KBG Chambers

18/03/2026

Last night Rhys Tanner, Criminal Navy Pupil, gave a talk to students at University of Plymouth Law Society on legal careers and alternative routes into the profession. Most of the discussion was about life at The Bar and pupillage.

13/03/2026

Last night Nigel Hall and Samuel Knight attended Ivybridge Community College's Career Fair.

Over 700+ students attended and who knows maybe they met a future member of The Bar!

09/03/2026

Feleena Grosvenor, Abbie Leigh and Kat Purshouse attended the University of Exeter Bar Dinner 2026 in Exeter on Saturday. It was a wonderful event hosted by Matthew Jolliffe the Bar Coordinator at the University of Exeter Law Society.

Feleena, Abbie and Kat spoke to many students wishing to pursue the Bar and gave advice on succeeding in their degree, pupillage applications and how to succeed at the Bar.

KBG Chambers are invested in outreach programmes and supporting students wishing to pursue a career at the Bar. KBG Chambers has a mini-pupillage scheme that opens on 1 September 2026 and encourages students considering a career at the Bar to apply

13/02/2026

National Apprenticeship Week is an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of our past and present apprentices.

At KBG Chambers we have employed 6 apprentices over the course of 10 years, with each apprentice bringing new ideas to our clerking team. Chambers Director Colin Palmer understands the importance of giving young people the opportunity to join the profession.

Thanks to The Focus Training Group for providing such fantastic candidates and making the process easy and efficient, providing support to all the apprentices throughout.

Pictured below are Keeley (Apprentice Family Clerk), Holly (Civil Practice Manager/Former Apprentice) and Megan (Apprentice Family Clerk)

19/01/2026

Samuel Knight, instructed by Glennie McKinley of DB Law, recently secured an order for an account of missed mortgage payments and rental profits in relation to two properties in Cornwall.
The proceedings, brought pursuant to TOLATA 1996, involved a former couple who jointly owned two properties in Cornwall.

Upon the breakdown of their relationship, the Claimant remained living in the family home and took on responsibility for the whole of its mortgage – providing a roof over the heads of the couple’s children whilst the Defendant contributed nothing to the maintenance or upkeep of the Property.

The Defendant, instead, took charge of the couple’s other Property (another former family home), letting it and turning a significant profit without ever accounting to the Claimant for her fair share.

After a full-day trial in Truro County Court, including significant cross-examination of both parties and lengthy submissions, Samuel was successful in securing an account for half of the mortgage payments missed by the Defendant, together with compound interest at varying rates set by the Learned Judge. This alone amounted to over £45,000.00 in compensation for the Claimant.

However, not being satisfied that this was sufficient to compensate his client for the Defendant’s wrongs, Samuel also pushed for and secured an order requiring the Defendant to account for rental profits in relation to the second property. This resulted in a further sum of over £3,000.00 being awarded to the Claimant.

Finally, Samuel’s sharp submissions on costs ensured that the Claimant won over £12,000.00 in legal fees – almost all of the costs claimed by his client.

Samuel continues to develop his specialist Civil practice, focusing on Land, TOLATA, and other Chancery matters. If you would like to instruct Samuel, please do not hesitate to contact Chambers’ Civil Clerks at civilclerks@kbgchambers.co.uk or by telephone on 01752 221551.

23/12/2025

All the members and clerks would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

08/12/2025

Last week Nigel Hall attended Ivybridge Community College and spoke to students about life at The Bar. This included a class workshop with some sixth form students.

KBG are keen to build relationships with local schools to provide students with information about being a barrister and the various paths you can take to become a barrister.

05/12/2025

KBG are hosting their annual Virtual Pupillage Open Evening.

Tuesday 6th January 2026, 7PM via TEAMS.

If you are seeking pupillage to commence in October 2026, why not join us to find out more about pupillage at KBG.

To book a place email our Practice Director, Colin Palmer, on colin@kbgchambers.co.uk

02/12/2025

All the members and clerks would like to congratulate Melina Mukherjee and Rhys Tanner as they are on their feet from today after commencing their 2nd six.

Melina and Rhys have both undertaken a criminal law pupillage and are able to accept instructions for defence or prosecution cases.

Please contact the criminal clerks on criminalclerks@kbgchambers.co.uk for more information.

02/12/2025

Charlotte Davies represents Devon & Cornwall Police at jury inquest into Plymouth fi****ms incident

Charlotte Davies (2007) represented the Chief Constable of Devon & Cornwall Police at a 5-day jury inquest into the death of a man who took his own life following an exchange of fire with armed police at a property in Whitleigh, Plymouth, in 2021. The inquest took place before the Senior Coroner for Devon, Plymouth & Torbay, Philip Spinney, and was heard at Exeter Coroners' Court.

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Charlotte Davies (2007) represented the Chief Constable of Devon & Cornwall Police at a 5-day jury inquest into the death...

02/12/2025

We are looking for a new Assistant Criminal Clerk. More details on the role can be found here -

KBG Chambers

01/12/2025

Our pupils Jonathan Davies and Imogen Ryan attended their first Advocacy Weekend run by the Western Circuit in Bristol Crown Courts over the weekend. This is compulsory training for all pupils, but it allows them to gain essential practice in drafting skeleton arguments, making applications, examination in chief, cross examination and final submissions. All of this while being coached and encouraged by leading barristers, silks, and judges from across the region.

Both our pupils have said they had an amazing time on the weekend and that the training was invaluable. Not only was it hard work, but the pupils get a chance to network with other pupils across the Western Circuit to compare notes, and build life-long friendships and working relationships. They also both enjoyed a rare opportunity (as family pupils) to dress up in court attire for the weekend