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National chambers 3PB Barristers – formerly 3 Paper Buildings – has seen four of its barristers appointed as Deputy District Judges in a single round of appointments. The Lord Chief Justice has appointed Rachael Goodall, Matthew Cannings and Luke Ashby to sit as Deputy District Judges on the Western Circuit while Darren Walsh takes up his position on the Midlands Circuit. Darren Walsh (call 1997) specialises in civil fraud and contentious commercial insurance disputes. 3PB...

Chambers is pleased to announce that William Hansen has been promoted from the B panel to the A panel of the Attorney General’s Panels of Junior Counsel to the Crown, with effect from 1 September 2017. The appointment will last for a period of five years. The Attorney-General’s panels of counsel consists of just over 400 junior counsel who undertake civil and EU work for all government departments. There are three London panels (an A...

If a solicitor correctly interprets a term within a contract, but fails to advise the client as to the risk of a counter-interpretation, has there been a breach of duty?  And can there be a claim for damages? Matthew Cannings (Call 2006) analyses the most recent contribution of the Court of Appeal to the question of solicitors' duties, in Balogun v Boyes Sutton & Perry (a firm) [2017] EWCA Civ 75. Matthew is a Property...