A round-up of news and events from Chambers
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Welcome to Highlights - a curated selection of recent articles, news and events - keeping you up to date with the latest from 5 Essex Court. We hope you will enjoy reading it. If you’d like to subscribe to more of our content, please visit the preference centre.
Chambers news
5 Essex Court shortlisted for prestigious awards
Chambers has been shortlisted for three categories in the Legal 500 Bar Awards 2022, including Public Law set of the year. Find out more here.
We are also delighted to receive a commendation for Diversity and Inclusion in the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2022. Click here to read more.
Attorney General's Panel promotions
Beatrice Collier, Robert Harland, Jonathan Dixey, and Robert Talalay have been successful in this year’s applications for promotion on the Attorney General’s Panel of Counsel. Read the full article here
Jason Beer KC appears in Supreme Court in case concerning the reach of Article 2 of the Convention
Jason Beer KC appeared in a recent Supreme Court appeal case concerning the reach of Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights in inquests. Click here to read more.
John Goss appears in Supreme Court for Classics for All mock trial
John Goss appeared in the UK Supreme Court on the much-delayed case of Director of Athenian Prosecutions v Alexander the Great, a (mock) criminal trial for war crimes as part of the charity Classics for All. Read more about this fantastic initiative here.
For an overview of all the recent cases and news from Chambers, please visit the news page on the website.
Recent and Upcoming Events
The Police Law Conference makes a successful comeback
After a forced break caused by the pandemic, we were delighted to host our annual Police Law Conference once again in July at the Waldorf Hotel in London. It was wonderful to see so many of our clients in person again and the feedback received has been overwhelmingly positive. The next Police Law Conference will take place on 22 June 2023. Sign up to our Police Law updates to be among the first to receive more information about this popular event. Click here to sign up.
Anne Studd KC joins Shoosmiths webinar on the Covid-19 Inquiry
Find out more about the Covid-19 Inquiry modules and the commercial and legal considerations around core participant status in the recent webinar organised by Shoosmiths. Anne Studd KC joined the panel as a guest speaker.
5 Essex Court invited to speak at charity conference in the Netherlands
The International Fundraising Congress (IFC) is the world's largest fundraising conference. This year, Aaron Moss and John Goss will took part as guest speakers to talk about the implications of data protection and information law for the charity sector.
Aaron Moss speaks at NADPO conference
5 Essex Court was invited to speak at the NADPO conference, held on 22nd November at the Mishcon de Reya's offices in London. NADPO is a professional body that represents individuals or organisations that deal with data protection and information law. Aaron Moss discussed the recent Tortoise Media case. Click here for more information about this event.
Facing up to the future - Live Facial Recognition
Francesca Whitelaw analyses the first case in the world to examine the use by police of live facial recognition ("LFR") technology in our latest blog.
Pupillage corner
Chambers welcomes new pupils
September saw the arrival of our new pupils, Paige Jones and Jack Palmer. We were delighted to welcome them to chambers as they commenced a 12 month pupillage, when they will be acquiring experience across Chambers’ core practice areas. Learn more about our new pupils here.
A day in the life of a pupil
We asked Edmund Garnett, who recently completed his pupillage with us and accepted an invitation to join chambers as a tenant, to walk us through a typical day of a junior barrister. If you ever wondered what it's like to be a pupil in a busy chambers, read on.
Inside 5 online
We have recently launched a series of online open evenings designed to give prospective pupils an insight into the pupillage process and life at a top-tier Chambers. The evenings are held online to enable as many people as possible from across the country to attend. The first event was a success with an engaged audience of over 100 people joining us. The next open evening will take place on Wednesday, 11 January at 7pm. Click here to find out more.
Visit our Pupillage page for more information
Newsletters
Newsletters round-up
We regularly produce newsletters from across our practice areas. Below is a summary of some of our recent publications. If you would like to receive any of these updates, please sign up here.
Inquests and Inquiries:
Data Protection and Information Law:
Employment Law
Police Law
The Beat (formerly known as Police Law Update) - available only to those in the police forces or who advise the forces on our secure portal. Click here to request to join our Police Law subscription list.
Visit our Publications page to view more newsletters
5 Essex Court is a top-tier civil law set of chambers recognised for exemplary client service, depth and breadth of experience in these specialist areas – police law, government, information law, healthcare sector and employment law – and the outstanding quality of our counsel.
