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Samuel Phillips Law Firm

GIBB CHAMBERS, 52 WESTGATE ROAD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE1 5XU, ENGLAND

What we say about the firm's legal practice in North

Human resources

Within Employment, Samuel Phillips Law Firm is a third tier firm,

Robert Gibson is widely recognised as a key player in the market and heads up the department at Samuel Phillips Law Firm. It continues to advise NHS trusts on equal pay matters, and recently represented a local authority employee in a six-day hearing relating to his unfair dismissal claim.

Insurance

Within Clinical negligence: claimant, tier 4

Samuel Phillips Law Firm continues to hold a legal aid franchise for clinical negligence, and runs cases on CFAs. Barry Speker and Helen Routledge are highly experienced, and tend to service claimants outside of the region.

Within Clinical negligence: defendant, Samuel Phillips Law Firm is a third tier firm,

Samuel Phillips Law Firm’s Barry Speker continues to act for Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on complex and high-value inquests.

Within Personal injury: claimant, Samuel Phillips Law Firm is a second tier firm,

Samuel Phillips Law Firm’s Alan Stobart handles cases involving accidents at work, slips and trips, RSI, RTAs and industrial disease.

Private client

Within Family, Samuel Phillips Law Firm is a second tier firm,

Samuel Phillips Law Firm has three dedicated family lawyers in Jennifer Goldstein, Elizabeth Gallagher and Ailsa Gilhespy. They advise clients on all facets of family law, and have particular strength in international matters.

Within Personal tax, trusts and probate, tier 4

Edward Pybus and Ingrid Forshaw assist wealthy clients on a wide range of matters at Samuel Phillips Law Firm.

Public sector

Within Health, Samuel Phillips Law Firm is a second tier firm,

At Samuel Phillips Law Firm, the well-respected Barry Speker was recently involved in several High Court applications for treatment orders, including an application for consent to conduct open-heart surgery on a baby. Speker also advises on the acquisition of healthcare premises and the preparation of partnership agreements, as well as providing training on medical law and advice on risk management matters.

Real estate

Within Commercial property: Newcastle, tier 5

Samuel Phillips Law Firm advises businesses and families on property acquisitions and disposals, commercial contracts, and landlord and tenant arrangements.

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  • COUNCIL TAX

    In Harrow LBC v Ayiku [2012] EWHC 1200 (Admin) Sales J held that the word “or” in the Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) Order 1992, art 3 Class N, had a disjunctive meaning, therefore it was sufficient for the non-British spouse of a foreign student to satisfy one or other of the two conditions, namely being prevented from taking paid employment or being prevented from claiming benefits, in order to qualify as a “relevant person” who was exempted from liability to pay council tax.
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  • QUEEN’S SPEECH

    Bills already introduced pursuant to the Queen’s Speech on 9 May 2012 include Local Government Finance Bill and Electoral Registration and Administration Bill, both accompanied by Explanatory Notes, which in each case address ECHR compatibility.
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  • Standards

    In R (Calver) v Adjudication Panel for Wales [2012] EWHC 1172 (Admin) Mr Calver was a member of Manorbier Community Council who successfully challenged the decision of the Panel to dismiss his appeal against a decision by Prembrokeshire County Council Standards Committee censuring him for a number of comments or blogs posted by him on a website he owned and controlled.
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  • A justified retrospective

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  • Public Sector Equality Duty (“PSED”)

    In R (Greenwich Community Law Centre) v Greenwich LBC [2012] EWCA Civ 496 the Court of Appeal held that the Council had had “due regard to the PSED when making changes to its funding of community legal advice services”. At para 30 Elias LJ said:
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  • Public Sector Equality Duty

    Surrey County Council conducted a review of its Library Service. This culminated in a Report to the Council’s Cabinet. The Recommendations in the Report included that there should be consultation about a community-partnership approach at selected Libraries.
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  • Judicial Review

    The Judgment of Lindblom J in The Manydown Co Ltd v Basingstoke and Deane BC [2012] EWHC 977 (Admin) repays attention. The Claimant sought to challenge by judicial review 2 decisions of the Council: (1) the Council’s refusal to reconsider its position on the development of a site that it owns (and is the subject matter of a Joint Development Partnership Agreement with the Claimant); and (2) a decision of the Council’s Cabinet approving a selection of sites for development which did not include this site.
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  • The Health and Social Care Act 2012: impact on adult social services

    After its torrid passage through Parliament, the Health and Social Care Bill received Royal Assent on 27 March 2012. The Act deals principally with healthcare reform, but it also contains some amendments to the legislative framework for social care. It will come into force on a day yet to be appointed by the Secretary of State.
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  • Immigration update May 2012

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  • Premium service for tier 2 and 5 sponsors to be launched

    A premium service for sponsors will be launched by the UKBA on 6 April 2012. The service is designed specifically for companies that sponsor international employees under tier 2 and 5 of the points based system and aims to provide them with enhanced support.
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