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No.18 Chambers Appoints new Head of Chambers

Tracey Hennessey (2001)

No.18 is delighted to announce the appointment of our Head of Chambers Tracey Hennessey. After years of dedicated service as Head Of Chambers, Ashley Ailes is standing down. He remains a valued member of chambers, continuing to practice. On behalf of all members, the new Head of Chambers offers Ashley...

In Owens v Owens [2017] EWCA Civ 182 the Court of Appeal has refused a wife’s appeal on the grounds of her husband's unreasonable behaviour. The parties married in 1978 and separated in 2015. They had two children. The wife petitioned for divorce on the grounds that the marriage had broken...

Barnaby Large (2007)

No.18 are delighted to announce that Barney Large has been published in Daniel Barnett Employment Bulletin discussing Can a Claimant successfully claim harassment by simply asserting s/he has a disability without establishing s/he is disabled under the Equality Act 2010? To read the full article please click here ...

No.18 are proud to announce that for a third year running we are walking in the Southampton Legal (10 km) Walk on Monday 8th May leaving at 5:30pm starting from Southampton Combined Court Centre, London Road. What is the walk? The walk is an amazing opportunity to raise much needed funds for...

No18 is delighted to announce that we have opened a consulting room based in London in order to facilitate meetings for our ever increasing city clients. All correspondence/DX or Post should still be sent to Rownhams House, Rownhams, Southampton, SO16 8LS DX: 96877 Southampton 10 . For more details, please...

Barnaby Large (2007)

The Central London Employment Tribunal has given judgment in the case of Dewhurst v CitySprint UK Limited in the next decision what may soon be a gargantuan overhaul of the gig-economy. The case follows closely on the heels of Aslam & Ors v Uber B.V. & Ors in October of last...

Merry Christmas from No18 Chambers

Merry Christmas from all at No 18 Barristers Chambers ...

No.18 Chambers is delighted to announce that Katherine Henry (2008) has been invited to speak at the World Congress on Family Law and Children Rights in Dublin next year. The conference will be taking place from 4th to 7th June 2017. The World Congress was launched in Sydney, Australia and meets...

No.18 are excited to announce we have sponsored Trojans R.F.C 3rd team together with a pitch side board on the 1st team pitch. We are also delighted to offer a 10% discount on fee’s to friends and family of Trojans R.F.C. For more information with regards to Trojans and the...

Ian Wheaton (2002), , Nigel Cholerton (2007)

No.18 Barrister Chambers are delighted to have gained recognition in the annual Legal 500 rankings. The Legal 500 assesses law firms throughout the country and this year No.18 Barristers Chambers have been named as one of the recommended sets on the Western Circuit for Family, Employment and Personal Injury. Further,...

Sarah Hirech (2012)

No.18 Chambers is delighted to announce that Sarah Hirech (2012) has accepted an invitation to join Chambers. Sarah will be joining our Family, Immigration Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence, Employment& Property teams . Sarah became a Tenant in August 2015 after completing her pupillage with Chambers. Prior to pupillage Sarah worked...

On 22nd June 2016 the Supreme Court (Lady Hale with Lords Wilson, Reed, Hughes and Toulson) handed down probably one of the most significant decisions on the limits of the application of the provisions of the Equality Act 2010 addressing discrimination. Taiwo v Olaigbe and another; Onu v Akwiwu and another[2016] UKSC 31; [2016] 1...

In Re N (Children) [2016] EWCA Civ 656, the Court of Appeal allowed a brother to apply for contact for his sister in foster care. The sister was subject to care proceedings. Both children had been trafficked into the UK. The brother was having limited contact with his sister in the...

Twelve Month Pupillage

Chambers are now accepting applications for a single twelve month pupillage starting 2nd October 2017. All applications should be made in writing and enclosing a current CV to Barnaby Large. Chambers looks to nurture pupils into tenants to maintain our long established efficient and excellent practice on the Western Circuit....

No.18 is delighted to annouce that we have recieved the the bronze award from the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme. This award recognsies the No.18’s pledge to offer a 10% discount to service personnal for any litigtaion ...

No.18 are delighted to announce that Helen Nugent, Secretary of the APIL Barristers’ Group, will be speaking at the APIL Annual conference (4th May 2016) on: Working with Counsel....

No.18 are delighted to announce that Helen Nugent has been published along side Carolina Marin Pedreno of Dawson Cornwall Solicitors in International Family Law Journal on their article on “ Legislating against Domestic Violence in Brazil”. Please click on the attached link to read article....

No.18’s Pen Competition

As many of your will know we have just had a delivery of No.18 pens. Some of you have already requested these and might have already received them. If you haven’t received a No.18 pen and wish to enter the competition to win a bottle of bubbly please post on...

No.18 are proud to announce that for a second year running we are walking in the Southampton Legal (10 km) Walk on Monday 9 May leaving at 5:30pm starting from Southampton Combined Court Centre, London Road. What is the walk? The walk is an amazing opportunity to raise much needed funds for...

In the post-Jackson climate, barristers at No.18 Chambers recognise the various challenges to providing high quality legal services for clients. We are committed to delivering an exceptional level of advice (whether in writing or in conference), representation and resolution. Providing a high quality service is central to our ethos: 'committed...

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