THE LATEST FROM Nº1

No. 1 High Pavement Chambers offers our warmest congratulations to HHJ Nirmal Shant KC on her appointment as the Recorder of Nottingham.

No.1 High Pavement Chambers are delighted to announce that Miss Annabel Lenton has accepted an invitation to join chambers on the successful completion of her pupillage.

No. 1 High Pavement is delighted to welcome Mr Rawaid Javed, as our new pupil.

Thomas Welshman instructed Richard Nelsons Solicitors appeared before Newcastle Crown Court and represented a man who lived a James Bond type fantasy.

Annabel Lenton instructed by Nottingham CPS prosecuted a "reverend" who was accused of breaching the COVID-19 regulations.

David Outterside instructed by East Midlands CPS at Lincoln Crown Court secured a guilty verdict against a Defendant who raped a woman as she headed home after her birthday celebration night out. She was preyed on as she left her taxi, taken her into her own home and raped in her hallway.

Miss Lucky Thandi was invited to share her experiences of practice at the Bar and her route to the Bar with students via Springpod.

Congratulations to Esther Harrison who was awarded Nottingham Law Society's "Barrister of the Year" award at the Annual Dinner on Friday.

From the 11th April 2022 the Criminal Bar Association has recommended that individual barristers do not undertake any defence "return work" as part of the CBA's negotiations with the Lord Chancellor. On behalf of No. 1 High Pavement Chambers, the Head of Chambers has issued a statement supporting the aims of the CBA.

John Burgess, a retired Crown Court Judge and former Barrister at No. 1 High Pavement has spent over 40 years working in the English courts. In conjunction with the National Justice Museum he has produced a series of podcasts of conversations with people from No. 1 High Pavement about their work and the criminal law.