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Ian Wright successfully defended a former Head Teacher before a Professional Conduct Panel of the National College for Teaching & Leadership

7th June 2017

The case of KB (0014547) was decided by the Panel on 18th May 2017. The Panel investigated more than 30 allegations into the Head Teacher’s conduct which he had denied. In each case the Panel found the allegation had not been proved. Therefore the Panel did not find he had committed any act of Unacceptable…

Costs Budgeting

16th May 2017

Commercial Barrister Morwenna Macro’s updated article on Costs Budgeting has been published on the Insight encyclopaedia on Westlaw (please click here for a Link to Westlaw or here for a Link to PDF). It covers the process of costs budgeting and costs management, linking to the relevant rules and practice direction of the CPR and Guidance…

Insolvency: Transactions At An Undervalue

3rd May 2017

Commercial Barrister Morwenna Macro’s updated article on Transactions at an Undervalue in bankruptcy and liquidation was published on the Insight online encyclopaedia on Westlaw on 6 February and is now available to all on PDF here. It covers the powers that Trustees in Bankruptcy and Liquidators have to challenge transactions that appear to have been made for nil consideration…

Chambers is pleased to welcome two new barristers, Alexander Kingston-Splatt and Sahana Jayakumar

26th April 2017

Alexander has joined as a member of the Commercial and Property Teams. Before coming to the Bar, Alexander was admitted as a solicitor in 2012. He trained with Goodman Derrick LLP and joined that firm’s dispute resolution department on qualification. Alexander has broad experience beyond his year of call, having acted in complex contractual disputes,…

Sam Phillips succeeds in High Court with alternative approach to Extended Civil Restraint Orders

12th April 2017

Sam appeared recently in the High Court (QB) on a landlord’s application to strike out a claim and obtain an Extended Civil Restraint Order (‘ECRO’) in a claim made against it and 21 other defendants. Mr Justice Nicol accepted the landlord’s submissions that the Claimant’s claim (premised on the European Convention on Human Rights, among…

New Insolvency Rules 2016 – Morwenna Macro’s article for Insight on Westlaw has been published

14th March 2017

Morwenna’s article highlights some of the key changes heralded by this major overhaul of insolvency legislation. The significant changes include the replacement of statutory forms with prescribed content; the greater use of electronic communications and websites to deliver documents; the move away from physical creditors’ meetings and use of alternative decision-making and deemed consent together…

Simon Mills writes new edition of Salinger on Factoring

22nd February 2017

We are pleased to announce that the new 5th edition of “Salinger on Factoring” is in the shops and online. The new edition has been written by Simon Mills, assisted by Noel Ruddy and Nigel Davidson of pdt solicitors. Professor Roy Goode has said the fact that the book is “a skilful blend of legal…

Freezing point – Gita Chakravarty’s article on developments in freezing injunctions appears in the February 2017 edition of the Solicitors Journal.

20th February 2017

Gita’s article considers the Commercial Court decision in Windrush Intercontinental SA v Bitumen Invest A/S concerning the grant of an ex parte freezing injunction pending an appeal against an arbitration award. The article focuses on the unusual circumstances in which the order was made and the principles to be applied to the interpretation of the…

Jessica Powers appointed to the Attorney General’s C Panel

24th January 2017

We are pleased to announce that Jessica Powers has been appointed to the C Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown for a period of 5 years commencing on 28 February 2017. Jessica joins Brynmor Adams, appointed to C Panel, and Mary Glass, appointed to B Panel.

New Business Immigration & Regulatory Team

11th January 2017

Satinder Gill, Ian Wright, Brynmor Adams, Mary Glass, Julie Leivesley, Millie Polimac and Simon Robinson are delighted to announce the launch of their new Practice Team called the Business Immigration and Regulatory Team. The new team will concentrate on business immigration (including Brexit), health and safety and other regulatory work including health care provision. For further…

Tina Conlan appears in Court of Appeal

6th December 2016

On 1 December 2016 Tina Conlan appeared in the Court of Appeal as junior counsel for the Appellant in Ahern v Southern Housing Group. The case concerns a public law defence to a claim for possession based upon a section 21 notice, Judgment to follow.

Cardiff v Lee Survival Guide

28th November 2016

On 19 October 2016, the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in the case of Cardiff County Council v Lee (Flowers) [2016] EWCA Civ 1034. Contrary to what housing providers had long understood, the Court considered that permission was needed to enforce a breach of a suspended possession order (“SPO”). Since October we have received…

Strong rankings from Chambers and Partners for Five Paper in Social Housing and Commercial Dispute Resolution

2nd November 2016

Our “very professional and highly skilled” social housing team has again been rated for the breadth of experience and expertise on offer. Our “absolutely excellent clerking…” is commended because we “always deal with issues quickly and work hard to keep our level of trust in them.” Please click here for the full set and individual rankings on…

Human rights, proportionality and the private landlord – Laura Williamson’s article is published in the Landlord and Tenant Review

19th October 2016

In the October 2016 edition of the Landlord and Tenant Review, Laura comments on the Supreme Court ruling in the case of McDonald v McDonald, in which a private tenant sought to raise proportionality arguments under Article 8(2) of the ECHR in order to resist a claim for a possession order under s.21 of the…

Morwenna Macro successfully resists appeal in Court of Appeal concerning quantification of beneficial interests in constructive trusts in the case of Sandhu v Sandhu

10th October 2016

Morwenna had succeeded at trial in obtaining relief entitling her elderly client to a beneficial interest in a property owned by his son. The appeal concerned the quantification of that interest (70%). Morwenna successfully persuaded the Court of Appeal that despite an error made by the Trial Judge in construing the completion statement and thus…

Brynmor Adams wins leasehold consultation appeal in the Upper Tribunal

20th September 2016

In 23 Dollis Avenue (1998) Ltd v Vejdani [2016] UKUT 0365, Brynmor Adams successfully represented the Appellant management company in an appeal to the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) in relation to the application of the consultation requirements to on-account demands for service charges. The decision established a point of law of potentially wide significance for…

Five Paper is pleased to announce another successful year in The Legal 500 (2016)

19th September 2016

Five Paper’s barristers have been ranked across our main practice areas including social housing, commercial litigation/dispute resolution, employment, business immigration and Health & Safety in The Legal 500 (2016). Five Paper is said to be ‘a first-class set’ with a ‘good breadth and availability of barristers’, who are ‘highly efficient, friendly and dedicated to their clients’. As a whole, the ‘exceptional’ clerking team is…

Ian Wright is to appear in the Supreme Court as junior counsel in a health and safety appeal

7th September 2016

In HM Inspector of Health & Safety v Chevron North Sea Ltd, the Supreme Court will for the first time consider the nature of an appeal against an enforcement notice under section 24 of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974. In April the Inner House of the Court of Session held that…

Morwenna Macro, acting pro bono, succeeded in obtaining an order to set aside a property transfer for undue influence

26th July 2016

In this case, a vulnerable pensioner had transferred the property in which she had lived for decades to a younger man who exerted control and influence over her and had promised to allow her to live there and maintain the property. However, he gradually took over the property, which became uninhabitable and eventually the Claimant…

On Tuesday 18 October 2016 Ben Maltz will be co-presenting an advanced course for LEASE focusing on the drafting of Section 13 Notices under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993

20th July 2016

For further details of this event and to book you place click this link.

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