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Welcome to the Exchange Chambers news area where you will find public announcements, and other news items.

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

David Knifton advising teen injured in horrific polar bear attack

£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

Geoff Holt tells Manchester seminar about the benefits of living without disability benefits

William Hanbury’s book “fills a yawning gap in the library of property law”

Exchange Chambers welcomes new tenant

The Times - Lawyer of the Week

Graham Wood Q.C. appointed Deputy High Court Judge

Renowned academic joins chambers to complement launch of Exchange Insolvency

Record Turnover for Exchange Chambers

Exchange Chambers announces ground breaking partnership with the National Autistic Society

Criminal defence specialist becomes Exchange Chambers’ latest member

Sports Law Forum launched for the North West

Major public sector panel appointment for Exchange Chambers

Exchange Chambers Silk elected as Bencher

Louis Browne instructed in PC Ian Terry Inquest

Exchange Chambers Barristers in successful money laundering prosecution

Exhange Chambers to attend Chancery Bar Association Careers Fair

Exchange Chambers Barristers secure £8.35 million compensation award

Graham Knowles QC Appointed as a Circuit Judge

Graham Wood Q.C. appointed Deputy High Court Judge

Exchange Chambers is pleased to announce that Graham Wood QC has been appointed a Deputy High Court Judge, attached to the Administrative Court.

Graham is a common law practitioner specialising in cases of medical complexity within the civil, public law and criminal fields, a specialism which has developed from over 20 years experience in handling personal injury, industrial disease and clinical negligence actions.

Graham represents both Claimants and Defendants especially in claims of injuries of utmost severity involving both brain and spinal cord. He is regularly instructed on behalf of motor cycle amputees. Adept in IT, he has developed spreadsheet systems for special damage calculations which have been shared with fellow members of the PI team in chambers.

He is a member of the Personal Injuries Bar Association, and a former Northern Circuit representative and conference organiser for PIBA. He also sits as a recorder in the Crown and County Court and as a legal assessor on the General Dental Council.