9 Gough Chambers is delighted to announce that the Queen has appointed Claire Harden-Frost, James Thacker, and Tom Restall as Recorders on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, The Right Honourable Dominic Raab MP, and the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, The Right Honourable The Lord Burnett of Maldon.
The appointments took effect from 26th January 2022.
Claire Harden-Frost and James Thacker are deployed to Crime on the South Eastern Circuit and Tom Restall is deployed to Crime on the Midlands Circuit. Claire Harden-Frost, James Thacker, and Tom Restall continue to practice from 9 Gough Chambers.
This week we examine an unusual arbitration case involving (or did it?) a foreign limitation period; and another decision on the tension between open justice and protection of commercially sensitive information (we understand, by the way, that on 25th February the Court of Appeal will…
This week we look at two decisions, both of which will be of critical importance to practitioners in pursuance of contested litigation. In one, unusually, without prejudice correspondence was admissible in a case involving fundamental dishonesty; whilst in the other, the court reviewed the authorities…
Following a 5-day liability trial in the High Court in Manchester, the Claimant’s negligence and Human Rights Act claims were dismissed by HHJ Bird sitting as a Judge of the High Court. The Claimant was a Type 1 diabetic who suffered from a history of…
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