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Welcome to the Exchange Chambers news area where you will find public announcements, and other news items.
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
Injury claim referral fees to be banned
The government is to ban referral fees in personal injury claims in an attempt to curb the "compensation culture".
It says the current system in which personal injury details are sold on by insurance companies to lawyers has led to rising insurance costs. Justice minister Jonathan Djanogly said honest motorists were seeing their premiums hiked as insurers covered the costs of ever more compensation claims. There is no current timescale for implementing a ban.
The government wants to stop losing defendants having to pay a "success fee" to reimburse the claimant's lawyer for unconnected cases he may have lost. It says the proposals before Parliament mean people making the claim will have to pay the success fee - which will be capped - rather than the defendant. Legal costs overall will fall which means lower costs to pass on to customers, it adds.
