Chris Gutteridge

An easier-to-read version of my @AllRiseTheBar1 thread is available here: threadreaderapp.com/thread/1389540…

Update on this... the SDT opted to fine rather than suspend Cadman, who had been convicted of three counts of sexual assault. The SDT heard his victims still suffer nightmares and are scared to be in their houses alone.

Anti-racist judges need to “speak out” and counsel must challenge bench zurl.co/b0rG

...he must have been utilising an inappropriate technique and/or excessive force it was clear that there had been a breach. *Seems an odd decision for D to run this to trial w/o evidence from the surgeon, especially when expert evidence was problematic (on both sides-para.43)*

Having found that the most likely mechanism of injury was direct contact between a surgical instrument and the anatomy of the inner ear and in the absence of any evidence from the surgeon capable of providing a factual basis for concluding that it had occurred without negligence

OXR v Mid&South Essex Hospital NHS FT [2023] EWHC 2006 D liable for hearing loss suffered by child as a result of breach by ENT Surgeon while attempting removal of a foreign body from the child's ear. D called no evidence from the surgeon & didn't explain his absence from trial

Wide-reaching #rankings for Exchange in Chambers 2024 UK Bar directory. Exchange Chambers has been ranked as a leading Set in a wide range of categories in the 2024 Chambers UK Bar directory: exchangechambers.co.uk/exchange-chamb…

Male barrister disbarred for sexually harassing female pupils zurl.co/dR6o

@barstandards Director of Legal and Enforcement Sara Jagger: “The tribunal’s decision to disbar Mr Kearney demonstrates that sexual harassment is manifestly incompatible with the high standards expected of the Bar - this type of conduct has no place in a modern, inclusive Bar.”

Whilst this could never be news to be 'celebrated' the decision of the independent disciplinary tribunal to disbar this barrister it is noteworthy & welcome. Repeated instances of sexual harassment (older male barrister on younger female pupils & student) barstandardsboard.org.uk/resources/robe…

David Knifton KC has been shortlisted for 'Personal injury silk of the year' at the Legal 500 Awards #L500Awards

Our Head of Chambers, Bill Braithwaite KC, has been shortlisted for 'Clinical negligence silk of the year' at The Legal 500 Awards 2023 #L500Awards

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we should aim for the day when we have lost count. 100 years on and we are going to have our first woman as LCJ and we currently only have one woman in an all white Supreme Court. Let’s lose count over the next 100 years (hopefully in 50).

David Knifton KC has secured an award worth approximately £4m on behalf of a 19-year-old man who underwent a below-knee #amputation following a devastating accident at a farm. exchangechambers.co.uk/david-knifton-…

Judge had imposed to high a burden and would effectively have placed the club under a duty to have had in place a system of continuous surveillance and monitoring, so that no spilt drink could ever be present on the floor at all.

Apres Lounge v Wade [2023] EWHC 190 Evidence was nightclub's system was continuous monitoring for spilt drinks by staff continually walking, so every area was checked every 10-15 mins. That was NOT the same as trial judge's finding that system of inspection was just every 10-15m

...and for court to judge the materiality of the risk inherent in any proposed treatment, applying the test of whether a reasonable person in the patient's position would be likely to attach significance to the risk.

Bilal v St George's Hospital [2023] EWCA 605 For Montgomery consent, "reasonable" in respect of assessing alternative/variant treatments encapsulated the approach in Bolam. Material risks are judged from patient's perspective; for doctor to assess reasonable alternatives...

@GutteridgeChris reports in @CounselMagazine, about the introduction of compulsory ‘inappropriate behaviours’ #training: counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/a-sel…

This month’s @CounselMagazine is now free to view and features a piece I wrote on (upward) trends in bullying at the bar and how we might make a change… 📏 More top-down regulation? 🔨 DIY initiatives? 🧑‍🏫 Compulsory ‘inappropriate behaviours’ training? counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/a-sel…