Congratulations on our Six Members appointed to the Attorney General’s Panel of Counsel - Aug 2020
Isabel McArdle practises in indirect tax, healthcare law (including clinical negligence, cross-over public law matters, personal injury and inquests) and public law (including human rights and public inquiries).
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LawPod UK Ep. 106: Vicarious Liability with Robert Kellar QC & Isabel McArdle - Apr 2020
The Supreme Court has recently handed down two judgments rejecting vicarious liability of employers for the wrong doing of of an employee on the one hand, and an independent contractor on the other....
Law Pod UK Ep. 93: Taxation and Human Rights - Sep 2019
In Episode 93, Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Isabel McArdle about the ways in which taxation and human rights overlap, with a particular focus on how this has arisen domestically in relation to the...
Scope of Duty and Causation: Chester v Afshar Revisited - Jun 2019
Join us for an evening looking at scope of duty and causation in medical claims based on Chester v Afshar [2005] 1 AC 134, which have come to the fore in recent cases such as Pomphrey v Secretary of...
Owain Thomas QC and Isabel McArdle successful in Abuse of Law Appeal - Apr 2018
HMRC v Newey T/A Ocean Finance was heard by the Court of Appeal in January 2018. Owain Thomas QC and Isabel McArdle acted for the Commissioners in this case concerning questions of who the true...
Law Pod UK Ep. 23: Lawsuits against the police for arrest operations - Feb 2018
The Supreme Court’s ruling on police tactics in Robinson v West Yorkshire Police may have implications for other emergency services, as Isabel McArdle explains to Rosalind English. Listen to this...
Owain Thomas QC and Isabel McArdle appear in Court of Appeal in Abuse Case and Tax Avoidance - Feb 2018
Owain Thomas QC and Isabel McArdle have appeared for HMRC in its appeal in the case of Paul Newey T/A Ocean Finance. The appeal concerns questions of what abuse of rights means in the context of a...
Owain Thomas QC and Isabel McArdle successful in resisting permission in tax judicial review - Feb 2018
Owain Thomas QC and Isabel McArdle acted for HMRC in its successful resistance to an application for permission to bring judicial review on several Grounds before Sir Ross Cranston, on 24 January...
Philip Havers QC and Isabel Mcardle represent APIL in a judicial review brought by the Association of British Insurers - Jan 2017
The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) is acting as an Interested Party in a judicial review brought by the Association of British Insurers (ABI), who are seeking to challenge the decision...
Profits from the sale of the Inquest Book given to the Bar Pro Bono Unit - Nov 2016
The Inquest Book: The Law on Coroners and Inquests edited by Caroline Cross was published earlier this year. This week, profits raised of £954.41 have been donated to the Bar Pro Bono Unit by the...
Is Crowdfunding the New Way of Financing Judicial Reviews? - Nov 2016
Following radical cuts to legal aid, Isabel McArdle and Michael Deacon consider how solicitors can assist clients hoping to raise the funds necessary for a judicial review claim. Read more in The...
Clodagh Bradley and Isabel McArdle appear in inquest into the death of a cyclist with undiagnosed ruptured spleen - Sep 2014
Isabel McArdle is representing the family of the deceased, John Moore Robinson, and Clodagh Bradley is acting on behalf of the junior doctor at Stafford Hospital who examined the 20-year following a...
Owain Thomas wins for HMRC in Court of Appeal VAT dispute with Sub-One represented by Philippa Whipple QC and Isabel McArdle - Jun 2014
The Court of Appeal has delivered judgment in Sub One, the case about VAT on hot takeaway food. HMRC, represented by Owain Thomas, persuaded the Court of Appeal to uphold the judgment of the Upper...
New appointments to the Attorney General’s A and C Panels - Feb 2014
We are delighted to announce the following new appointments to the Attorney General's Panels - Peter Skelton, Robert Kellar and Sarabjit Singh to the A Panel and Isabel McArdle and Alasdair Henderson...
Pupillage Inside Out: new guide to pupillage by Isabel McArdle and former 1COR pupil Daniel Sokol is published - Jun 2013
We are pleased to announce the launch of "Pupillage Inside Out," a new book written by Isabel McArdle and former 1COR pupil, Daniel Sokol. "Pupillage Inside Out" - comprehensively covering...
Nine members of 1COR involved in Al-Sweady Public Inquiry - Mar 2013
After more than three years of preliminary investigations, Monday, 4 March marked the commencement of oral hearings in the Al-Sweady Public Inquiry. The Inquiry was announced by the Secretary of State...
Owain Thomas wins for HMRC in VAT dispute with Sub-One represented by Philippa Whipple QC and Isabel McArdle - Oct 2012
Owain Thomas, acting for HMRC, has won a case in the Upper Tribunal brought by Sub-One Limited, a member of the Subway franchise chain. Sub-One was represented by Philippa Whipple QC and Isabel...
Team of four from 1COR in Supreme Court win in nuclear testing limitation case - Mar 2012
