A message from our Chair regarding Mr Stephen Whitaker:

I just want to take a moment, with sadness, to mark the death of Stephen Whitaker, a member of the Association, who passed away on the 16th of January.

Stephen was a well-respected and deeply valued member of No5 Chamber’s Business & Property Group and the MCCBA. I know many of you who had the privilege of knowing him, will agree that he will be deeply missed. 

Stephen joined No5 as an associate tenant in 1982. He was the first Chancery lawyer to do so. He joined No5 full time in 1996 and was instrumental in helping develop Chancery specialism in No5 and in Birmingham. He was the joint editor of Mithani: Directors’ Disqualification and several other books, including the title “Corporate Insolvency” in the Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents (2004). He was also a pupil supervisor to current members of the association.