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Common sense prevails in the Supreme Court in ‘mixed injury’ cases

Once again, a member of Atlantic Chambers, Shannon Eastwood, successfully appeared on behalf of the Claimants in the Supreme Court case of Hassam v Rabot [2024] UKSC 11 led by Benjamin Williams KC and instructed by Robert James solicitors.

News | 26th Mar 2024

Civil Litigation case update – March 2024

The Supreme Court recently handed down judgement in the case of Armstead v Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Company Ltd [2024] UKSC 6.

News | 26th Mar 2024

Civil Litigation Case Update – February 2024

Can Artificial Intelligence be an inventor under current UK patent law?

News | 15th Feb 2024

Parental Alienation or Alienating Behaviours: What is going on?

Ian McArdle discusses Parental Alienation/Alienating Behaviours

News | 07th Feb 2024

Top Tips for Pupillage Applications 2024

Pupillage application season is upon us once again! We understand how stressful this can be for applicants and have drawn up some top tips to help you along the way.

News | 02nd Feb 2024

Family Law Update – Balancing openness and confidentiality within the Family Courts: the Transparency Reporting Pilot.

What is the Transparency Reporting Pilot, and why is it coming to our local courts.

News | 02nd Feb 2024

Congratulations to Joseph Carter

Well done & congratulations on completing pupillage.

News | 17th Jan 2024

Where has the Supreme Court’s decision left those who have witnessed the preventable death of a loved one as a result of clinical negligence and suffered psychiatric harm as a consequence?

Elizabeth Francis discusses the long awaited judgement handed down from the Supreme Court

News | 12th Jan 2024

The cost of stalking (or not): Perinpanathan strikes again.

Civil Practice update and insight from Alexander Jones

News | 04th Jan 2024

Baxter v Doble [2023] EWHC 486

Diarmuid Flood discusses this recent case which is of importance to those who do direct access work.

News | 18th Dec 2023

Civil Litigation case update – December 2023

An update on cases from the Civil Litigation Team

News | 07th Dec 2023

Chancery & Commercial Group Autumn Seminar Recording

An opportunity to view the recent Chancery & Commercial Group's Seminar

News | 06th Dec 2023

NON-DELEGABLE DUTIES AND VICARIOUS LIABILITY IN NEGLIGENCE FOLLOWING HUGHES v RATTAN [2022] EWCA Civ 107

This article should specifically be of interest to clinical negligence practitioners, but there are also general points.

News | 06th Dec 2023

Pupillage Opportunites

Atlantic Chambers is recruiting for up to four fully-funded pupillages

News | 29th Nov 2023

Civil Litigation Case Updates – November 2023

Potential exceptions to the rule in Hollington v Hewthorn

News | 22nd Nov 2023

Atlantic welcomes four new Pupil Barristers to Chambers

Atlantic continues to invest in the future of Chambers

News | 18th Oct 2023

Cost Reforms 2023

On 1st October 2023, the new Fixed Recoverable Costs (“FRC”) regime came into effect. These rules were enacted by the Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2023 and published on the MOJ website. Shannon Eastwood explains the new rules with a full breakdown.

News | 16th Oct 2023

Members of Atlantic Chambers Recognised in 2024 Legal 500

Congratulations to all of our Barristers recognised

News | 06th Oct 2023

We would like to welcome two new Pupils to Atlantic Chambers

Welcome to Atlantic Indy Alley and Christin Kirchhuebel

News | 04th Oct 2023

Elizabeth Francis settles mesh claim for over £500,000

Elizabeth Francis settles clinical negligence mesh claim.

News | 14th Sep 2023

Inflation and General Damages – RPI or CPI?

Tim Grace discusses the different measures that could be used for inflation adjustments with regards to general damages.

News | 11th Aug 2023

Chancery & Commercial Annual Spring Seminar

A recording of the Chancery & Commercial seminar is now available to watch

News | 02nd Aug 2023

Elizabeth Francis settles cancer claim for £1 million against plastic surgeon

Cancer claim negotiated by Elizabeth Francis settles for £1 million

News | 02nd Aug 2023

Civil Litigation Weekly Updates – 31st July 2023

Our Weekly round up of cases from the Civil Litigation team

News | 31st Jul 2023

Civil Litigation – Weekly Case Update

Our Weekly round up of cases from the Civil Litigation team

News | 17th Jul 2023

The Court’s power to revoke parental responsibility: married and unmarried parents.

