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Survey indicates high levels of satisfaction with Exchange Chambers

18th May 2012. Mint Claims Management Limited wrongly claimed arrangement with Exchange Chambers

Amanda Yip QC profiled by Chambers and Partners

Bill Braithwaite QC acts for young mother left in coma for life after hospital blunder

PI Focus Issue 8 January 2012

Kevin Slack successfully prosecutes toxic waste gang on behalf of the Environment Agency

Gordon Cole QC scores acquittal in high profile murder trial

Exchange Chambers barrister in New York business development mission

NHS Senior Independent Director Appointment

Exchange Chambers sponsors fraud seminar

Exchange Chambers success in the Supreme Court

Article 8 challenges to starter tenancy possession claims dismissed by High Court

CPS monitor warns of advocacy gap

Exchange Chambers starts to motor

Three new members at Exchange Chambers

Will Waldron QC - Privy Council upholds the Guernsey Court of Appeal in Simon v Helmot

Social Housing success for Exchange Chambers members

David Knifton secures £5.85m compensation for brain-damaged boy

Cross-Jurisdictional Bribery Law – Maintaining the “Special Relationship”?

Guy Vickers tells High Court of “overwhelming evidence” as seven face trial for perjury

Five-and-a-half year sentence for Manchester Rioter

David Knifton secures substantial awards for air crash victims

Criminal Barristers act for defendants in ‘My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding’ brawl case

Exchange Chambers’ Criminal department tops national league table

Barristers launch band to raise money for charity

Bill Braithwaite QC appointed to the Executive Committee of UKABIF

Guy Vickers in spot rate Court of Appeal win for Accident Exchange

Guy Vickers scores on behalf of England footballer in Court of Appeal

Exchange Chambers named as Barristers’ Chambers of the Year

Exchange Chambers brings largest Local Government and Social Housing Seminar to Liverpool Town Hall

Michael Lavery successfully prosecutes motorbike rider who had his three year old son on board

£7.2 million compensation award – Amanda Yip QC

Dr Digby Jess has new book published

Last few places remain at Local Government & Social Housing Seminar

Criminal Barrister Adrian Farrow explains why Ken Clark runs the risk of causing uncertainty

Highest ever rankings in Chambers UK

Graham Wood QC appointed as Circuit Judge

Personal Injury department at Exchange Chambers shortlisted for award

Exchange Chambers is highest ranked set in the North

Hat trick of new barristers join Exchange Chambers in Leeds

Exchange Chambers takes top tier ranking in The Legal 500 2011

Injury claim referral fees to be banned

Exchange Chambers shortlisted for Regional Set of the Year award

TV cameras to be allowed in court

Will Waldron QC elected as a Master of the Bench

P.I. Focus July 2011 Issue 6

Stephen Grattage from Exchange Chambers prosecutes prolific Leeds paedophile

West Yorkshire panel appopintment for Exchange Chambers after competitive tender

Former Head of Chambers appointed as Justice of the High Court

Exchange Chambers shortlisted at the Yorkshire Lawyer Awards 2011

Peter Smith

Move to introduce cameras in court given cautious welcome

Nicholas Walker gives his views on the Bribery Act

Chambers gears up with launch of motoring and vehicle crime department

Research indicates Exchange Chambers has strengthened the Leeds Bar

Hip recall prompts Liverpool conference

Exchange Chambers announces partnership with UK’s leading broker of third party funding

David Knifton questions senior Army officers at ‘Blue 25’ Inquest

Exchange Chambers continues its expansion in Leeds

Close call for Exchange Chambers

Proposed motoring legislation given cautious welcome by Exchange Chambers Barrister

Criminal barrister Jason MacAdam makes the exchange

Expansion in Leeds continues apace as three Silks join Exchange Chambers as door tenants

Acquittal secured in Europe’s biggest ever pharmaceutical drugs scam case

Bill Braithwaite QC writes for The Lawyer Magazine - London’s Not Calling

Amanda Yip becomes QC in latest round of silk appointments

Inviting applications for 3rd six pupil in Leeds

Criminal Barrister Amanda Johnson joins Exchange Chambers in Manchester

Barristers’ chambers marks Leeds launch with drinks reception

Exchange Chambers Barrister acts for terminally ill criminal in act of mercy Court of Appeal case

Leeds Insolvency Conference - Early booking essential

High Court Success for Nigel Edwards

BILL WALDRON Q.C.

HMRC says Liechtenstein Facility is on track

Exchange Chambers continues its expansion in Leeds

Nine Treasury Counsel at Exchange Chambers

Bill Braithwaite Q.C. named as UK’s leading Personal Injury Barrister

Legal delegates welcomed to Liverpool

Exchange Chambers take top rankings in Chambers UK Guide

Lisa links up with Exchange Chambers in Leeds

Leading Criminal Barristers join Exchange Chambers in Manchester

Exchange Barrister Speaks at Major Social Housing Conference

Director of HMRC’s Special Invesigations Unit to address inaugural fraud seminar

Exchange Chambers opens in Leeds with three new Barristers and new Senior Clerk

Annual Insolvency Conference 2010

Court of Appeal Success for Edward Bartley Jones Q.C.

Manchester man who murdered niece will ‘never be freed’

Exchange Chambers Barrister Successful In ‘Witch Hunt’ Case

Bill Braithwaite QC launches new website

PI Focus - The Quarterley MAgazine from Exchange Chambers’ PI Department - Issue 2 July 2010

PI Focus - The Quarterly Magazine from Exchange Chambers’ PI Department - Issue 1 April 2010

Exchange Chambers Barrister Successful In First Deportation Case of its Kind

The Lawyer magazine names Exchange Chambers as top ranked Northern Set

New criminal tenant at Exchange Chambers

Criminal Barrister Adrian Farrow writes for the Yorkshire Post on legal aid

Girl with autism successful in her bid for a special school placement

Andrew Jebb secures acquittal for client in major money laundering trial

Exchange Chambers opens in Leeds

Appointment for Bill Hanbury

Exchange Chambers barrister joins Southport and Ormskirk Hospital as Non-executive Director

Criminal Barristers act for defendants in ‘My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding’ brawl case

 

Criminal barristers from Exchange Chambers have acted for the three defendants in a case involving My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding star Paddy Doherty.

Johnny Joyce, 21 and his cousin Doherty, 52 agreed to a fight which Doherty got the worse of and culminated with Joyce sinking his teeth into the former Celebrity Big Brother winner's left ear and biting off the top part of it.

Insults were spat at Doherty by Joyce's brother, Douglas, 23, who filmed the tussle on his mobile phone.

The footage played in court showed the brawl spilling from the car park outside a PC World store and into the busy main road, with cars swerving around the pair.

Doherty spent five days in Manchester Royal Infirmary and underwent successful reconstructive surgery on his ear after the fracas.

Doherty was sentenced to 51 weeks in jail, suspended for two years, earlier this month at Manchester Crown Court.  He was represented by Mark Rhind, criminal barrister at Exchange Chambers.

Joyce, from Openshaw, was imprisoned at the same court yesterday for 15 months.  He was represented by Michael Lavery, criminal barrister at Exchange Chambers. Both had pleaded guilty to affray at earlier hearings.

Douglas  Joyce, 23, also from Openshaw, was spared jail after admitting a lesser public order offence.  He was represented by Alaric Bassano, criminal barrister at Exchange Chambers.