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- Dan Hobbs comments on age discrimination tribunal
- Robert Talalay appears in the Administrative Court in successful defence of a judicial review to the re-categorisation of a prisoner
- Alex Ustych appears in important case about freedom of expression in the age of social media
- Samantha Leek QC, Counsel to the Inquests into the deaths of 6 British people killed in the Easter 2019 bombings in Sri Lanka
- APL (Association of Police Lawyers) Conference on Automated Facial Recognition Law and Technology
- Peter Laverack to deliver speech at House of Lords event on Jones v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago
- IICSA publishes report into Ealing Abbey and St Benedict’s School
- The inquests into the deaths of the twenty-two people killed in the 2017 Manchester Arena attack will now become a public inquiry.
- Mark Thomas appears in six week Acute Behavioural Disturbance inquest in Dorset
- Third six applications open
- Robert Talalay appears before the Court of Appeal in a successful appeal concerning civil restraint orders and access to justice
- 5 Essex Court recognised as band 1 set in Chambers UK’s 2020 Directory
- Inquest into the deaths of 10 cancer patients
- Beatrice Collier and Georgina Wolfe launch season 2 of Middle Temple’s Pupillage Podcast
- 5 Essex Court ranked as a tier 1 set for inquests and inquiries and police law in the Legal 500, 2020 directory.
- Samantha Leek QC speaks alongside the Chief Coroner, His Honour Judge Mark Lucraft QC, and Lady Hale, President of the Supreme Court at the Coroners Society National Conference 2019
- Register now for 5 Essex Court’s Inquest Conference 2019.
- IICSA published report on accountability and reparations
- 5 Essex Court is deeply saddened to announce the death of Nick Wilcox, who passed away peacefully in his sleep on Saturday 14th September
- John Goss writes for OnMedica about avoiding the pitfalls of Live Automatic Facial Recognition Technology
- 5 Essex Court welcomes Emma Price
- High Court hands down first ever judgment on the use by law enforcement agencies of automated facial recognition technology
- Jason Beer QC and Jonathan Dixey appear in successful judicial review on the meaning of self-defence in police misconduct proceedings
- Jeremy Johnson QC appointed as a Justice of the High Court and assigned to the Queen’s Bench Division.
- 5 Essex Court’s Pupillage Committee responds to the BSB’s Consultation “Engagement Programme – Pupillage Gateway Timetable and Written Agreements for Pupillage”
- Francesca Whitelaw discusses Facial Recognition Technology in Essential Retail
- Jeremy Johnson QC and Peter Laverack instructed on claim to decriminalise homosexuality in St Vincent and the Grenadines
- Daniel Hobbs comments on NDA misuse in HR Magazine
- 7 Members of Chambers appointed or re-appointed to the Attorney General’s Panel of Counsel
- The Inquests concerning the deaths of the attackers who carried out the London Bridge and Borough Market Terror Attack concluded today
- Carl Sargeant: Inquest conclusions delivered
- Anthony Grainger Inquiry Report published: four members of Chambers appear in the Inquiry
- Third six application deadline approaching
- Jason Beer QC, Alison Hewitt and Bobby Talalay appeared in double murder inquest in Surrey
- Officer dismissed over relationship with juror
- 5 Essex Court responds to the consultation on coronial investigations of stillbirths
- Victoria von Wachter and Amy Clarke comment on hate speech in The Times
- Victoria von Wachter, Employment Law specialist, features in today’s HR Magazine
- Saara Idelbi and Amy Clarke speak at seminar discussing risk in the police and public sector, hosted by Browne Jacobson LLP and Aon
- Court of Arbitration for Sport delivers decision in the appeal filed by the President of the French Tennis Federation
- Jason Beer QC, Alison Hewitt and Bobby Talalay appear in double murder inquest in Surrey
- Samantha Leek QC and Georgina Wolfe comment in The Times
- Bobby Talalay instructed by the Home Office to advise on changes to the police misconduct regulatory framework
- Jason Beer QC and Andrew Waters appear in Hillsborough health and safety case
- Alison Hewitt acts for the Senior Coroner in a landmark Court of Appeal ruling on the standard of proof for suicide conclusions at inquests.
