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Family Law Awards 2019
We were delighted to be a finalist for Clerking Team of the Year at the Family Law Awards on 27 November. Many congratulations to the eventual winner - St John's Chambers. A great evening was had by all at the event!
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Court Martial Appeal Court
In October 2019, Matthew Bolt succeeded in the Court Martial Appeal Court in relation to an important procedural matter for the Service Justice System. The case has now been reported: Regina v SH and another [2019] WLR(D) 584.
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Mark Eldridge prosecutes under s4A of the Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964
Mark Eldridge prosecuted an arson before a jury at Inner London Crown Court where the mentally ill Defendant was tried under section 4A of the Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964 on an allegation of setting fire to his room in a multi-occupancy house.
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Onyoja Momoh ranked in Legal 500
We are very pleased that once again, Onyoja Momoh has been ranked in the Legal 500 for her children law work. A highly skilled advocate, she is described as ‘Always very thoroughly prepared.’
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Direct Public Access Barristers
5 Pump Court has 40 qualified Direct Public Access Barristers with expertise in the following areas of law: Employment & Discrimination, Family, Property & Landlord & Tenant, Business & Commercial, Construction, Professional Negligence & Liability, Crime, Personal Injury.
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5 Pump Court Legal 500
5 Pump Court is well known for its criminal and regulatory work but the set also has expertise across the family and civil spectrums. The clerks’ room consists of first junior and designated criminal clerk John Wooloughan, designated family clerk Jay Dorton, designated civil clerk Greg Piner, and assistant practice clerk Stephen Bush. Our Family clerking team are also finalists for Clerking Team of the Year at the Family Law Awards 2019.
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5 Pump Court Seminar Program
We're planning our seminar programme for 2020, starting with in-house seminars for solicitors on international adoption, and Court of Protection issues. We enjoy coming out to firms to meet and talk! If you would like to suggest a seminar for any of our specialist teams to present, please contact our clerks or Chambers Director - we'll be delighted to discuss.
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Mark Eldridge successful in prosecution
Mark Eldridge successfully prosecuted an Aggravated Burglary trial at Woolwich Crown Court where the two Defendants were accused of going to a house they believed to be a drug dealer’s armed with a meat cleaver. They were found Guilty unanimously by the jury and sentenced to 6 years imprisonment.
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Grays Inn 'Prep for Practice'
Three of our brilliant members spoke at the Grays Inn 'Prep for Practice' event on 19 November. Kevin Gordon, Onyoja Momoh and Trisan Hyatt enjoyed speaking to aspiring barristers, and attending guest night at the Inn.
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Criminal Law Review Conference
Rebecca Foulkes will be representing Chambers at the Thomson Reuters Criminal Law Review Conference on 5 December. It looks set to be a very interesting and informative day!
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Equal Opportunities
Chambers’s Equal Opportunities Policy is applied when considering all applications.
View our equal opportunities policy.
Fees clerk
We wish to recruit an experienced Fees Clerk with responsibility for billing and collecting fees primarily for criminal and family group members.
The role involves the following duties;
- General fees clerking for Members;
- Billing and collection procedures for CPS and Defence graduated fees;
- Billing and collection procedures for all Crown Court graduated fees (including division of fees when there is more than one Member involved);
- Billing all family legally aided FAS fee claims;
- Billing and collection procedures for VHCC family cases;
- Running cases report to identify criminal cases without an indictment number;
- Chasing collection of private client fees;
- Working with colleagues to develop and implement strategies to reduce aged debt;
- Where problems arise, working with the Chambers Director and Members to address these in order to be able to recover fees;
- Preparing a monthly list of defaulting solicitors for the Chambers Director and Members;
- Providing some administrative support such as answering phones when needed by the clerks’ room
Chambers uses Meridian (MLC software) so experience with this software would be an advantage.
Please apply by sending a CV and covering letter to Clare Kelly (Chambers Director) at the address below.
Closing date for applications is 3 December 2019. Interviews will be held during the week commencing 9 December 2019.
Salary is in the range of £30,000 - £35,000 depending on experience.
Tenancy Applications
5 Pump Court is a busy and long-established common law set with enviable financial stability.
Due to a significant surplus of work and a desire to expand, we are looking for high quality practitioners across all of our core areas of expertise: Civil, Crime and Family.
Applications are invited from established Civil practitioners, and across all levels of call from Criminal and Family practitioners.
Applications should be made by way of a CV and covering letter to recruitment@5pumpcourt.com
Alternatively please speak to our Chambers Director in confidence.
Twelve-month Pupillage
5 Pump Court is a successful common law set of chambers with three main practice teams: Criminal, Civil and Family. We are a friendly set and aim to make pupillage an instructive and enjoyable experience in which our pupils see a variety of work. To facilitate that, pupils will normally have three supervisors during the year.
Chambers is a member of the Pupillage Gateway. Please read the Pupillages Handbook or visit www.pupillagegateway.com. for further information about how to apply for a twelve-month pupillage at 5 Pump Court.
This year, 5 Pump Court seeks to recruit one pupil who can demonstrate a genuine desire to undertake pupillage in a common law chambers and one pupil who wishes to specialise in Crime.
Third Six Pupillage
We are actively recruiting for one or more Third Six pupils to cover a surplus of family work in relation to public and private law children cases, matrimonial finance and domestic abuse injunctions. Third six pupils can expect to be in court every day.
Please apply by sending a letter of application to Rebecca Foulkes with a CV, copy of your last 3 months' work diary and any references that you may have available. Please use the following email address: rebeccafoulkes@5pumpcourt.com
Applications will be kept confidential.
Successful candidates will be selected on merit and in accordance with our equality and diversity policy.
This opportunity is also advertised at: https://www.barcouncil.org.uk/careers/third-six-vacancies-and-best-practice/
Closing date for applications is 1 December 2019.
Mini pupillage
A maximum of four one-week mini-pupillages will be offered each year and will take place during the summer.
Applicants must be either an undergraduate or graduate.
The application form and equal opportunities monitoring form should be completed and submitted between the 1st and the 31st December each year either by post or email to rebeccafoulkes@5pumpcourt.com.
Due to the volume of applications it is regretted that applications received outside this period will not be acknowledged or considered.
Successful applicants will be notified by the end of February.
A mini-pupillage is not a pre-requisite for pupillage but may assist a future application.
5 Pump Court
Temple, London
EC4Y 7AP
Document Exchange
LDE 497 Chancery Lane
Hours
8.30 am until 7.00 pm
Urgent out-of-hours
07976 368031
