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.