- John Goss writes about Uber being challenged in its handling of its drivers’ personal data in the first case of its kind in @hrmagazine
- Jason Beer QC acts in significant health and safety case for the Office of the Chief Constable of Devon & Cornwall Police
- Jason Beer QC and Alice Meredith successfully resist property magnate’s high profile challenge to Notification Order
- London Bridge and Borough Market Terror Attack Inquests begin today
- Amy Clarke secures findings of Gross Misconduct against two officers accused of conducting an inappropriate sexual relationship whilst on duty
- Joint inquest relating to deaths of Thomas Kemp and Katherine Kemp - narrative conclusions recorded
- Cross Border transfers and application of TUPE
- Privacy Ethics and the Law with Facebook UK’s Karim Palant
- Conclusion of the inquest into the death of Alexander Dowds
- Birmingham Pub Bombings Conclusion
- Peter Laverack in landmark ruling that legally recognises same-sex marriage in a British Overseas Territory
- Aaron Moss obtains high-profile Terrorist Account Freezing Order
- Jury returns Narrative Conclusion in Renewed Inquest into 1997 Police Pursuit
- Victoria Von Wachter represents West Midlands Police in disciplinary hearing.
- Congratulations to Alan Payne QC
- 5 Essex Court Celebrates International Women’s Day
- Undercover Policing Inquiry - Judicial Review
- Dan Hobbs secures findings of Gross Misconduct against three officers in a misconduct hearing directed by the IOPC
- ICJ determines that the UK must end its administration of the Chagos Archipelago as rapidly as possible
- Geoff Gray (Deepcut) Second Inquest Begins Today
- Jeremy Johnson QC and Robert Cohen act for the Chief Constable of West Midlands Police in Birmingham pub bombings inquest
- The Supreme Court’s Decision regarding Criminal Records Disclosure
- Karim Palant, Facebook’s UK Public Policy Manager to present “Rights and Responsibilities Online” at 5 Essex Court’s breakfast seminar.
- Fiona Barton QC to speak on “Mitigating the Effects of Data Breaches” with Wedlake Bell and ProDPO
- Anne Studd QC represents the IOPC
- The inquest into the 1974 IRA Guildford Pub bombings is to be resumed
- Jason Beer QC and Charlotte Ventham successful for the Competition and Markets Authority in a series of challenges to a search warrant
- New Chief Coroner’s Guidance
- Undercover Policing Inquiry - Judicial Review
- 5 Essex Court Appointed to the Surrey County Council Framework
- Aaron Moss Appointed to Attorney General’s C Panel
- Inquest relating to death of Natalie Putt – Senior Coroner records an open verdict
- 5 Essex Court Shortlisted for LexisNexis Diversity and Inclusion Award
- Peter Laverack Shortlisted for LexisNexis Award
- Alan Payne appointed Queen’s Counsel
- Beatrice Collier and Georgina Wolfe launch The Pupillage Podcast
- Westminster Terror Attack Inquests - Prevention of Future Deaths
- Verdict of Natural Causes in the inquest into the death of Alexander Perepilichnyy
- Officer dismissed for dishonesty
- Phase 1 of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry comes to a close
- Samantha Leek QC represents coroner in dismissed judicial review
News Archive
- High Court dismisses “sexting” challenge
- Claire Palmer successfully defends the Crown Prosecution Service in claim for significant damages
- Jason Beer QC, Alan Payne and Jonathan Dixey act in Child Sex Abuse Inquiry: Accountability and Reparations Investigation
- Beatrice Collier to speak at Legal Cheek Pupillage event
- Chambers Shortlisted for the Legal Cheek Awards 2019
- 5 Essex Court co-sponsors Urban Lawyers Conference 2018
- 5 Essex Court recognised as a top set - Legal 500 and Chambers UK Bar 2019
- Pupillage Selection Report 2018 published
- What does the WM Morrison Supermarkets Plc data breach mean to employers?
