In a rearranged courtroom, Neil has completed one of the first trials in Wolverhampton in a case of manslaughter. The jurors had to sit where barristers usually sat, barrister sat where the jurors usually sat, and the public were video linked in from a different courtroom. Neil commends the new…
15NBS Chambers is delighted to announce that Tana Adkin QC has joined Chambers from Charter Chambers
Tana was appointed Queens Counsel in 2017. She specialises in defending those needing forensic cross-examination of experts including pathologists. She has defended those accused of the most grave violent and sexual offences including murder, manslaughter, historic childhood sexual abuse and baby-shaking and is also instructed in cases of professional misconduct…
Webinar: 22nd July, 4pm As part of the Turning 18 project Claire Mawer is doing a second webinar with David Emanuel QC and Laura Janes, Legal Director of the Howard League. This time the focus is specifically (and in substantial detail) on the sentencing of young adults (18 – 25)….
Yvonne Kramo has published a guest blog for the Bar Council’s ‘Bar Talk’. Entitled ‘On the front line with Black Protest Legal Support UK’, the post relates to the work of Black Protest Legal Support UK, a hub of lawyers and advisers who are offering legal advice and representation to…
Online Seminar Wednesday, 24th June, 11:00 – 13:00 The Youth Justice Legal Centre invites you to join us in launching our Legal Guide and Policy Briefing on Turning 18 in the criminal justice system. Speakers: Mr Justice William Davis QC Dr Enys Delmage, Consultant in Adolescent Forensic Psychiatry David Emanuel…
Pupillage at 15NBS 15NBS is a welcoming place to be a pupil. By the end of my first six, I had met every member of Chambers because my supervisor encouraged me to see a range of trials and different styles of advocacy. I shadowed more than half the members of…
15NBS are delighted to announce that Mr Joseph Carr and Miss Saffie Jallow have accepted an invitation to join chambers, after a successful pupillage. Full profiles will follow soon.
15NBS is committed to keeping Chambers as normal as possible in these challenging times and would like you to know that our responsibility to legal representation is still at the forefront of our work and commitment. 15NBS takes the Health and Welfare of all its Members and staff very seriously…
Justin McClintock has secured the acquittal of a defendant accused of a stabbing at a Wetherspoons Pub in south London. Justin successfully resisted a Res Gestae application from the Crown before making a successful submission of no case to answer on the stabbing charge at the conclusion of the prosecution…
John Greenan along with his partner Alessandra are taking on the challenge of climbing Mount Kilimanjaro Africa’s highest mountain at 5,895 metres (19,341 feet) above sea level. They are doing this to raise money for the John King Brain Tumour Foundation (registered charity). The Foundation aims to raise much-needed funds…