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CA success
In December 2019, Dr Onyoja Momoh and Kevin Gordon successfully defended an appeal against an SGO made in favour of a maternal grandmother in the case of Re FL (a Child) : [2020] EWCA Civ 20. The CA judgment has now been published setting out the reasons for the decision.
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Samira Ahmed v BBC
Read Lucy Meredith's comments on this recent case in our publications section. Lucy is one of a number of employment barristers in Chambers, accepting instructions in all aspects of employment and discrimination law.
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Mark Eldridge successful in CA
Mark Eldridge has successfully defended an appeal where the Appellant had stored firearms and ammunition at his girlfriend's flat and been convicted of possession with intent to endanger life. A tape underlying a witness statement had not been disclosed and the issue was whether that rendered the conviction unsafe. On the facts of the case it did not.
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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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Kemi Ojutiku
Kemi Ojutiku is a qualified arbitrator and was one of the panellists at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators’ Dispute Appointment Service (DAS) Convention on 28 November 2019 held at Clifford Chance LLP. Kemi has also been appointed as a member of the Review Panel of the SDT. To enquire about appointing Kemi, please contact our Clerks.
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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 Seminar Program
We have started to deliver our seminar programme for 2020, with a specialist in-house seminar for a client firm on international adoption. We are also planning seminars in the next 2 months on Court of Protection applications and property issues for investors. If you would like to suggest a seminar for any of our specialist teams to present, please contact our clerks or Chambers Director.
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5 Pump Court Legal 500
5 Pump Court is well known for its criminal and regulatory work but also has expertise across the family and civil spectrums. The clerks’ room consists of criminal clerk John Wooloughan, family clerk Jay Dorton, civil clerk Greg Piner, assistant practice clerk Stephen Bush and junior clerk Abbie Sperry.
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Billable Hour cookbook
We are delighted that recipes for cocktails from Counsel Matthew Bolt and for chocolate cake from our director Clare Kelly are included in the Billable Hour Cookbook, raising funds for Save the Children. Order your own copy here: www.billablehour.org
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Applying Art 13(1) b) of the Hague Convention in domestic violence cases
Dr Onyoja Momoh is published in the Journal for Private International Law (Dec 2019 edition): 'The interpretation and application of Article 13(1) b) of the Hague Child Abduction Convention in cases involving domestic violence: Revisiting X v Latvia and the principle of “effective examination'. Read more here: https://doi.org/10.1080/17441048.2019.1684665
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Pupillage Gateway open
The submissions window for Pupillage Gateway applications is now open until 7 February 2020. We offer a broad based pupillage, with pupils gaining experience in each of our core areas - civil, family and crime. Our pupils also benefit from a bespoke internal training programme to prepare them for life on their feet, and unparalleled opportunities for advocacy. We look forward to reviewing this year's applications.
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Equal Opportunities
Chambers’s Equality Policy is applied when considering all applications.
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.
Chambers will consider any application made for flexibility within pupillage. Applications are considered on an individual basis. If you wish to make an application for flexibility, please contact our Director on a confidential basis on 020 7353 2532 or at clarekelly@5pumpcourt.com
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/
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
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