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We are top ranked in all main areas of law by the UK’s leading legal directories. Here’s what they say:
“For some, St John’s Chambers is ‘unquestionably the go-to set for private client litigation in the South West’, while others say it is ‘a must instruct for personal injury and clinical negligence’, as well as covering the gamut of other practice areas including commercial, construction, and property law. In recent chambers news, dual-qualified Ryan Morgan, formerly of Queen Square Chambers, joined the family and divorce team. The ‘excellent’ clerks are ‘always helpful and approachable, they are a main cog in the process of the great communication between instructing solicitor and barrister – they just get it’; chief executive Derek Jenkins heads the team that ‘makes the lives of instructing solicitors so much easier, making the set feel like an extension of the solicitors’ own departments and not a standalone body’. Practice managers Rob Bocock, Luke Hodgson, and Annette Bushell manage the commercial, family, and personal injury teams respectively.
“St John’s Chambers is “a standout chambers for chancery work.” The barristers are held in extremely high regard on the Western Circuit for both their traditional and commercial chancery expertise. The set is able to handle everything from complex property litigation and trusts disputes, to professional negligence claims. Members are frequently instructed in cases concerning valuable agricultural land. One source enthuses: ‘I cannot recommend the chambers and individual counsel enough. They are friendly, accessible and build a phenomenal rapport with instructing solicitors and the client. The language used in their advice is clear and understandable, which is welcomed and praised by clients.’ “
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St John’s Chambers Personal Injury and Clinical negligence departments are delighted to introduce to you their autumn webinar programme. The webinars will take place each week from 11th November 2020 – 16th December 2020. The webinars aim to cover a broad number of current topics in the fields of personal injury and clinical negligence and will focus on dealing practically with issues that arise in these varied practice areas. Some talks will be tailored to those who are junior fee earners and others to those who have conduct of the most complex and high value PI and clinical negligence cases. The programme promises to be interesting, informative and aims to introduce you to a broad range of St Johns Chambers barristers who are members of our PI and Clin Neg teams.
24 November 2020
Topics include:
Webinar 1
4th November 2020 – 1975 Act Claims
Host: Julian Burrows, Wolferstans
Speakers: Georgina Thompson, Oliver Wooding, Annie Sampson, Natasha Dzameh
Webinar 2
11th November 2020 – Practice and procedural aspects of contentious probate claims
Host: Beth King-Smith, Harrison Clark Rickerbys
Speakers: Daniel Soar, Joss Knight, Oliver Wooding, Michael Clarke
Webinar 3
19th November – Contentious Probate
Host: Charisse Crawford, Stephens Scown
Speakers: Joss Knight, Alex Troup, Adam Boyle, Natasha Dzameh
Webinar 4
25th November – Administration of Estates
Host: Matthew Evans, Hugh James
Speakers: John Dickinson, Charlie Newington-Bridges, Christopher Jones, Nicholas Pointon
25 November 2020
