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Sam Phillips successful in High Court Appeal against finding of fact in boundary dispute

9th October 2024

Allowing an appeal against a trial judge’s finding of fact, Green, J (sitting in the Chancery Division of the High Court in Birmingham) accepted the submission that the tested evidence of a layperson could be preferred over the conclusions of a single joint expert surveyor when the issue was one of historical fact and that…

Legal 500 rankings

9th October 2024

Five Paper is honored to once again be recognised as a Top Tier set by Legal 500. This year saw 23 barrister rankings for Five Paper, across several of our specialist areas: – Social Housing – Property Litigation – Banking and Finance (including consumer credit) – Insolvency – Employment – Immigration (including business immigration) –…

Churchill v Merthyr, one year on – updates to the Civil Procedure Rules

7th October 2024

It is now nearly a year since the Court of Appeal determined in Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council [2023] EWCA Civ 1416 that non-willing parties to litigation could be compelled to non-court based alternative dispute resolution (“ADR”). This article explores the rippling effect of the decision both in changes to the Civil Procedure…

New pupils Oliver Hutchings and Sophie Marquand

2nd October 2024

Five Paper is pleased to welcome our new pupils, Oliver Hutchings and Sophie Marquand. Oliver and Sophie will be spending their pupillage with 5 different supervisors, to experience the full variety of expertise that Five Paper offers its clients. This will enable them to attend with confidence in their second six. We wish them all…

Stephen Evans successful in tree case

17th September 2024

Stephen Evans has successfully assisted LB Haringey to defend a judicial review claim brought by a private homeowner against the Council’s decision to fell a street tree. In R (Brenner) v LB Haringey [2024] EWHC 2325 (Admin) a tree was implicated in causing subsidence to the Claimant’s home, and that of his next door neighbour….

Property Conference 2024

10th September 2024

Time is running out to book your place on Five Paper’s Property Conference 2024, bookings close 4pm on 24th September 2024 so don’t delay! Date: Friday, 11th October 2024 Time: 09 AM – 5 PM Location: Royal Society of Arts, 8 John Adam Street, London, WC2N 6EZ Fee: £120.00 CPD points: 6 CPD Hr(s) Five…

Five Paper congratulates Scarlet Taylor-Waller on being awarded the prestigious Pegasus Scholarship from the Honourable Society of Inner Temple!

30th August 2024

The Pegasus Scholarship Trust was established to give junior lawyers the opportunity to work in other common law jurisdictions and forge links with lawyers across the world. We’re very happy to announce that Scarlet’s placement is in Bermuda with the leading offshore firm Carey Olsen! Scarlet will be returning to Chambers on 28 October 2024 where we’ll…

Paul Norris

1st August 2024

Chambers is sad to announce the passing last week of Paul Norris, a former member of Chambers. Paul was called to the Bar in 1963 and joined Chambers in 2000, having joined from the common law set, One Essex Court. Paul remained in Chambers until his retirement in 2019. He was a keen member of…

Three new tenants for Five Paper

31st July 2024

Five Paper is delighted to announce that three new tenants will join chambers. Thomas Kidney will be joining as a tenant from the 1 August 2024, following successful completion of his probationary tenancy, and Freyja McLoughlin and Taylor Blair joining on the 1 October 2024 after successfully completing pupillage. Thomas will join and further strengthen…

Jennifer Moate appointed as a Fee-paid Judge of the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber)

30th July 2024

Five Paper is delighted to announce that Jennifer Moate has been appointed as a Fee-paid Judge of the First-tier Tribunal, sitting in the Property Chamber. Jennifer will sit part time whilst maintaining her practice at Five Paper. Jennifer is an experienced property and housing practitioner with a wide-ranging practice based around landlord and tenant, housing…

David Mold appeared in the Upper Tribunal in Shorr & Ro v LB Camden

29th July 2024

David Mold appeared in the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) in the appeal of Shorr & Ro v LB Camden [2024] UKUT 202 (LC) against the imposition of financial penalties in respect of a HMO. The case provides helpful guidance on the application of the totality principle to the imposition of financial penalties for multiple offences…

Nicholas Grundy KC and Shane Crawford shortlisted in Legal 500 Bar Awards 2024

9th July 2024

Five Paper is delighted to announce Nicholas Grundy KC has been shortlisted for Property and Housing Silk of the year, and Shane Crawford has been shortlisted for Employment Junior of the year in the Legal 500 Bar Awards 2024. Congratulations to all of those shortlisted. We look forward to seeing you in September.

Five Paper is delighted to welcome Amardeep Dhillon to Chambers

5th July 2024

Five Paper is delighted to welcome Amardeep Dhillon to Chambers. Amardeep was called to the bar in 2010 and has a strong commercial chancery practice, with a particular focus on banking and finance, trust disputes and insolvency and company law. A main focus of his practice being shareholder and partnership disputes, especially those within the…

Ben Maltz successfully secures modification of restrictive covenant for Clarion Housing

3rd July 2024

Ben Maltz has obtained an order from the Upper Tribunal modifying a restrictive covenant in respect of Clarion’s proposed redevelopment of a site at the village of Wrotham in Kent, thereby unlocking the land from restricted use as a retirement housing scheme, which had become increasingly unviable as a result of limited facilities and public…

Nick Grundy KC successfully resists challenge to LB Haringey’s decision that a refugee did not have a priority need for accommodation

1st July 2024

LBH had found that ZR did not have a priority need for housing. He challenged that decision by a claim in the High Court, See: R (oao ZR) v (1) LB Haringey and (2) SoS Home Department [2024] EWHC 1476 (Admin). ZR, a Sudanese national, arrived in the UUK in February 2022 and applied for…

Shane Crawford’s success in the Employment Tribunal

27th June 2024

3304863/2023 – Mrs L Gallagher v Essity UK Limited Shane Crawford successfully applied to strike out all discrimination claims on behalf of the respondent. EJ Daniel on hearing the claimant’s evidence under cross-examination and submissions, decided that the claimant had acted scandalously and vexatiously and that a fair hearing was no longer possible. Applications to…

Sam Phillips and Taylor Blair successful in High Court appeal clarifying the test for interpretation of sequential orders

27th June 2024

Sam Phillips, leading Taylor Blair, successfully resisted the appeal of an order of HHJ Luba KC on a point of judicial interpretation. Soole, J, who had granted permission to appeal, was asked to consider the extent to which a Circuit Judge was able to interpret the meaning of his own order some months after the…

Five Paper is delighted to be supporting the 10,000 Black Interns scheme for another year

13th June 2024

We are looking forward to hosting further interns this summer, who will be able to gain an insight into Chambers, and our specialist areas of law, which will provide them with the experience and confidence to kick start their legal careers! Please see below if you would like more information about the scheme. 10000internsfoundation.com

Joe McBrien has edited the Green Book 2024 on the subject of Consumer Contracts

5th June 2024

Joe McBrien has edited the Civil Court Practice 2024 on the topic of Consumer Contracts (the Green Book). The chapter addresses all relevant consumer statutes including the Consumer Credit Act 1974, Sale of Goods Act 1979, the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 and the Consumer Rights Act 2015. This publication follows Joe being…

Michael Mullin succeeds on Costs Appeal in the High Court – Francois v The London Borough of Waltham Forest [2024] EWHC 1162 (KB)

16th May 2024

Francois v The London Borough of Waltham Forest [2024] EWHC 1162 (KB) CPR 46.5 limits the recovery of costs by litigant in person against another party by setting out various gateways through which costs can be recovered. CPR 46.5(3)(b) permits the recovery of “payments reasonably made by the litigant in person for legal services relating…

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