Articles
A selection of articles created by our Barristers
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Family Newsletter Summer 2025
Family Newsletter Summer 2025
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Children Law Update
As summer holidays rapidly approach, it falls upon me to provide some holiday reading material in the form of my standard case law update (obviously this is exactly what members…
Added in: Child Protection
By: Michael Jones
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Standish: Clarifying the Limits of Matrimonialisation and the Reach of the Sharing Principle
The Supreme Court’s judgment in Standish v Standish [2025] UKSC 26 has delivered a significant and clarifying statement on the treatment of non-matrimonial property in financial remedy proceedings following divorce.…
Added in: Financial Remedies and Family Property
By: Joseph Price
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Court of Protection Case Law Update
The last two or three months have at times, been unusually quiet in respect of notable decisions from the Court of Protection. Nevertheless, there have been some noteworthy Judgments to…
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By: Jack Barber
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Terminating and Restricting Parental Responsibility
The issue of terminating parental responsibility arose when I acted pro bono for a mother through Advocate. She needed help because the father of her children was in prison having…
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By: Peter Rothery
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Smile for the Camera? An Overview of the FJC’s Guidance on Covert Recordings
In May 2025 the Family Justice Council issued guidance on the issue of covert recordings in family proceedings concerning children. It opens at the very outset with Mr Peter Jackson’s…
Added in: Private Children Law
By: Annie Sayers
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Day Two – Standish: The Apex of Autonomy? Awaiting the Supreme Court’s Answer on Sharing and Non-Matrimonial Wealth
Day Two – Standish: The Apex of Autonomy? Awaiting the Supreme Court’s Answer on Sharing and Non-Matrimonial WealthLink to Day OneAs arguments closed in Standish, all eyes turn to the…
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By: Taran Sanghera
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Standish: £77 Million and the “White Leopard”: Can Non-Matrimonial Assets Become Shared Property in Divorce?
Standish: £77 Million and the “White Leopard”: Can Non-Matrimonial Assets Become Shared Property in Divorce?In a landmark appeal currently before the Supreme Court, the question of whether a £77 million…
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By: Taran Sanghera