- Initial hearing in Manchester Arena Bombing inquests
- Griffiths v Suffolk Police: Suffolk Police successfully defend negligence and Article 2 claims
- 5 Essex Court makes two new appointments
- 10 inquests begin into deaths of former patients of Consultant Urologist Paul Miller
- Westminster Terror Attack Inquests Conclude
- EU law curbs the right to detain asylum seekers
- Jason Beer QC successful in Court of Appeal in police pensions case with national implications
- Mark Thomas successfully defends JR of disclosure on Enhanced Criminal Record Certificates
- Court of Appeal has allowed the Coroner’s appeal in Birmingham Pub Bombings Inquests
- Women in Law Summit 2018
- Westminster Terror Attack Inquests begin today
- ICJ Advisory Opinion - Remi Reichhold is representing the Republic of Mauritius
- 5 Essex Court launches pupillage Instagram account
- IICSA report into Ampleforth and Downside – Alan Payne and Jonathan Dixey appeared
- The use of PII material in search warrant cases: Jason Beer QC and Charlotte Ventham successful for the Competition and Markets Authority in the Court of Appeal
- QOCS conundrum finally solved?
- R (Maughan) v HM Senior Coroner for Oxfordshire judgment today
- IICSA: Children in Custodial Institutions - closing statements delivered today
- Jason Beer QC successful for South Yorkshire Police in Sir Cliff Richard case
- Deepcut inquest - Coroner’s ruling on death of Pte Sean Benton
- Coroner’s appeal in R(Hambleton) v The Coroner for the Birmingham Inquests being heard today at the Court of Appeal
- Jason Beer QC and Georgina Wolfe successfully defend South Wales Police in claim for significant damages
- “Clearly the pre-eminent chambers providing the best training for police law”
- Court of Appeal Judgment in the Daniel Morgan litigation
- Appointments to the Attorney General’s Panel
- Police Law Conference 2018
- Beatrice Collier represents Labour Party at inquest into the death of Carl Sargeant
- R (Parkinson) v HM Senior Coroner for Kent – Judgment
- Georgina Wolfe represents Ministry of Justice in Max Clifford inquest
- Grenfell Tower Inquiry: opening statements commence today
- New tenant at 5 Essex Court - Peter Laverack
- Members on both sides in Belhaj v Jack Straw
- Jeremy Johnson QC and Kate Cornell represent Met Police in milestone misconduct case
- Dan Hobbs successfully represents doctor in EAT
- Alison Hewitt sworn in as a Senior Coroner
- Peter Laverack in landmark case decriminalising homosexuality in Trinidad and Tobago
- Jason Beer QC represents South Yorkshire Police in Sir Cliff Richard case
- Fiona Barton QC and Alex Ustych successfully represent West Midlands Police in judicial review proceedings
- Kate Cornell appointed a Recorder of the Crown Court
- 5 Essex Court wins Legal Cheek’s Best Chambers for Training Award 2018
- Robert Talalay and Alex Ustych successful in false imprisonment jury trial
- Alex Ustych appointed Junior Counsel to Grenfell Tower Inquiry
- Jonathan Dixey represents MOJ in high-profile prison death inquest
- Supreme Court allows appeal in Worboys case and rules on ambit of duty on police
- Jason Beer QC represents preparatory school at widely reported Inquest
- London Bridge Attack Inquests: Second Pre-Inquest Review Hearing
- Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police – Supreme Court Judgment
- Legal Aid granted for families of the Hyde Park victims
- Coghlan v Chief Constable of Cheshire Police, Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police and Director General of the National Crime Agency – Judgment
- Sean Benton (Deepcut) Second Inquest Begins Today
- Westminster Terror Attack Inquests: Second Pre-Inquest Review Hearing
- Alex Ustych represents South Wales Police in long-running jury inquest into death by drowning
- Police Misconduct - New Amendment Regulations Come into Force
- Grenfell Tower Inquiry: First Preliminary Hearing
- The Employment Tribunals Handbook Fifth Edition Published
- Poppi Worthington Second Inquest Opens - Alison Hewitt is Counsel to the Inquest
- Jason Beer QC and Charlotte Ventham act for the Competition and Markets Authority in a challenge concerning the reliance on PII material to defend a warrant
- Jason Beer QC successful in police pensions case with national implications
- Charlotte Ventham acts for Greater Manchester Police in “sexting” judicial review
- Jason Beer QC appears in Public Inquiry in Northern Ireland
- Increase to the Pupillage Award
- Jason Beer QC and Robert Talalay appear in the Divisional Court for the NPCC in R (R) v The National Police Chiefs’ Council & Anor [2017] EWHC 2586 (Admin)
- The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse – 13 Investigations Launched
- Alan Payne and Robert Cohen act for the Secretary of State for the Home Department in an important case on the interaction of asylum and family law.
