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Property Team – Junior Lecture Series

19th September 2018

The Juniors in Five Paper’s Property Team invite you and your colleagues to a series of lectures focusing on the key issues facing property lawyers and practitioners. Our lecture series bring together professionals from across the property sphere in their first 5 years of practice/within the sector, to share knowledge and experience. We will provide…

Employment law articles by Shane Crawford published

13th August 2018

The long-awaited Pimlico judgment from the Supreme Court is now here providing much-needed insight into the parameters of the concept of worker in a modern gig economy. Shane Crawford’s article is published in the August 2018 edition of ELA Briefing. The EAT recently revisited what “related to” entails within the statutory definition of harassment under…

Sam Phillips’ article on Human Rights, Succession and Survivorship published in L&T Review

10th August 2018

Sam Phillips’ article discussing the decision of Nicklin, J in the case of LB Haringey v Simawi and Secretary of State (intervening) has been published in the latest issue of the Landlord and Tenant Review (L&T Review 2018, 22(3), 100-104). The article considers the impact of the decision of the High Court to allow an…

Millie Polimac successful in the Court of Appeal

31st July 2018

Millie recently acted for St Alban’s District Council, one of the respondents in the joined cases Kamara v Southwark LBC; Leach v St Albans City & District Council; Piper v South Bucks DC [2018] EWCA Civ 1616 in an appeal about Regulation 8 of The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Review Procedures) Regulations 1999. This provides…

Two new members join Five Paper

3rd July 2018

We are pleased to announce that Shane Crawford (1996 call), an Employment Law specialist, joins our Employment Team and Michael Mullin (2010 call), a Property and Housing specialist, joins the Property Team, strengthening the service Chambers offers in two of our core practice areas. If you would like to receive further information on Chambers’ specialist practice…

Commercial Team Members visit Cyprus for Bar Council Event

27th June 2018

Roger Laville and Gita Chakravarty of Five Paper’s Commercial Team and Senior Clerk David Portch are travelling to Nicosia, Cyprus for the Bar Council and Cyprus Bar Association’s joint English–Cypriot Law Day on 5 to 6 July 2018. Roger will be speaking to the conference at the Law Day on civil law claims arising from…

Global Investment Immigration Summit London 21-22 June 2018

22nd June 2018

Satinder Gill and Ian Wright of the Business Immigration Team at Five Paper are part of an expert panel at the Global Investment Immigration Summit in London on 22 June 2018. The subject – the impact of Brexit on the right to live in Europe and travel across the EU. This timely event will discuss…

Five Paper discusses movement of workers post Brexit with Immigration Investment Association

20th June 2018

Satinder Gill and Ian Wright addressed members of the Immigration Industry Association on 20 June about the movement of EU and UK nationals across the EU in the next few years at a drinks reception at Five Paper. Their presentation, ‘EU Nationals – to Brexit and beyond’, is available by clicking here. Five Paper’s Business…

Nick Grundy QC and Millie Polimac successfully defend a claim under EU law

13th June 2018

Nick and Millie represented the LB Hammersmith and Fulham (“LBHF”), the Defendant, in a claim by XPQ, a victim of human trafficking. Sir Brian Langstaff handed down judgment on 7 June 2018. Please click here for a copy of the judgement. XPQ made a homeless application to LBHF after her period of accommodation under the…

Civil Fraud Seminar

6th June 2018

Fraus omnia corrumpit: fraud unravels all. An allegation of fraud can have a huge impact on the direction a dispute takes, the relief potentially available to the claimant and the parties’ prospects of success. This seminar, presented by Roger Laville and Zachary Kell, explores: – the key causes of action in fraud claims, such as…

Five Paper is pleased to welcome David Mold

23rd May 2018

Five Paper is pleased to announce that David Mold has joined Chambers, enhancing our Business Immigration, Employment and Property teams. David was called to the Bar in 2010 and has been involved with a number of reported cases in his specialist practice areas. He has vast experience in dealing with property and landlord & tenant…

Property conference: Current Issues for Developers and Landlords

15th May 2018

Join barristers from Five Paper’s specialist property team for an informative half-day conference focusing on several topical issues affecting developers and landlords of commercial and residential property. This event is aimed at solicitors and other legal professionals involved in real estate litigation. The conference will be held from 9 AM – 1PM Monday, 25th June 2018…

Agency and concurrent tenancies meet social housing – Nicholas Grundy QC and Laura Williamson’s article is published in the May 2018 edition of the SHLA newsletter

3rd May 2018

In their article, Nick and Laura, who both acted for the local authority in the Court of Appeal, explain the case of Haringey LBC v Ahmed, which started as an ‘only or principal home’ case in the County Court and ended in the Court of Appeal on wide-ranging issues concerning agency, concurrent tenancies and Article…

“A Game of Two Halves” – Rachel Sleeman and Jessica Powers’ article on the potential recovery options in insolvencies brought on by the failure of tax avoidance schemes is published in Insolvency Intelligence

1st March 2018

For years companies and individuals have attempted to avoid tax using disguised remuneration schemes i.e. tax avoidance schemes involving the payment of employees’ remuneration to a third party. HMRC’s consistent view that these schemes are ineffective was finally validated by the Supreme Court last year in the Rangers Football Club case (RFC 2012 Plc v…

Supreme Court hand down Judgment – HM Inspector of Health and Safety v Chevron North Sea Ltd

9th February 2018

On 8th February the Supreme Court published its judgment in HM Inspector of Health and Safety v Chevron North Sea Ltd UKSC [2018] 7. Ian Wright was instructed as junior counsel for the applicant. The Supreme Court has now determined the test to be followed by an employment tribunal hearing an appeal against a prohibition…

Sahana Jayakumar awarded Pegasus Scholarship 2018

7th February 2018

We are delighted to announce that Sahana Jayakumar has been awarded a scholarship by the Pegasus Trust to travel to Dubai in Autumn 2018. The Trust, administered by Inner Temple, awards around twelve scholarships per year to barristers within their first five years of practice. From September, Sahana will spend three months working in the…

Laura Williamson appointed to the Attorney General’s C Panel

30th January 2018

We are pleased to announce that Laura Williamson has been appointed to the C Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown for a period of 5 ½ years commencing on 1 March 2018. Laura joins Jessica Powers, appointed to the C Panel, and Mary Glass, appointed to the B Panel.

Ian Wright appears in the Supreme Court

15th January 2018

On 14th December 2017, Ian was instructed as junior counsel on behalf of the Appellant in HM Inspector of Health & Safety v Chevron North Sea Ltd. The appeal concerned the approach to be taken by an employment tribunal hearing an appeal against an enforcement notice under section 24 of the Heath and Safety at…

Reasons have been handed down by the Court of Appeal in Ahern v Southern Housing Group [2017] EWCA Civ 1934

4th December 2017

Mr Ahern sought to defend on public law grounds (breach of policy) possession proceedings brought against him following service of a section 21 notice. Although the Judge below had applied the wrong test, his appeal was dismissed on the basis that his landlord had complied with their policies. The decision provides useful guidance as to…

The status of service occupiers – Laura Williamson’s article is published in the Landlord and Tenant Review

27th November 2017

In the November 2017 edition of the Landlord and Tenant Review, Laura comments on the High Court decision in Hertfordshire CC v Davies, in which Mrs Justice Laing DBE considered the position of service occupiers whose employment comes to an end. Under the Housing Act 1985, such occupiers are exempt from the security of tenure…

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