News index
31.10.08
Additions to the Fraud Prosecution ListAdditions to the Fraud Prosecution List of Approved Advocates
13.10.08
New TenantOur Newest Addition to Chambers
07.10.08
Standing CounselNew Appointment of Standing Counsel
15.05.08
Inaugural Proceeds of Crime Review publishedJames Fletcher and Sunil Rupasinha contribute first articles
16.04.08
Advocacy workshop for solicitors a resounding successJohn Warrington's event draws praise from junior solicitors
18.01.08
Martin Griffth elevated to the benchMartin Griffith, head of chambers until December 2007, has been appointed to sit as a circuit judge at St Albans
01.01.08
New Special AdvocatesEdmund Burge and Harry Hewitt have been confirmed as members of the Attorney General's Junior List of Special Advocates
05.12.07
Seminar on the Proceeds of Crime Act 200231.10.07
New tenantsFollowing the successful completion of their pupillages, Tessa Nejranowski and Natasha Draycott have accepted invitations to join chambers
27.03.07
New Special Advocates nominatedHarry Hewitt and Edmund Burge have both been nominated to the Attorney-General's Junior List of Special Advocates.
20.03.07
New appointments to Attorney General's ListJonathan Turner and David McNeill have recently been appointed to the 'C' list of the Attorney General's Unified List of Prosecution Advocates, confirming 5 St Andrew's Hill as one of the leading sets for specialist criminal prosecutions.
26.02.07
Victory for Failed Tibetan Asylum SeekersIn a landmark ruling issued on 14th February 2007 the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal found that returning failed Tibetan 'splittist' asylum seekers to China entailed a real risk of torture, ill-treatment and persecution.
06.02.07
VAT fraud trader gets record 15-year sentenceThe UK's longest ever prison sentence for carousel fraud was handed down by Worcester Crown Court following a six-year investigation by Revenue and Customs.
27.10.06
Millionaire egg collector jailed after raid on his stately homeA spokesman for the RSPB described the joint operation as "the biggest case of its kind for more than 20 years".
06.09.06
Attorney-General's Unified List of Prosecution CounselIn the recently published List, six Members of Chambers have been promoted to the "A" List.
11.05.06
A Very Model BritonMark Mullins was Junior Counsel (to Jonathan Goldberg QC) in the recent case of Eleonora Suhoviy - described in the Daily Mail as a "Very Model Briton"
01.04.06
New MembersChambers welcomes the arrival of Simon Draycott QC (formerly of 13 King's Bench Walk) who brings to Chambers his considerable experience and expertise as a leading criminal silk.
01.03.06
Standing CounselAndrew Bird has been appointed Standing Counsel to the Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office.