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15NBS Chambers is delighted to welcome Barra McGrory KC as a member of Chambers. Barra has a wealth of knowledge and experience having been a solicitor advocate from 2000, he was the first and still the only solicitor to be awarded the rank of silk in Northern Ireland in 2007,...

Sophie Evans, instructed by Amy Hooper of Waterfords Solicitors, secured the acquittal of her client charged with two counts of being concerned in the supply of class A drugs following a 5-day trial. The defendant was charged with the offences after police pulled over the vehicle he was travelling in...

Sophie Evans, instructed by Lewis Brathwaite of Galbraith Branley Solicitors, was successful in persuading the CPS to offer no evidence against her client, charged with assault on an emergency worker and obstructing a constable carrying out a drug search. The charges arose after the defendant was stopped by plain-clothes police...

Following a 6 week trial at Wood Green Crown Court, on Friday 10th July 2026, Rupert Hallowes leading Jack Kiffin achieved the unanimous acquittals of their client who was accused of multiple counts of conspiracy to possess firearms and ammunition, including offences of conspiracy to possess firearms with intent to...

15NBS Chambers wish to congratulate our member, Stephen Akinsanya, on his appointment as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in His Majesty the King’s Birthday Honours List. This OBE had been awarded in recognition of Stephen’s outstanding service, over many years, to raise the awareness of...

15NBS proudly announces that the Lord Chancellor has appointed Ruth Zentler-Munro to the position of Recorder for the South East Region. We congratulate Ruth on her appointment.

We were delighted on the 14th May 2026 to welcome solicitors from far and wide to our Chambers Party at the St. Pancras International Hotel.  It was a great opportunity for members of 15 NBS to check in with old friends and to introduce ourselves to new ones.  We look...

In a guest blog for the Bar Council, Tana Adkin KC shares highlights from the Women’s Forum. The drive for women’s equality is not just about equity, it is vital right now in our politically polarised and troubled world as a pathway to economic growth and global peace. That fact…