Chambers News

Recruitment

Posted: 9th April 2025

Recruitment. Tennyson Chambers wishes to expand by the recruitment of suitably qualified established practitioners, and welcomes applications which meet the application criteria set out on our join us page on this website. If you are a registered practising barrister and would like to apply then do not hesitate to contact us for further information.

Please see our Join us page for further details as to how and where to send your application. Our registered practising address is at Ocean Village Innovation Centre Ocean Way Southampton SO14 3JZ. This building is a two minute walk from the yacht marina with its shops, restaurants and hotels. There are many businesses large and small located in Ocean Village which is a premier part of Southampton. Southampton County Court is a short taxi ride away and the High Court District Registry is in Winchester which is a 15 minute journey from Southampton Central Railway Station.

There are conference facilities at Ocean Village Innovation Centre. Some five conference rooms in all which are fully serviced. These include a conference room large enough to hold 48 people for seminars. So plenty of accommodation to see clients in person. Photocopying facilities are available in the centre as well as a coffee lounge subject to the terms of Oxford Innovation Limited.

Lincoln’s Inn Western Circuit Treasurer’s Dinner

Posted: 12th February 2024

To all Lincoln’s Inn members on the Western Circuit. Take notice that the Western Circuit Treasurer’s Dinner will be held on Friday 14th June 2024 in Bristol. Venue will be notified shortly. Please mark this date in your diary as we would love to see all Lincoln’s Inn barrister members at the dinner which promises to be a great event.

Senior Circuit Representative of Lincoln’s Inn

Posted: 12th January 2024

We are pleased to announce that our Head of Chambers, Miss Susan Brown, has been appointed by The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn as their Senior Circuit Representative for the Western Circuit for a 3 year term commencing on 1st January 2024.  Members of Lincoln’s Inn on the Western Circuit are welcome to contact her by e mail with ideas for dinners and membership events which they would like to see held on the Western Circuit for Lincoln’s Inn members.

Statutory declarations and members voluntary liquidations.

Posted: 1st May 2020

Under the current temporary practice direction supporting the insolvency practice direction a statutory declaration in support of a solvent winding up may be sworn using a video link i.e. virtually and the fact that it is sworn using a video link shall not by itself be regarded as causing substantial injustice to invalidate the relevant insolvency proceedings (see paragraph 9 of the temporary practice direction which is in force until 1st October 2020).

Chambers Membership of the Serious Fraud Office Review Panel of Counsel.

Posted: 6th December 2017

Tennyson is proud to announce that in August 2017 Chambers was elected to the Serious Fraud Office Review Panel of Counsel for a further period of 4 years from 2017 to 2021.

Individual membership of the Serious Fraud Office Review Panel of Counsel

Posted: 6th December 2017

Tennyson is also proud to announce that Miss Susan Brown was also elected, as an individual, to the Serious Fraud Office Review Panel of Counsel for the same period.