Honoured and delighted to have retained my Band 1 leading silk ranking in 3 practice areas in Chambers UK Bar Guide: Commercial Dispute Resolution, Chancery and Insolvency/Restructuring. Thank you to all who have supported or instructed me.
I am looking forward to presenting on "The BHS Litigation and Beyond - the Interplay between wrongful trading and the creditor duty" at this conference. Some very thought-provoking papers. #thoughtleadership#corporate#insolvency
🏛️ Last week, West Gate Business and Property Court and Employment Tribunals in Leeds officially opened.
📍 This location makes Leeds a key legal hub, with 3 operational buildings and more than 50 hearing rooms in a 250-yard radius.
See some of the highlights from the opening⤵️
This is a significant milestone for the resolution of Business and Property disputes in the North of England and Leeds in particular. I was most honoured to attend the opening ceremony yesterday as Vice-Chair of the Northern Business and Property Bar Association.
⚖️More than 1.6 million cases pass through civil courts and employment tribunals each year.
🏛️The Leeds Business and Property Court and Employment Tribunals officially opened yesterday.
📍The site will be part of a leading legal hub with 3 buildings and over 50 hearing rooms.
An extraordinary evening at the Royal Courts of Justice to celebrate 75 years of women silks (King’s Counsel). The Lady Chief Justice Baroness Carr congratulated over 350 women KCs from the most senior #16 HHJ Shirley Anwyl KC to the most recently appointed #641 Clea Topolski KC.
Great to see a jam-packed @MoJGovUK atrium to hear our new Lord Chancellor & Secretary of State @ShabanaMahmood . A major focus on how the whole justice system can deliver for the country - & on collaboration, tech, & a one team approach.
Such a privilege to welcome our new Attorney General, Richard Hermer KC on behalf of everyone @GovernmentLegal and the wider Government Legal Profession. Many congratulations! Together we will help the government govern well within the rule of law. @attorneygeneral
Congratulations to new Lord Chancellor @ShabanaMahmood. “It is vital that measures & funding to ease prison overcrowding & tackle court backlogs are treated as an immediate priority for action by the new LC," says Bar Chair Sam Townend KC. Read more: https://t.co/oD1XjKHDPu
Upcoming event: @LisaLinklater to chair international panel of experts at #ArtificialIntelligence and Digital Security Conference in Manchester next Wednesday 10 July: https://t.co/KQjqeSbQyb
I am looking forward to chairing one of the sessions on Digital Society and Private Law at this topical and thought-provoking event, to be held at @ExchangeC with speakers from the University of Manchester and Indiana University. Details of how to register below:
This was an excellent & most enjoyable launch event, packed with thought leadership. Great to renew contact with & meet colleagues from across the North. A very positive milestone for the Northern Business & Property Bar Association. Thanks to all who volunteered & contributed.
This is great news for the clients we represent and instructing solicitors we work with in the Business and Property Courts in Leeds. Thank you to all involved in making this happen.
📅 The first cases at our state-of-the-art business and property courts in Leeds were listed this week.
🏛️ The new site at West Gate will provide a dedicated space for cases to be heard and increase our capacity.
Find out more about the project ⬇️
https://t.co/W9dJl7Guio
En route to the Insolvency Lawyers' Association conference at Eversheds Sutherland, London, via City Square, Leeds. Looking forward to a varied and interesting programme and to catching up with and meeting other insolvency law specialists today. #insolvency#debate
Exchange Chambers has five new barristers after Scott Cowley, Tom Farr, Jordan Millican, Imogen Nichol and Hateema Zia successfully completed #pupillage and became full members of the set:
https://t.co/IXOxyFci8A
Published by @TheBusinessDesk
Our new Pupil Survey has found that 86% of pupils had a positive experience. Chair Sam Townend KC said the findings were a "testament to the high standard of training delivered by the Bar to the next generation.”
Read the press release and the report⬇️
https://t.co/OtdF1tWkc6
What an incredible opening night. With a standing ovation, Romeo & Juliet is well and truly back. 🔥
Don't miss your chance to see this iconic production:
https://t.co/B2Fx5oem40
Excellent event last night full of very helpful and positive insights and a very wide range of perspectives. Thank you @ICAW_22 and to all involved for the event and for reaching out by streaming the event.
Excellent and insightful article, bringing together the recent @thebarcouncil Working Lives survey and wellbeing initiatives/good practice by a number of Chambers. Well done to @ExchangeC for being amongst the 45 Chambers referenced in the article.
Sam Mercer in @CounselMagazine celebrates a shift in the right direction on wellbeing at the Bar. "What has really impressed us has been the personal dedication of so many individuals who go over and above to support and assist colleagues". Read on -
https://t.co/soZpXNcmuN