appeal

Marc Willems appointed as silk

Four New Members of Chambers

Chancery & Commercial Case Law Update

Marc Willems to Speak PIBA Winter Seminar

Chloe Murray Joins Chambers

ILLEGITIMATE / SCAM EMAILS - PHISHING

Marc Willems Wins In Supreme Court

Louise Blackwell QC successfully defends William Roache

David Sandiford appointed on Hillsborough Inquests

Chancery / Commercial Seminar

Employment Law Update

New Member of Chambers

Arron Walthall Considers The New Insolvency Practice Direction

Court of Appeal Success for Marc Willems

Marc Willems - 12 Day Inquest Concludes

CPR Part 36 Amendment Article

Personal Injury Pupillage Opportunity

Ian McCubbin Joins Chambers

Iris Ferber Appointed as Junior Treasury Counsel

Cobden Chambers reaches the Arctic

Tahina Akther prepares article Re: Dealing with businesses and accounts in ancillary relief cases

Marc Willems finishes 6 Week Inquest

Marc Willems Begins 6 Week Inquest

Richard Stevens Joins Chambers

Legal Walk

Landmark Win in Court of Appeal for Richard A. Hartley QC & Jonathan Boyle

Craig MacGregor Joins Chambers

Colin Green Appointed Deputy Adjudicator To The Land Registry!

Fiorella Brereton Joins Chambers!

Landmark 4.5M win for Richard Hartley QC & Jonathan Boyle

Stephen Leslie QC & Michael Bowes QC join chambers!

Arlene Milne Joins Chambers!

Sarah Leigh Joins Chambers

John Parr Joins Chambers!

Jamie Marriott Joins Chambers!

Paul Sheridan Joins Chambers!

Lee Nowland Joins Chambers

Angela Piears Joins Chambers