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Mixed General Election results for Chambers' candidates

Yesterday's General Election has brought differing fortunes for those members of chambers who were standing as prospective parliamentary candidates.

Nick Thomas Symonds, who was standing as the Labour Party candidate for his home constituency of Torfaen, was successful in his bid for election.

Meanwhile, Matthew Paul, who stood for the Conservatives in his home constituency of Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, did not manage to unseat the Plaid Cymru candidate, Jonathan Edwards, after a hard-fought campaign.

Richard Cole in successful £26m directors' disqualification

Richard Cole has been successful in a large-scale directors' disqualification in which he was instructed on behalf of the Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills before HHJ Keyser QC, sitting as a judge of the High Court in Cardiff.  
 

Joanne Williams succeeds in the EAT: clarification of the nature of the right conferred under Reg.13 of the Agency Workers Regulations 2010

In Coles v Ministry of Defence, the judgment of which has just been handed down, the Employment Appeal Tribunal for the first time has considered significant questions of interpretation of the Agency Worker Regulations 2010. 
 

11 "Leading Juniors": Excellent rankings from The Legal 500

The new edition of The Legal 500 has been published with an excellent array of nominations.  The editors of The Legal 500 have added another member of chambers this year to those listed previously, bringing to 11 those who have been identified by solicitors in this independent directory and regarded by The Legal 500 as "Leading Juniors".  

Owain James discusses the Supreme Court's decision in Arnold v Britton

Contractual interpretation and commercial common sense

This article was originally published in the August edition of Legal News, the magazine of the Confederation of South Wales Law Societies.

Matthew Paul successful in Upper Tribunal over selective licensing area conditions

On 11th September, HHJ Nicholas Gerald, sitting in the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber), gave judgment in the case of Hyndburn Borough Council v. Paul Brown & Anr [2015] UKUT 0489 (LC). He allowed Hyndburn’s appeal against the decisions MAN/30UG/HML/2014/0001 and MAN/30UG/HML/2014/0002 of the First Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) dated 14th July 2014, to remove or amend conditions imposed on two licences issued pursuant to the selective licensing provisions contained in section 90 of the Housing Act 2004.

History of the Appeal

Owain Rhys James discusses the Consumer Protection Act and the secondary-ticket market

Owain Rhys James appeared on ITV/S4C’s current affairs programme, “Y Byd ar Bedwar” on Tuesday night, together with ITV News, discussing online ticket sales and the secondary-ticket market.

Chambers now open for pupillage applications

Chambers is now advertising for prospective pupils for pupillages starting in 2016: the advertisement can be found here.  The closing-date for applications is 18 December 2015.

Nick David Jones, chair of the Management Committee, said "Chambers has decided to take advantage of our current position and to offer excellent training opportunities to impressive applicants with the skills to meet today's market conditions."

Re-appointments retain strong Civitas presence on Treasury Solicitor's Panel

Chambers would like to congratulate Mona Bayoumi and Richard Cole following their re-appointment as Junior Counsel to the Crown (appointed until 2020).  

Junior Counsel to the Crown undertake litigation on behalf of Government departments across a range of areas of law. Both Mona and Richard were first appointed as Junior Counsel to the Crown in 2010.

Civitas Law receives 12 rankings from new edition of Chambers and Partners

Civitas Law has followed the positive reviews from The Legal 500 with an impressive array of 12 rankings from the new edition of the UK Bar Guide 2016 published by Chambers and Partners.  Significantly, 9 of the rankings are at Band 1 level.  Chambers has particularly strong showings in Personal injury and Clinical negligence, Employment, Commercial dispute resolution and Administrative and public law.
 
Chambers is also delighted to see that our clerking team received a good review.
The following are all quotations from the new edition.

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