Why Instruct Us?

At 3 Dr. Johnson's Buildings, all our Barristers are approachable people who combine their formidable legal skills and knowledge with a friendly demeanour. This means that we can guarantee a professional approach combined with being good with people.

The diverse background of our Barristers adds to the strong mix of knowledge within Chambers. Furthermore, our 'open door' policy enables individual Members of Chambers to consult with colleagues where there may be overlapping areas of law within a single case.

The clerking team at 3 Dr. Johnson's Buildings have a combined depth of experience working together which delivers a very efficient and thoughtful service. The fact that all our Clerks have been with Chambers for a considerable length of time demonstrates how valued they are and how much understanding they bring to their roles.

The wide range of skills and experience of both our Barristers and Clerks combine to deliver a well-developed understanding of the needs of a broad spectrum of Clients and cases.

In addition, some of our Members of Chambers offer Direct Access for Clients. Please contact our Clerks to discuss your requirements.

 

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An Englishman abroad

Mark Jones explores the tricky issue of domicile of origin over domicile of choice in Morris v Davies

 

The recent decision of the High Court in the case of Morris v Davies [2011] EWHC 1773 (Ch) emphasised the tenacious nature of a person's domicile of origin and the intensely fact-based approach to considering assertions of substitution of the same by an alternative domicile of choice.

The dispute arose from the administration of the estate of the late Owen Davies, who was born in England on 1 November 1963 and who died unexpectedly of a heart attack in Paris on the 26 November 2008, aged just 45. What happened thereafter informed much of the considerable antipathy in the case and the media interest at the time of the trial, where those close to the deceased agreed to and did conceal the fact of his death and his funeral from his family, with such a degree of success that for several months after both events they remained in complete ignorance.

 

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The Dowry in law

"The Dowry in law" by Miss Suki K Johal,

Barrister at 3 Dr Johnson's Building. Temple. London

In recent years there has been a proliferation of cases in the English courts on the issue of Indian dowries particularly in areas of high Asian population. The Oxford English Dictionary broadly defines dowry as encompassing 'money or property the wife brings with her to the husband's home; the portion given with the wife; a present or gift given by a man to or for his bride'. The Chambers English Dictionary provides 'the property which a woman brings to her husband at marriage; sometimes a gift given to or for a wife at marriage'. These definitions provide that dowry has two constituents- the giving of property to the bride from parents and kin and the giving of jewellery from the in-laws.

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