Scarlett Gilmartin discusses the Court's power to revoke parental responsibility re: A (Parental Responsibility) [2023] EWCA Civ 689

News | 05th Jul 2023

Civil Litigation – Weekly Case Update

Our Weekly round up of cases from the Civil Litigation team

News | 03rd Jul 2023

QOCS: STRIKE OUT

Lujzka Halsall-Fischel discusses 'strike-out' with regards to Qualified One-Way Cost Shifting (QOCS)

News | 28th Jun 2023

Family Law Podcast – Parental Alienation

Ian McArdle discusses Parental Alienation, Re C, and the instruction of experts with Melanie Bataillard-Samuel of MBS Family Law on the podcast 'Family Law & Lattes'

News | 23rd Jun 2023

Civil Litigation – Weekly Case Updates

Our Weekly round up of cases from the Civil Litigation team

News | 23rd Jun 2023

Civil Litigation weekly case updates

Recent cases you might have missed

News | 19th Jun 2023

Fast Track Costs Recovery in the OIC where FD/LVI Alleged

Olivia Cox discusses Fast Track costs recovery in the OIC where FD/LVI alleged.

News | 25th May 2023

Civil Litigation – Case Updates

Our Weekly round up of cases from the Civil Litigation team

News | 19th May 2023

Pleading Fundamental Dishonesty

James Patience reviews the case law for 'Fundamental Dishonesty' and finds a much more nuanced position than you may think.

News | 02nd May 2023

Weekly Case Updates – Civil Litigation

Our Weekly round up of cases from the Civil Litigation team

News | 17th Apr 2023

Weekly Case Updates – Civil Litigation

Our Weekly round up of cases from the Civil Litigation team

News | 11th Apr 2023

OIC – A Round-up as of 31st March 2023

We are approaching the second anniversary of the implementation of the ‘Whiplash Reforms’ and the introduction of the OIC Portal.

News | 05th Apr 2023

Weekly Case Update – Civil Litigation

A round-up of some case updates this week in Civil Litigation.

News | 31st Mar 2023

Weekly Case Update – Civil Litigation

Our Weekly round up of cases from the Civil Litigation team

News | 24th Mar 2023

Weekly Case Update – Civil Litigation

A round-up of some case updates this week in Civil Litigation

News | 20th Mar 2023

Weekly Case Update – Civil Litigation

Weekly case updates from our Civil Litigation team.

News | 13th Mar 2023

Weekly Case Updates – Civil Litigation

Weekly case updates from our Civil Litigation team.

News | 03rd Mar 2023

Re C (Parental Alienation: Instruction of Expert) [2023] EWHC 345 (Fam): An Analysis

Ian McArdle analyses a widely anticipated judgment on the issue of instruction of experts, and in particular the instruction of experts in proceedings where there is an allegation of parental alienation.

News | 01st Mar 2023

Weekly Case Update – Civil Litigation

A round-up of some case updates this week in Civil Litigation

News | 24th Feb 2023

Prohibition of Cross Examination of alleged victims by their abuser and the implications for Family Practitioners.

There has been a a flurry of activity as practitioners and the Family Court try to adapt to the fact that the provisions of s.65 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 now prohibit the cross examination of an alleged victim of domestic violence by a perpetrator.

News | 23rd Feb 2023

“The Court of Appeal clarify awards in ‘mixed injury’ cases”

Once again, Shannon Eastwood successfully appeared on behalf of the Claimants (acting as Respondents in the appeal) in the Court of Appeal case of Hassam v Rabot [2023] EWCA Civ 19 led by Benjamin Williams KC and instructed by Robert James solicitors.

News | 20th Jan 2023

Does the failure to include a non-portal offer within the Court Proceedings Pack amount to a breach of The Protocol?

