Colleton Chambers is pleased to announce the appointment of District Judge Taghdissian commencing 7 September 2026. DJ Taghdissian has been deployed to the Western Circuit based at Torquay and Newton Abbott County and Family Court. Congratulations James! District Judge Appointment: Taghdissian
Colleton Chambers will be closing for a Christmas and New Year break from Tuesday 23 December 2025 at 12 noon. We will re-open on Friday 2 January 2026. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
We are delighted to announce that Ben Cox has successfully completed his pupillage and accepted tenancy at Colleton Chambers. Members of chambers were quick to recognise Ben’s talents so with unanimous support, subject to successful completion of his pupillage, Ben was offered and accepted tenancy at Colleton Chambers in July this year. Ben has shown true dedication to his practice and his supervisor, Beth Heaton, described him… Read More
The majority of cases concerning the finances of divorcing couples do not involve the significant sums of money being divided up in Standish v Standish [2025] UKSC 26. Nevertheless, what guidance can we draw from the decision and how might it apply to your case? One of the first tasks in any divorce finance case is to work out what assets are available to be divided up… Read More
Following the retirement of Nikkie on Friday, Josh Warren is promoted to the role of Senior Crime Clerk at Colleton Chambers. He has been clerking both Family and Crime for some years and now moves into the role of clerking the Crime Team exclusively from Monday 30 June 2025. Josh may be contacted by legal professionals wishing to instruct members of the Crime team either by e-mail… Read More
After ten years of steering the Crime team as the Senior Crime Clerk at Colleton Chambers Nikkie is taking well-earned retirement from chambers from 27 June 2025. The last ten years have presented some unique clerking challenges with the pandemic falling in the middle but we have weathered it well. Nikkie will be greatly missed by the barristers and clerks at Colleton Chambers. Thank you Nikkie!
Colleton Chamber’s pupil, Ben Cox, has successfully completed the first non-practising stage of his pupillage and will start the second practising stage of his pupillage from Tuesday 1 April 2025. Ben is available to instruct in Family, Civil and Criminal matters. Congratulations Ben!
The Colleton Chambers’ Crime team has been successfully clerked by Nikkie Browning for the last 10 years. Having reached that amazing milestone Nikkie has decided it’s time to retire and so with huge thanks for her excellent work and dedication and some sadness we wish her well in retirement from July this year. On a happy note, for many years we have had Josh trained and ready… Read More
All counsel at some point in their career will experience the non-attendance of their lay client at trial, whether that be unexpectedly or where the court has been alerted to the Defendant’s disengagement prior to trial and a warrant was issued and remains outstanding. When this occurs there are several factors that must be considered which engage ethical duties, the criminal procedure rules and case law. Regina… Read More
Colleton Chambers will be closing for a Christmas and New Year break from Monday 23 December 2024 at 12 noon. We will re-open on Thursday 2 January 2025. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!