Today we have the privilege of introducing to you all – Mr Michael West Michael joined Chambers as a tenant in 2016 having commenced pupillage with us in 2015. Michael is a specialist immigration and asylum law practitioner who also has a practice in family, civil and crime. He frequently appears in appeals against decisions of […]
Getting to know the Barristers at 12 Old Square – Part 4
Today’s barrister that we would be privileged to introduce to you all is Ms Sonia Ferguson of Counsel. Sonia was called to the Bar in 2012, and Prior to commencing pupillage Sonia combined litigation paralegal roles with pro-bono work for a number of legal charities most notably BID (Bail for Immigration Detainees), for whom Sonia […]
Getting to know the Barristers at 12 Old Square – Part 3
Today – we would like to introduce you to Mr Trevor Drury.Mr Drury has met and shaken hands with her Majesty the Queen. In addition to being a barrister, he is also a chartered quantity surveyor and before a legal career, He had worked for a number of large national and international construction companies and […]
Getting to know the Barristers at 12 Old Square – Part 2
Today, we would like to introduce you to the next barrister in our daily updates – Mr George Mavrantonis of Counsel George was called to the bar in 2016 and is Chambers most junior member. He practises in immigration, nationality, asylum and public law/judicial review. George served in the armed forces in Cyprus for two […]
The Effects of COVID-19: JCT Standard Form Construction on Contracts.
Jennifer Campbell’s latest Article
Getting to know the Barristers at 12 Old Square – Part 1
Good afternoon all – over the course of the next few weeks, we will be introducing you to our members one by one. So in the first of our many daily posts of getting to know our members, we will be starting off with Mr Darryl Balroop. Darryl received his call to the bar in […]
Anthony Philpott’s Article, “Do yourselves a favour contractors, get it in writing”
Michael Biggs & Michael West in Court of Appeal
Michael West was recently (earlier this month in March) led by Michael Biggs in a substantive Court of Appeal case (FR (Bangladesh)) before Singh LJ, Baker LJ and Mr Justice Cobb, which involved the construction and application of section 117B(6) of the NIAA 2002 in light of the Supreme Court decision in KO (Nigeria). Judgment […]
COVID-19 UPDATE
In light of the recent Government Guidelines regarding the COVID-19 outbreak, the Clerks will operate from home and will continue to operate as normal as possible. If you have any enquiries, please call us on 0207 404 0875, or email us on clerks@12oldsquare.com Thank you all for your co-operation #12os
Secretary of State for the Home Department v. Haque (UT) [2020]
Success for George Mavrantonis in the Upper Tribunal. UTJ Norton-Taylor dismisses the Secretary of State’s appeal challenging FtTJ Watson’s decision who had allowed the first instance appeal for George’s 19-year-old client on exceptional circumstances, within a wider Article 8 ECHR assessment. KO (Nigeria) [2018] UKSC 53 applied and Miah (section 117B NIAA 2002 – children) […]
