12 King's Bench Walk

𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐜𝐀𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝟏𝟐𝐊𝐁𝐖 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 12KBW is delighted to welcome Gareth McAloon as a new member of Chambers.  Gareth was called to the Bar in 2010. His core specialisms are personal injury, industrial disease, clinical negligence, inquests and inquiries, and associated insurance work. He is ranked as a Leading Junior for Personal Injury in the Legal 500. He represents both Claimants and Defendants in personal injury matters, mostly high value or complex evidential claims. Gareth frequently represents families, corporate interests or government agencies at Inquests. Gareth was appointed to the Attorney General's Panel of Counsel in 2020 on the Midlands Circuit. He has served as the Personal Injury Bar Association Midlands Circuit Representative since 2019. Steven Snowden KC, Head of Chambers, said: “We are delighted to welcome Gareth to 12KBW. Gareth has an outstanding reputation and varied practice as a personal injury barrister and he significantly strengthens our offering to clients in his specialist areas of law”. Find out more about Gareth McAloon on his profile here: https://bit.ly/4f25JQu

* 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓 – 𝐂𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐒 𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐆𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐆 * 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭: 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝. In this case, Mary Newnham looks at the judgment in 𝑃𝑋𝑇 (𝐴 𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑) 𝑣 𝐴𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒-𝑅𝑜𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑠 [2024] EWHC 1372 (KB), in which costs budgeting was ordered in a case involving a child claimant. https://bit.ly/3UoIkjZ #costslitigation

*** WE ARE LIVE *** We welcome delegates to our MANCHESTER EMPLOYMENT SEMINAR at The Lowry Hotel. Speakers from our 12 King's Bench Walk Employment Law Team today: - Jessica Franklin on ‘The distinction between the belief and its manifestation’. - Kweku Aggrey-Orleans on ‘Reasonable adjustments’ - Laura Robinson on ‘Whistleblowing: caselaw update’ - Ghazaleh Rezaie on ‘Navigating new legislation and looking forward to proposed reforms’ - David Green on ‘Working together – how can clients get the most from the barrister-solicitor relationship? With guest speaker Lynsey Barrow of Clyde & Co. Follow the link below to get in touch/find out more about our Employment Team. Alternatively, contact Ben Sundborg, Senior Practice Manager and Daniella Evans, Practice Manager at 12KBW. They will be happy to help. #employmentlawyers #employmentlaw https://lnkd.in/evphzG4e

'Thousands could make claims after BA flight delay ruling' - BBC reports on yesterday's landmark Supreme Court judgment. https://lnkd.in/dmHeCMyb Michael Rawlinson KC and Corinne Novell of 12 King's Bench Walk represented Mr and Mrs Lipton. See their post yesterday for further analysis of the case. ⬇ ⬇ ⬇ #flightdelaycompensation

We have hand down on the SC Judgment Lipton v BA Cityflyer - the small claims case which has now been considered by 10 Judges across 3 tiers of appeal. The narrow ratio is that airlines cannot rely on crew illness as an ‘extraordinary circumstance’ permitting them to avoid paying compensation to travellers who suffer consequential qualifying delay. The wider obiter is really fascinating. It’s impossible to fairly summarise in a post what is a long and complex judgment but in headline, the majority of the SC accepted our arguments (4-1) that the pre 2023 Brexit legislation left no room for arguing that causes of action arising out of accrued (pre Brexit) EU rights, had a separate life outwith the Brexit Legislation whereby such actions would still be made subject to Brussels Court rulings (past and future). In short the majority considered that the UK’s Brexit legislation amounted to a complete code of translation between EU sourced law and the UK domestic legislative sphere. In even shorter measure, the construed intention of the Acts was that a clean joinder from Europe was intended and should therefor be given effect. This is a legal and not a political Judgment. I am immensely grateful to my juniors Max Archer, Daniel Isenberg and Corinne Novell - being a mere mouthpiece for my juniors was never more easy nor more satisfying. A longer blog piece will be found on the 12 King's Bench Walk website later today

𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐰 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬 (𝐋𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐯 𝐁𝐀 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲𝐟𝐥𝐲𝐞𝐫) Mr and Mrs Lipton were represented at the Supreme Court by Michael Rawlinson KC and Corinne Novell of 12KBW, Max Archer (formerly of 12KBW) and Daniel Isenberg of 11KBW instructed by Irwin Mitchell. This small claims case has now been considered by 10 Judges across 4 tiers of appeal. The majority of the Supreme Court (4-1) accepted the arguments advocated on behalf of Mr and Mrs Lipton and ruled that airlines cannot rely on crew illness as an ‘extraordinary circumstance’ permitting them to avoid paying compensation to travellers who suffer consequential qualifying delay. The Supreme Court accepted that the pre-2023 Brexit legislation left no room for arguing that causes of action arising out of accrued (pre-Brexit) EU rights, had a separate life outwith the Brexit Legislation whereby such actions would still be made subject to Brussels Court rulings (past and future). Read further detailed analysis of the case in the post below by Michael Rawlinson KC and Corinne Novell. https://bit.ly/4cVmCe0

*** 𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐘𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐒𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐑, 𝟐𝐩𝐦, 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟏 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 *** 12KBW’s Employment Team will be holding an afternoon seminar tomorrow at the Lowry Hotel on topical employment law issues including protection of philosophical beliefs, reasonable adjustments, whistleblowing, future employment law reform and best practice barrister/solicitor working. This seminar for employment lawyers is in-person only and will be followed by drinks and canapes. Our speakers include Jessica Franklin, Kweku Aggrey-Orleans, Laura Robinson, Ghazaleh Rezaie and David Green. #employmentlawyers #employmentlawseminar #employmentlaw https://lnkd.in/e7tJY_sp

Delighted to be one of the nominees for this, but recognise the enormity of what my clients in the Infected Blood Public Inquiry and the Essex Mental Health Public Inquiry have gone through, and the small part that lawyers can play in righting wrongs done to them. Very proud also of the clerks here at 12KBW and the reputation and standing of chambers as a whole.

We are delighted to be shortlisted in five categories at The #Legal500BarAwards 2024! - Personal Injury Set of the Year - Clerking Team of the Year - Steven Snowden KC is shortlisted for Public Law Silk of the Year (including Public Inquiries) - Michael Rawlinson KC is shortlisted for Personal Injury Silk of the Year - William Audland KC is shortlisted for Sport Silk of the Year The Legal 500 selects finalists based on feedback from lay clients, instructing solicitors, submissions from the Bar, interviews with leading private practice and in-house lawyers, and the Legal 500 team of researchers. The awards celebrate the finest barristers, chambers, clerks and legal expertise. We extend our warmest congratulations to all our finalists and our thanks to Legal 500. Winners will be announced at the award ceremony on Wednesday 25th September.

*** 𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐘𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐒𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐑, 𝟐𝐩𝐦, 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟏 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 *** 12KBW’s Employment Team will be holding an afternoon seminar at the Lowry Hotel on topical employment law issues including protection of philosophical beliefs, reasonable adjustments, whistleblowing, future employment law reform and best practice barrister/solicitor working. This seminar for employment lawyers is in-person only and will be followed by drinks and canapes. Click below to book your place free of charge (places are limited). Our speakers include Jessica Franklin, Kweku Aggrey-Orleans, Laura Robinson, Ghazaleh Rezaie and David Green. #employmentlawyers #employmentlawseminar #employmentlaw https://lnkd.in/e7tJY_sp