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Katie Stephens
Family
28/11/2024

“The Public Law Working Group’s proposal for ‘a sea change’ to post-adoption contact”- Katie Stephens

Pupil barrister Katie Stephens has had an article “The Public Law Working Group’s proposal for a ‘sea change’ to post adoption contact” published by Family Law Week. Katie’s article sets out the working group’s proposals for changes to...
Katie Stephens
Family
26/11/2024

Katie Stephens worked as Research Assistant for recently released “Wards of Court and the Inherent Jurisdiction” book

Following the recent publication of Harcourt Chambers barrister Rob George’s “Ward of Court and the Inherent Jurisdiction” we would like to congratulate our pupil barrister Katie Stephens for the excellent and diligent work she undertook as a...
Family
22/11/2024

St Philips’ Family Group Highly Commended at the Family Law Awards

We are pleased to share that our specialist family law group was “Highly Commended” at last night’s Family Law Awards in the “Family Law Chambers of the Year- Regional” category. To be acknowledged among the very best in...
Lillian Garnier
Family
04/11/2024

Revocation, opposing & removal, when can the local authority remove a child already placed for adoption?

“In an article written by Lillian Garnier, one of our family pupils, the unusual circumstances in which a local authority may remove a child who is placed with their prospective adopters – with a view to them being adopted – is...
Sophie Laurence
Family
01/11/2024

Court of Appeal has provided guidance on the approach of the Family Court to post-adoption contact

Sophie Laurence was led by Mr Nuvoloni KC of No5 Barristers’ Chambers at the Court of Appeal in the landmark case of R and C (Adoption or Fostering (Re [2024] EWCA Civ 1302. The Court of Appeal has provided guidance on the approach of the...
Julie Sparrow
Family
26/09/2024

Julie Sparrow successful at Court of Appeal

Julie Sparrow represented the children in a successful appeal against a decision to allow contact with a father convicted of rape. Lord Justice Peter Jackson, delivering the judgment on Tuesday 24th September 2024, allowed the mother’s appeal...
William Horwood
Family
20/09/2024

William Horwood writes for Family Law on “non-marriage”

William Horwood’s article written for Family Law considers previous criticisms of the breadth of the definition of “non-marriage”, and asks whether the concept should be confined to a much narrower strand of cases. The article also discusses...
Family Law Awards
Family
29/08/2024

Family Law Award shortlisting

We are thrilled to announce that St Philips Chambers’ Family Group has been shortlisted in the “Family Law Chambers of the Year – Regional” category at the Family Law Awards 2024. This recognition is based on a set of rigorous,...
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