Isabel McArdle and Gareth Rhys have been successful in the Supreme Court in resisting the appeal for HMRC in Hotel La Tour Ltd v HMRC [2025] UKSC 46 The press summary and full judgment can be found here: www.1cor.com/london/2025/...

🎄 Merry Christmas from all at 1COR! 🎄 Please see below the opening hours for our London and Brighton offices over the festive period.

Establishing the facts in the face of silence and uncertainty by Leo Kirby. Shaheen & Ahmed (Estate of Ajaz Ahmed) v Daish [2025] EWHC 3056 (KB). Read the full #QMLR article here: 1corqmlr.com/2025/12/17/e...

Francesca Wiley KC acts in High Court case: Re E (A Child) [2025] EWFC 422 The President of the Family Division described the case as ‘of the utmost complexity’. Read more and see the full judgment here: www.1cor.com/brighton/202...

Law Pod UK Ep.231 Emergency States: Trump’s War on Everything. The episode covers the US President’s invocation of emergency powers to deport, to attack vessels on the high seas, and to impose sweeping international trade tariffs. Listen to #LawPodUK here: www.1cor.com/london/2025/...

Law Pod UK Ep.230 Changing the Law to End Ageism. The episode covers the “soft law” Recommendation of the Council of Europe passed in 2024, and the proposed UN convention against ageism. Listen to the full episode of #LawPodUK here: www.1cor.com/london/2025/...

The Police Service of Northern Ireland publishes final report of Operation Kenova. Oliver Sanders KC has worked closely with the investigation team since 2017. Read more and see the final report here: www.1cor.com/london/2025/...

Leaving findings of fact to inquest juries in Article 2 cases by Peter Skelton KC. R (Bhupinder Iffat Rizvi) v HM Assistant Coroner for South London and others [2025] EWHC 3014 (Admin). Read the full #QMLR article here: 1corqmlr.com/2025/12/10/l...

We are delighted to announce that the second edition of Clinical Negligence: A Practitioner’s Handbook, by Elizabeth-Anne Gumbel KC (1COR) and Richard Lodge (Kingsley Napley LLP), is now available. Read more here: www.1cor.com/london/2025/...

Clare Ciborowska successful in appeal against Interim Care Order and Prohibited Steps Order made in private law proceedings. Read more and see the full judgment in Re AM (aged 7 years) [2025] EWFC 409 (B) here: www.1cor.com/brighton/202...

✨ 1COR named Chambers of the Year at the Personal Injury Awards 2025✨ We are delighted to be named Chambers of the Year at the Personal Injury Awards 2025, in recognition of our strong client outcomes and clear excellence in advocacy, collaboration, and client care. www.1cor.com/london/2025/...

Benjamin Seifert appointed UK Bar Council representative on the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE). The CCBE is the voice of the European legal profession which represents more than one million European lawyers. Read more here: www.1cor.com/london/2025/...

AI liability in defamation. Rosalind English explores how US defamation law may apply to AI-generated content in her articles on the International Forum for Responsible Media Blog (INFORRM). Read both articles here: www.1cor.com/london/2025/...

✨ Henry Witcomb KC awarded Clinical Negligence Silk of the Year at the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2025. ✨ Congratulations to everyone who was shortlisted and a huge thank you to all our clients for providing such wonderful feedback to the researchers. Read more here: www.1cor.com/london/2025/...

We are delighted that Darren Howe KC has been highly commended in the Family Law Silk of the Year category at the LexisNexis Family Law Awards 2025, in recognition of his outstanding advocacy and contribution to family law. www.1cor.com/brighton/202... #FamilyLawAwards

1COR London welcomes Hannah Saxena as a new tenant. Called in 2010, Hannah is a highly regarded specialist in Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury, acting for both claimants and defendants. Read more about Hannah's practice here: www.1cor.com/london/2025/...

Philip Havers KC (emeritus member) and Jasper Gold contribute a chapter to the fifth edition of Principles of Medical Law. The chapter covers all aspects of breach of duty in clinical negligence, and has been updated in this edition to cover major developments. www.1cor.com/london/2025/...

Pauline Troy appears in Re J (A child) (Surrogacy: Adoption Order) [2025] EWHC 2960. The High Court case concerned the long-term welfare of a child born via informal surrogacy who ended up being adopted by her intended parents. Read more and see the judgment here: www.1cor.com/brighton/202...

Expert evidence refused for a Defendant who puts a Claimant to proof by Robert Mills. Read the full #QMLR article here: 1corqmlr.com/2025/11/13/e...

Court finds informed consent given to IVF and IVIg treatment at fertility clinic. Clodagh Bradley KC successfully defended the Assisted Reproduction and Gynaecology Centre and its Medical Director at an 8-day clinical negligence preliminary issue trial on liability. www.1cor.com/london/2025/...

Law Pod UK Ep.229 Should rivers have rights? The Environmental Law Foundation and the costs of taking action in the courts. Rosalind English is joined by a panel of environmental law experts, Emma Montlake, Richard Wald KC and Carol Day. #LawPodUK www.1cor.com/london/2025/...

Claimant’s attempt to withdraw a Part 36 offer by Elizabeth-Anne Gumbel KC. Dr Ezebunwo Chinda v Cardiff & Vale University Health Board [2025] EWHC 2692 (KB) Read the full #QMLR article here: 1corqmlr.com/2025/11/11/c...

Lucy McCann represents family of 22 year old, Sophie Towle, in a medical inquest with a finding of neglect. Sophie Towle died at the age of 22 after suffering a cardiac arrest from a pulmonary thromboembolus secondary to a DVT in her left leg. Read more here: www.1cor.com/london/2025/...

