Three members of St John’s Chambers based in Victoria Street have been publicly recognised in The Chambers UK 100 Bar. Leslie Blohm QC; Andrew Marsden and Glyn Edwards have been ranked in the ‘Chambers 100 UK Bar’, ranking the top 100 silks and barristers practising at the Bar of England and Wales.
St John’s Chambers, the largest set in the South West with 80 members and seven silks announces that the three members have achieved this public recognition by being ranked in Bands one or two or as ‘Star Individuals’ in their specialist areas of law in The Chambers UK Bar Guide....
St John’s Chambers is pleased to welcome Ben Handy as a new member of our personal injury and clinical negligence practice groups.
Originally from Bristol, Ben was a tenant at 7 Harrington Street Chambers in Liverpool from 2008 where he completed his pupillage. Since being called to the Bar he has built a successful practice in the field of personal injury. He has regularly acted in a wide range of medium to high-value cases with an emphasis on employers’ liability and cases involving allegations of fraud. Ben has appeared in the Court of Appeal and has a personal interest in the...
Exeter Phoenix has announced that the Exeter Contemporary Open 2013 Audience Choice Award has been won by Max Cahn. The prestigious contemporary art exhibition, which opened on Friday 13 September, has seen hundreds of visitors vote for their favourite work. In the end Cahn’s work captured the imagination of the public in what was an incredibly close count. On hearing the news, Max Cahn, a Bristol based artist said: "I’m really pleased. It was fantastic to be selected for such a great exhibition in the first place, and to get this award is just the icing on the cake!" Cahn’s paintings tend...
The South, West and Wales Consortium, in which the University of Exeter is joined with seven other universities – Aberystwyth, Bath, Bath Spa, Bristol, Cardiff, Reading and Southampton – has been awarded £14.2 million funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) over the next five years to deliver postgraduate supervision, training and skills development from 2014.
The consortium is one of 11 new Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTPs) and seven Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs) to have been awarded a total of £164m funding from the AHRC.
Just over one year on from the Olympics, Aspects Pools, a local swimming pool provider, is doing their bit to carry on the Olympic legacy. The Devon-based outfit has just completed an innovative competition for the British Water Polo Community.
The competition challenged water polo teams to reach out to their local communities, and raise awareness of the sport. Teams had to encourage local people to nominate them to win a £1500 contribution – paid in full by Aspect Pools – to their British National League entry fees: there were over 1500 entries, and British Water polo League...
Bristol-based St. John’s Chambers, the largest set in the South West with over 80 members and seven silks, has been shortlisted as a finalist by legal directory Chambers UK for the ‘Regional Set of the Year’ award at the 2013 Chambers Bar Awards. The prestigious award ceremony announcing the winner will be held at The London Hilton on Park Lane on Thursday, 3 October 2013.
Last year more than 500 distinguished guests attended the awards which identify the exceptional achievement within the previous year for chambers, silks, and juniors alike. Winners are selected in more than 20...
Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter insists his side still have areas to work on ahead of the new season despite defeating Bristol 51-7 in their latest pre-season friendly at Sandy Park.
In a dominant display from the Premiership club, the Chiefs simply had too much for their Championship rivals as tries from Ben White, Ian Whitten, Tom Johnson, Fetu'u Vainikolo, Sam Townsend, Tom James and Henry Slade (2) secured a comfortable success.
Bristol countered with a late converted try through centre Fatua Otta, but that was to be a rare moment of joy on a tough afternoon in...
Former Bristol player James Phillips will be looking to make a good impression against his old club for more than one reason.
As well as bragging rights, a place in the team for the first Premiership game of the season is up for grabs.
Having seen his campaign last season blighted by a knee injury sustained in the home game with Saracens, the imposing forward is now back to full fitness and keen to make up for lost time.
The Bristol-born star featured for 40 minutes in Exeter’s 23-15 friendly win at Scarlets and he will get another run out against his hometown club...
Student entrepreneurs from the University of Exeter are set to be honoured at an event in Bristol on 6 June. Students from Exeter have been shortlisted in each of the categories of the SETsquared student enterprise awards. These aim to showcase the achievements of students and graduates from universities across the south, as well as the mentors, champions and initiatives that have helped them thrive.
They include:
Edward Noel – Student Enterprise Champion
David Solomides – Business Mentor
From the Dragon’s Mouth with Dragon Doug Richards – Best Student...
