Articles
A selection of articles created by our Barristers
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Children Law Update - April 2025
Kicking off this the first children law update of 2025, we will get started with the issue of risk assessments, or ‘assessing risk’ in care proceedings. There are two recent…
Added in: Family
By: Michael Jones
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Financial Remedy Focus
It’s been a quarter of growth for the Financial Remedy Team who have welcomed HH Alan Booth back to chambers as an Associate Member following his retirement from the bench.…
Added in: Financial Remedies and Family Property
By: Taran Sanghera
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Alienating Behaviours – Family Justice Council Guidance
Published in December 2024, following consultation in 2023 generating almost 100 responses – one of the largest consultations in the history of the FJC which is perhaps an indicator of…
Added in: Family
By: Kate Akerman
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Court of Protection Case Law Update – April 2025
The previous few months have provided a number of interesting judgments which have provided reminders and clarifications of things which appear to have been forgotten or lost. Re EM (Deprivation…
Added in: Court of Protection
By: Jack Barber
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Depravation of Liberty orders
This article will not necessarily seem on the face of it to be of direct relevance to those whose practices are strictly related to the Court of Protection and do…
Added in: Court of Protection
By: Emily Price
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Definitely not Maybe: Finding the Balance of Probability in Noise Deafness Litigation
On the 18th December 2024, Mr. Recorder William Evans handed down judgment in Cook v Ketson, a noise induced hearing loss case which was heard on the 10th and 11th…
Added in: Personal Injury
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The FDR: An Integral Part of the Court Process
The Christmas holiday is looming, and if you’re anything like me, you’ll be counting down the days, tying up loose ends to get everything in order before putting your out…
Added in: Financial Remedies and Family Property
By: Liam Kelly
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Experts: An Update
When I look back now on my early days at the Bar, it feels as though applications for expert assessment were so easily granted. I remember Issues Resolution Hearings where…
Added in: Family
By: Annie Sayers