Margaret Bowron QC, instructed by Attwaters, represented a 17-year old girl who was brain damaged at birth due to clinical negligence at Rochford Hopsital, Essex. Liability having been dealt with quickly, the settlement PPO package valued at about £4m was agreed by negotiation and approved by the court on 1 September 2010.

Permission has been given to around 100 Iraqi applicants to bring proceedings to compel the Secretary of State to hold a single public inquiry to investigate breaches of Article 3 in relation to each of the claimants with respect to their treatment whilst in detention in Iraq
 

Sydney Chawatama represented  East London NHS Foundation Trust in an important decision involving the habeus corpus rights of a mental health patient under the Human Rights Act 1998.

Richard Booth has successfully defended a rugby union referee against allegations of negligence made in relation to his control of the scrum engagement in a match in which the Claimant hooker suffered a neck injury.

Gregory Chambers has retired as a Member of Chambers with effect from the end of May 2010 after 37 years at 1 Crown Office Row. He joined Chambers as a pupil in 1973 after a short career in the City. During his time here, he contributed actively to the success of the set and was, for many years, its Head of Pupillage. He will be sorely missed by all who have worked with him.

Staff and Members of 1COR have been fundraising to support the Lord Nathan Fund for the Environment and the London Legal Support Trust.
 

Robert Seabrook QC and Iain O'Donnell represented the Respondent prosecutor, the RSPCA, in an appeal against conviction and sentence brought before the Crown Court by James Gray and four others in relation to a cruelty case involving 115 horses and donkies.

Deportation of students Abid Naseer and Ahmad Faraz Khan prevented on grounds of possible torture or death, if returned to Pakistan.

Oliver Sanders acted for the MOD in combined inquests into the deaths of four service personnel killed in a Snatch Land Rover in Afghanistan in 2008.

Lizanne Gumbel QC and Justin Levinson successfully represented the claimant in MAGA v the Catholic Church in the Court of Appeal where it was decided that the Church was liable for the abuse by its priest against a non-catholic boy. 

Justin Levinson is acting for the sisters who were repeatedly raped by their father in their personal injury claims against Sheffield and Lincolnshire social services for failing to protect them. 

We are delighted to announce the following new appointments to the Attorney General's Panels – Marina Wheeler and Neil Sheldon to the A Panel, David Manknell to the B Panel and John Jolliffe to the C Panel.
 

We are delighted to announce that both Angus McCullough and Philippa Whipple have been successful in their applications to take silk.  This means that Chambers will have 21 QCs, 7 of whom are female.
 

In Wendy Outhwaite’s case of Smith v YJB & MOJ, the Court of Appeal confirmed that in determining causation, it will not just look at factual causation, but will also make a value judgment as to whether it is fair that the Defendant should bear liability.
 

The GMC announced on 28 January its findings of fact in the case brought against Dr Wakefield and his colleagues Professor Walker-Smith and Professor Murch. The GMC was represented by Sally Smith QC, Owain Thomas, and Christopher Mellor, Dr Wakefield by Kieran Coonan QC and Neil Sheldon and Professor Walker-Smith by Stephen Miller QC and Andrea Lindsay Strugo, all of 1 Crown Office Row.
 

Angus McCullough was one of three special advocates who gave evidence to the Joint Committee on Human Rights on the functioning of the special advocate system.

Neil Garnham QC and Philippa Whipple have obtained index-linked periodical payments of £485,000 pa for a severely damaged child claimant, thought to be the highest ever PPO awarded to date.  It was approved by the Court on 7th December 2009. 
 

Philip Havers QC has been appointed as one of five specialist advisors to the Legal Services Board, a legal watchdog which became fully active on 1 January 2010.