Trust’s neglect contributed to suicide of young woman with autism. Jim Duffy represented the parents of Abbi Smith at the three-week, Article 2 inquest. Read more here: www.1cor.com/london/2025/...

1COR London recommended as a Leading Set in both the Chambers UK Bar Guide 2026 and the Legal 500 2026 Edition. Thank you to all our clients and peers for giving our members and clerks such lovely feedback! Read more here: www.1cor.com/london/2025/...

1COR Brighton recommended as a Leading Set in both the Chambers UK Bar Guide 2026 and the Legal 500 2026 Edition. Thank you to all our clients and peers for giving our members and clerks such lovely feedback! Full ranking tables here: www.1cor.com/brighton/202...

1COR Brighton welcomes Katherine Bates as a new tenant. We are delighted to welcome Katherine as a full tenant today. Katherine joins 1COR after successfully completing her pupillage with us and is accepting instructions in general civil law matters. Read more here: www.1cor.com/brighton/202...

Coroner concludes neglect and lack of informed consent contributed to deaths of mother and newborn following home birth. Cara Guthrie represented Rob Cahill, the widower of Jen Cahill and the father of Agnes Cahill, at the inquest into their deaths. www.1cor.com/london/2025/...

Angus McCullough KC to be sworn in as a Judge of the Courts of Appeal of Jersey and Guernsey. He will sit part-time in this role, and his practice at the Bar will continue unchanged. www.1cor.com/london/2025/...

Child Abuse and Scope of Duty of Medical Practitioners by Rajkiran Arhestey. Conway v Yeovil District Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & Anor [2025] EWHC 2488 (KB) Read the full #QMLR article here: 1corqmlr.com/2025/10/15/c...

Lance Baynham acts for family in inquest which finds failings by psychiatric hospital contributed to death. Read more here: www.1cor.com/london/2025/...

Undercover Policing Inquiry (UCPI) The UCPI recommenced hearings yesterday. 1COR members act for various parties. Read more here: www.1cor.com/london/2025/...

1COR London welcomes two new pupils. We are delighted to welcome Jo Lunnon & Samuel Talalay, who began their pupillage with us last week. Read more here: www.1cor.com/london/2025/...

Fundamental Dishonesty and The Role of Experts by Matthew Leitch. O’Connell v Ministry of Defence [2025] EWHC 2301 (KB) Read the full #QMLR article here: 1corqmlr.com/2025/10/03/f...

We are delighted to have been shortlisted for two awards at the Personal Injury Awards 2025: - Barristers’ Chambers of the Year - Justin Levinson – Claimant Lawyer of the Year Read more here: www.1cor.com/london/2025/... #PIAwards

In S5, Ep 1 of Talking Family Law – The Resolution Podcast, Darren Howe KC joins Natasha Watson, Head of Law at Brighton & Hove City Council, for a thought-provoking discussion on the use of covert recordings in family court proceedings. www.1cor.com/brighton/202...

Emma-Louise Fenelon successful in trial concerning strip searching of prisoners. Read more here: www.1cor.com/london/2025/...

1COR welcomes Matthew Leitch & Leo Kirby as new tenants. Matthew and Leo are joining 1COR after successfully completing their pupillages with us and are both building strong practices in all of Chambers’ practice areas. www.1cor.com/london/2025/...

1COR Brighton welcomes four new pupils. We are delighted to welcome Sophia Hart (civil law), Sophia Pascoe (family law), Olivia Price (family law), and Emily Higlett (family law) who are starting their pupillage with us this week. Read more here: www.1cor.com/brighton/202...

Benjamin Seifert has co-authored the newly released second edition of A Practical Guide to Extradition Law Post-Brexit, published in September 2025. Read more about the book here: www.1cor.com/london/2025/...

Amelia Williams successfully represents the Secretary of State for the Home Department in a statutory appeal. Read more here: www.1cor.com/london/2025/...

Sarabjit Singh KC successful for the taxpayer in judicial review case Hotelbeds UK Limited v Commissioners for HMRC [2025]. Read more and see the full judgment here: www.1cor.com/london/2025/...

Rajkiran Arhestey successful for HMRC in VAT classification dispute. The dispute centred on whether nitrous oxide (N₂O) canisters—used for culinary purposes such as whipping cream—qualify as “food” under VAT legislation. Read more and see the full judgment here: www.1cor.com/london/2025/...

Emma-Louise Fenelon successful in fundamental dishonesty trial. Read more and see the full judgment here: www.1cor.com/london/2025/...

Report of the McCullough Review published today. The McCullough Review is an independent review of the conduct of the Police Service of Northern Ireland relating to covert measures against journalists, lawyers and others of ‘special status’ from 2011 – 2024. www.1cor.com/london/2025/...

Robert Mills successful on expert evidence appeal. Robert represented the Claimant in an important appeal of a case management decision allowing a Defendant dental practice to rely on expert evidence as part of a clinical negligence case. Read more here: www.1cor.com/london/2025/...

We are delighted to announce that David Reader has been appointed as a Fee-Paid Judge of the First-Tier Tribunal. David will sit part-time in this role alongside his practice at the Bar which remains unaltered. Read more here: www.1cor.com/brighton/202...

Law Pod UK Ep.228 Breaking the silence: clause 22A and reforming the law on NDAs. The full episode is available here: audioboom.com/posts/878048... #LawPodUK

Law Pod UK Ep.227 The Best of Law Pod UK so far 2025 In episode 227 of Law Pod UK Rosalind English revisits enlightening moments from our pre-summer catalogue. The full episode is available here: www.1cor.com/london/2025/... #LawPodUK

We are delighted that Benjamin Seifert has been appointed as an Assistant Coroner for South London. Benjamin will undertake this role alongside his full-time practice. Read more here: www.1cor.com/london/2025/...