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Tracy Ayling KC elected as Inner Temple’s Reader Elect for 2026

15th July 2025

Chambers is delighted and extremely proud to announce that Tracy Ayling KC has been elected as the Reader-Elect of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple for 2026. The election means that…

24 Hours in Police Custody – Peterborough nightclub predator

6th July 2025

On Sunday 6 and Monday 7 July 2025, Channel 4 will be premiering a two-part episode of 24 Hours in Police Custody, centred on the case of Craig France, the Peterborough nightclub…

Jacqueline Carey KC opens Care Homes module of Covid Inquiry

1st July 2025

On Monday 30 June 2025, Jacqueline Carey KC opened the UK Covid-19 Inquiry’s module examining the response of the adult social care sector to the Covid-19 pandemic. As Counsel to the Inquiry,…

Cases

Chris Saad and Ellie Horan successfully represent professional rugby player...

16th July 2025

Chris Saad, leading Ellie Horan, secured the dismissal of an in-competition doping charge against their client, a professional rugby player, before the National Anti-Doping Panel.

Their client had…

Matt Kingswell success in axe attack trial

14th July 2025

Matt Kingswell successfully represented a man charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm with an axe. The Crown’s case was that Matt’s client had attacked the complainant within his own…

Charles Langley KC and Natalie Bird succeed in CBD hemp business trial

11th July 2025

Charles Langley KC led Natalie Bird in the defence of JM: the first of seven defendants prosecuted in relation to JM’s business selling low-THC high-CBD hemp flower, imported from the EU prior…

Seminars & Blogs

Big fines may be getting bigger: What the amended sentencing guidelines...

With little more than a murmur on 1 June 2025, the Sentencing Council of England & Wales quietly issued a change with major implications for large businesses: courts are now expected, not just…

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The Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 – A statutory duty to...

The Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 (TPPA 2025), widely known as Martyn’s Law, was enacted following critical findings from inquiries such as the Manchester Arena…