Automatic cost capping in Aarhus claims post-Venn v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2014] EWCA Civ. 1539 – A review by Dr Ashley Bowes, Guildford Chambers In April 2013 an amendment to the CPR came into effect which provided that in claims for judicial review which fell within the scope of the...
Calculating Holiday Pay
5 November 2014
Bear Scotland & Others v. Fulton & Others UKEAT/0047/13/BI EAT Langstaff J- Calculating Holiday Pay Case Note by Matthew Pascal, Barrister Summary & Practical Issues: Employees are now entitled to holiday pay calculated by reference to overtime payments they have received averaged out over a period of 12 weeks from the date holiday pay is...
A Guide for Family Lawyers
29 October 2014
The Child Maintenance Service and the New Rules: A Guide for Family Lawyers The CMS is the new name for the CSA or CMEC, but it is essentially the same organisation administered by the DWP. The new rules were enacted by the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 but did not come into force...
Care Home Win Against Local Authority in High Court Battle Roger Smithers has successfully represented a Care Home in a High Court dispute over fees with a Local Authority. There have been a number of well publicised disputes between care home owners and Councils about the level of funding provided to support vulnerable adults in...
Amanda Minto of Guildford Chambers is shortlisted for Family Law Young Barrister of the Year We are pleased to announce that Amanda Minto has been shortlisted for the Family Law Young Barrister of the Year. The Family Law Awards recognise the important work of family lawyers and barristers and celebrate their many successes and outstanding...
On Friday 27 June 2014, Mr Justice Ouseley gave permission to Ash Parish Council to bring a judicial review of Guildford Borough Council’s decision to grant planning permission for 400 homes in Ash on a large greenfield site: R(Ash Parish Council) v Guildford Borough Council, CO/1871/2014). The Judge held that it was arguable that the...
Ashley Bowes, together with City University’s Dr John Stanton are to appear in a forthcoming edition this year of Sweet & Maxwell’s Public Law journal analysing the new general power of competence for local authorities. The new power, which was enacted at s.1 Localism Act 2011, enables local councils to do “anything an individual may...
Rights of Way Success
8 January 2014
Ashley Bowes has successfully represented the British Horse Society in a two-week long public inquiry, which saw the Secretary of State refuse to downgrade a Restricted Byway running between Cade Street and Warbleton in East Sussex to footpath status. The effect of which would have seen horse-riders ousted from the lengthy route. The decision was...
In the Legal 500 2013, Guildford Chambers is ranked as a leading 2nd tier set in the South Eastern Circuit. Within Employment, Guildford Chambers’ Matthew Pascall is recommended for unfair dismissal and discrimination work. Rowan Morton is ‘tough but sensible; willing to fight for a point, but will not pursue a fruitless argument’. Within Commercial and Chancery,...
Charity Opera to Raise Over £5000
16 September 2013
Charity Opera at GLive to Raise Over £5000 for Surrey Law Centre On 25 September Absolutely Opera! will perform to a sell-out crowd at a charity opera night in aid of the Guildford based Surrey Law Centre, a not-for-profit specialist legal advice agency dedicated to supporting those in Surrey facing vulnerability, hardship, discrimination and disadvantage....
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