Zosia Keniston and Grace Navas reported Public Law High Court case – March 2026
Zosia Keniston and Grace Navas have recently concluded this case in the High Court. The report can be found following this link: Hampshire County Council v A Mother & Ors – Find Case Law – The National Archives
Nadia Tawfik appointed Deputy District Judge – September 2025
Pallant Chambers are delighted to announce that Nadia Tawfik has been appointed by the Lady Chief Justice as a part-time Deputy District Judge (DDJ) on the Western circuit to preside on family finance and civil cases.
Nadia is a specialist financial remedies and Private Law Children barrister and has for several years been recommended in the Legal 500.
Having had four full time Judicial appointments in the last 4 years (HHJ Earley, HHJ Magee, DJ Emerson and DJ Pain) Nadia is one of three current Pallant barristers who sit as a part-time judges alongside a busy practice here at Pallant.
To find out more information about the work that Nadia undertakes or if you have an instructions enquiry please call 01243 784538 or 023 8080 3008 or email our clerking team on clerks@pallantchambers.co.uk
Welcome Ikeni – October 2020
We are delighted to announce that Ikeni Mbako-Allison has accepted our invitation to join the Civil team. He will practice predominately in Commercial, Commercial Chancery and Property matters.
HHJ Magee – August 2020
Having been a tenant here at Pallant for over 20 years we are delighted to congratulate Rosein Magee who has just been appointed to sit as a Circuit Judge in Portsmouth County Court.
July 2020 – Webinar delivered on Public Rights of Way
Trevor Ward delivered a webinar to property and land specialists covering Planning and Public Rights of Way, Implications, Strategies and Solutions. Click HERE for more detailed information and do be encouraged to contact the Clerks or Trevor Ward direct if this Webinar would be useful to you are you have any questions arising from the subject coverage.
Success in the Admin Court – May and June 2020
Felicity Thomas successfully defends decision that unfurnished temporary accommodation may be suitable where an Applicant needing to shield during the pandemic was given self contained unfurnished accommodation. In a case which took place in the early stages of the lockdown, Mr Escott, was identified to Chichester District Council as being an individual in need of shielding because he was unusually susceptible to the infection. At that time he was housed in hostel accommodation which he had left because of his concerns about infection from others. Within a very short time, he was provided by Chichester DC with unfurnished self contained temporary accommodation. He was provided with a mattress, kettle and microwave. Mr Escott issued an application for JR and interim relief requiring Chichester to provide a cooker, washing machine, bed and table and chairs. The application was refused in the High Court and again on appeal by the Court of Appeal. The Court fully endorsed Chichester DC’s position that the steps that had been taken to assist Mr Escott were adequate and that the application was premature and misconceived.
The full report of the case can be found at
https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2020/1687.html with commentary at
https://nearlylegal.co.uk/2020/06/unfurnished-temporary-accommodation-is-it-suitable/ and
Robert Herrod joins the civil team – March 2020
We are delighted to announce that Robert Herrod joined the civil team following the successful completion of his pupillage. He will practice will initially cover all aspects of civil work.
Stoner & Reeve v Crook, Crook & Crook (2020)
Stoner & Reeve v Crook, Crook & Crook (2020) Represented the claimants in a successful 8 day Chancery division claim heard at the Royal Courts of Justice, widely reported in the national press, where a sister and niece overturned a will on the basis of capacity, want of knowledge and approval and undue influence.
Peter Doughty – Employment Seminar on Social Media – October 2019
Peter Doughty starts his specialist Employment Local Authority lecture series for Employment lawyers and HR professionals looking at Social Media, The Internet, Emails and how these effect Employees.
He will also give his insight into how Burchell works and aims to provide insight into the level of reasonableness Employers should adopt.
If you have any Employment matters that involve these topics or would like a copy of his notes please telephone (01243 784538 / 023 8080 3008) or email the Clerks on Clerks@pallantchambers.co.uk
We would be pleased to assist.
Pallant Chambers – Top ranked on the South East – Legal 500 2020
For the 9th successive year the Legal 500 have listed Pallant Chambers as a top ranked / top tier Chambers in the South East.
15 barristers have received individual recommendations in the following specialist areas of practice;
Commercial, banking, insolvency and Chancery Law