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With excellence from top to bottom Chambers provides a first class service in a number of different fields.
Thakkar and others v Mican and AXA Insurance UK plc 24.7.23, High Court, Chancery Division on appeal from HHJ Backhouse and before Mr Justice Richard Smith. At trial, the Defendants had alleged that the Claimants were fundamentally dishonest. HHJ Backhouse…
The collapse of the Fundão Dam in November 2015 has been described as the worst environmental disaster in Brazil’s history. The claimants seek to establish BHP’s liability for the collapse. In 2019 BHP applied for the claims to be struck…
Paul McGrath (instructed by Nasreen Rehman of Plexus Law) succeeded in defeating a claim for c. £145,000 hire charges on the basis that the Claimant’s own vehicle had been driven illegally (without a valid MoT). The Judge (HHJ Lethem, Central…
Paul McGrath represented the respondents in an action brought by a former employer / competitor business for restraint of trade and delivery up (instructed by Vienna Kang Advocates). The respondents denied liability but agreed undertakings to avoid further litigation. The…
We are delighted to announce that Paul McGrath has been appointed as a Recorder. Paul will continue to practise as a barrister and anticipates sitting as a Recorder for c.30 days per year. The appointment will take effect from today,…
Welcome to the latest edition of the TGC Fraud Update. At the time of our last Update we were in the midst of the pandemic, a vaccine was a distant dream, and only a handful of remote hearings had led…
Paul McGrath and James Henry, instructed by Benjamin Leech of Keoghs LLP, secured a committal order of immediate imprisonment for 5 months for contempt of court against Mr Robert Hall. Paul McGrath appeared in the committal hearing, and James Henry…
Please see link below to the latest update from the TGC Costs Team.
Chambers is ranked in 5 practice areas in Chambers & Partners 2019 – 33 individual barristers are ranked: Keith Morton KC Health & Safety Band 1 – ‘Has extensive experience within this field of law, exclusively acting on behalf of…
TGC continues to remain as leaders in the field in 12 practice areas with 45 rankings in the 2018 Edition of Legal 500: Health & Safety, Inquests and Inquiries, Product Liability, Administrative and Public Law (including local government), Immigration, Personal…
