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William Horwood & Lauren Starmer
Family
21/11/2025

William Horwood and Lauren Starmer to appear in landmark appeal

The Court of Appeal will next week hear three conjoined appeals dealing with legal parentage. The court will consider the impact of a declaration of non-parentage in the case of a man not married to a childโ€™s mother, who is named on the childโ€™s...
Sara Lewis KC & Carolyn Jones
Family
17/11/2025

Sara Lewis KC & Carolyn Jones Appeared for 1st Respondent in Re N (A Child) (Death of Sibling) [2025] EWFC 325

Sara Lewis KC and Carolyn Jones appeared for the first respondent in Re N (A Child) (Death of Sibling) [2025] EWFC 325. The case concerned care proceedings brought by a Local Authority in respect of a 3-year-old child following the unexplained death...
Legal Style Awards
Family
10/11/2025

Lawyer’s Life Legal Style Award for Leisha Bond

Many congratulations to Leisha Bond for retaining her ๐‘€๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘†๐‘ก๐‘ฆ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž ๐น๐‘’๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘’ ๐ต๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ crown at last week’s It’s a Lawyer’s Life Legal Style Awards. Amongst...
Hassan Sarwar
Family
29/10/2025

One letter or two? Experts in financial remedy proceedings

The recent concise decision of Mr Richard Todd KC in H v M [2025] EWHC 2647ย  may have been overlooked by those enjoying a summer break.ย  Principles are espoused within the judgment that deal with common issues in financial remedy proceedings...
Family Law Awards 2025
Family
28/08/2025

Family Group Celebrates Double Shortlisting for Family Law Awards

We are pleased to share the news that our Family Group has been recognised twice ahead of this yearโ€™sย LexisNexis Family Law Awards, which celebrate excellence in family law. Sara Lewis KCย has been shortlisted asย Family Law KC of the Year,...
Miranda Lopez
Family
01/07/2025

Miranda Lopez shortlisted for Barrister of the Year Award

Fantastic news for Chambers following the announcement that Family barrister, Miranda Lopez has been shortlisted for the Barrister of the Year category at the Worcestershire Law Society Legal Awards 2025. Congratulations to Miranda and all those...
Luke Tallis
Family
24/06/2025

The power of adverse inferences, alleging sham and shifting the burden of proof โ€“ the procedural minefield in Awolowo [2025]

On 16 May 2025 the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in Awolowo v Awolowo and Linksave Ventures [2025] EWCA Civ 641. You can access a copy of the judgment here. The case may be of interest on several fronts. Firstly, as noted by Alexander Chandler...
Events
04/06/2025

Junior Financial Team Seminar, 24 September

Our Junior Financial Remedies Team are pleased to invite you to their forthcoming Seminar. On 30 April, the Supreme Court heard the appeal in respect of Standish v Standish which addressed the thorny question of non-matrimonial property becoming...
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