- Grenfell Tower Inquiry Officially Opened
- Jonathan Dixey Appointed to Attorney General’s B Panel
- New Tenant Remi Reichhold
- Inquest into the death of Alexander Perepilichnyy - Fiona Barton QC and Robert Cohen instructed on behalf of Surrey Police
- New Head of Chambers - Jason Beer QC
- Francesca Whitelaw to speak at the Upholding Integrity in Policing Conference
- Victoria von Wachter to speak at the Association of Police Lawyers Spring Conference
- Anne Studd QC and Robert Talalay successfully appeared in the Court of Appeal for the Chief Constable in R (G) v (1) Secretary of State for the Home Department; (2) Secretary of State for Justice; (3)
- Mark Thomas re-appointed on Welsh Government’s Public, Employment and Personal Injury Law Panels
- John-Paul Waite acts in leading indirect discrimination claim before the Supreme Court - Essop (others) v Home Office
- Samantha Leek QC - Lawyer of the Week
- Tunisia Inquests - Conclusions. Samantha Leek QC, Jonathan Dixey and Aaron Moss appear as Counsel to the Inquests.
- Anne Studd QC and Robert Talalay appeared in the Court of Appeal for the Chief Constable in R (G) v (1) Chief Constable of Surrey Policy; (2) Secretary of State for the Home Department; (3) Secretary
- Alison Hewitt has appeared in the Court of Appeal for the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis in Krol
- IICSA Child Migration Programmes hearings - Samantha Leek QC and Cicely Hayward appear for the Department of Health
- Jeremy Johnson QC, Charlotte Ventham and Catriona Hodge successfully appear for the Metropolitan Police Service in Daniel Morgan litigation.
- Robert Cohen and Robert Talalay appointed to Attorney General’s Panel of Counsel
- Remi Reichhold – pupil at 5 Essex Court – awarded the Mould Scholarship and James Hunt Prize by Gray’s Inn
- Ian Brady applications relating to legal representation rejected - Francesca Whitelaw, Russell Fortt and Cicely Hayward represent the First Tier Tribunal
- Mark Thomas successfully defends necessity to arrest and fair trial grounds in Court of Appeal on behalf of Cambridgeshire Police
- Anthony Grainger Inquiry
- Daniel Morgan Litigation - Jeremy Johnson QC, Charlotte Ventham and Catriona Hodge appear for the Metropolitan Police Service
- Tunisia Shootings Inquests
Events
- “Privacy Ethics and the Law” with Facebook’s UK Public Policy Manager - Karim Palant
- APL Autumn Conference 2018
- APL Spring Conference 2018
- Getting Under the Skin of the GDPR
- Information Law - Select Series Seminar
- Inquest Conference Leeds 2019
- Inquest Conference London 2019
- Police Law Conference
- Women in Law Summit 2018
Publications
- The Employment Tribunals Handbook: Practice, Procedure and Strategies for Success
- Public Inquiries
- Public Inquiries
- Police Law Update Edition 44
- Insight Issue 2
- Police Law Update
- Insight: Inquests and Inquiries
- Five from 5
- Essential Law and Practical Guidance for Police and Crime Commissioners
- Path to Pupillage