Alex Jones recently represented a Claimant in a long and drawn-out case which ended in victory for the Claimant.

News | 17th Jan 2023

Capital Gains Tax

Nigel Ginniff explains the changes to Capital Gains Tax following the November Budget statement,

News | 04th Jan 2023

Neil Grisdale Retires

We'd like to wish Neil a long & happy retirement.

News | 19th Dec 2022

Surrogacy claims in clinical negligence – where are we now?

News | 02nd Nov 2022

Welcome to new Head of Chambers, Charles Prior

News | 24th Oct 2022

Urgent Need for Perpetrator Programmes in Private Law Proceedings

News | 13th Oct 2022

Section 91 (14) A Barring Orders: A Welcome Addition for Victims of Domestic Abuse

Teleri Jones discusses Section 91(14) barring orders

News | 12th Oct 2022

Congratulations!

We'd like to congratulate two of our Pupil Barristers.

News | 10th Oct 2022

Members of Atlantic Chambers Recognised in 2023 Legal 500

News | 30th Sep 2022

Deposit Orders in the ET: A useful tool in the Respondent’s Armoury

News | 26th Sep 2022

Shannon Eastwood successful in a Court of Appeal case

News | 20th Sep 2022

Chambers Closure

News | 16th Sep 2022

‘Revenge Porn’ – Sharing of Sexual Images in Family Cases

News | 15th Sep 2022

Queen Elizabeth II

News | 12th Sep 2022

Third Parties (Rights against Insurers) Act 2010

James Cullen discusses important legislation for personal injury practitioners as inflation is rising, fuel prices are skyrocketing, Brexit has increased business costs and the UK is heading into recession.

News | 04th Aug 2022

Benefits of mediation in clinical negligence cases

Elizabeth Francis, specialist clinical negligence barrister and CEDR accredited mediator discusses the benefits of mediation in clinical negligence cases

News | 14th Jul 2022

Success in the ET

Alexander Jones, of Atlantic Chambers, secured victory recently having represented a Claimant in a multi-day employment tribunal claim.

News | 08th Jun 2022

Drawing adverse inferences where there is a failure to serve evidence

Mr Simon Colton QC considered the inferences to be drawn when the defendants had not filed witness evidence and there was issues in relation to disclosure.

News | 06th Jun 2022

Ian McArdle discusses Parental alienation and Parental alienation syndrome

Barrister Ian McArdle attempts to rescue us from the quagmire of conflicting definitions around this subject and suggests a way forward for family courts.

News | 08th Feb 2022

Congratulations to Lord Justice Andrew Edis

Atlantic Chambers would like to congratulate former member Lord Justice Andrew Edis on his appointment as Deputy Senior Presiding Judge.

News | 02nd Dec 2021

Legal 500

Atlantic Chambers has once again been recognised in the Legal 500 2022, identifying Leading Silk John Benson KC in the field of Clinical Negligence.

News | 14th Oct 2021

Gabrielle Wenham appointed Deputy District Judge

Atlantic Chambers is delighted to announce that Gabrielle Wenham has been appointed as a Deputy District Judge on the Northern Circuit.

News | 14th Oct 2021

Caroline Jones Appointed Assistant Coroner for Cambridgeshire

Atlantic Chambers is proud to announce the appointment of Caroline Jones as an Assistant Coroner.

News | 11th Oct 2021

10,000 Black Interns Scheme

Atlantic Chambers to participate in scheme.

News | 30th Sep 2021

Credit Hire success

Credit hire success - Defendant's BHR not accepted.

News | 09th Sep 2021

Civil Litigation Team -Update

A legal representative who provides written representations in wasted costs proceedings can be ordered to attend court for cross-examination

News | 11th Mar 2021

A Practical Guide to Claims Arising from Fatal Accidents (2nd edition) published by Law Brief Publishing

James Patience provides an edited extract.

News | 03rd Mar 2021

Civil Litigation Case Update

Case update

News | 24th Feb 2021

Atlantic Chambers welcomes two new tenants

Following successful completion of their respective pupillages, we would like to warmly welcome Melanie Foo and Gary Donaldson.

News | 26th Jan 2021