Following Rebecca Hartley's promotion to Senior Clerk for the Family Team, Stephen Render has taken the mantle of 1st Junior for Family and Civil, deputising for Clive Taylor (Civil) and Beccie (Family) in their absence.

This article of Phillip Barbers, raises awareness of an important issue which is currently the subject of a number of test cases in the Chancery Division in Leeds relating to the widespread practice of sale and leaseback agreements....

Austin v London Borough of Southwark [2010] UKSC 28 Published 23/06/10: Lord Browne-Wilkinson arguably mined pure gold in terms of lawyers’ fees when he came up with the oxymoronic concept of the “tolerated trespasser” in his speech in Burrows v Brent LBC [1996] 1 WLR 1448...

As of the 1st July 2010, instructing family solicitors and the barristers in the Zenith Family Team now benefit from having a dedicated Senior Clerk in Rebecca (Beccie) Hartley, the former 1st Junior Clerk in the joint Family and Civil Team.

Barrister Nick Worsley is once again embarking on the Oxfam Trailtrekker challenge 2010, together with fellow member of Zenith Chambers John Boumphrey on the 5th and 6th June ...