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Juliet Allen
Family
21/05/2019

Juliet Allen joins St Philips Family Team

St Philips Chambers are delighted to announce that Juliet Allen has joined their Family Team. Juliet practices exclusively in the area of Financial Remedies and has a particular interest in cases which involve family trusts. Her practice includes...
Leisha Bond
Family
02/05/2019

Lying in Sworn Evidence and the Consequences… or Lack Thereof! – by Leisha Bond

I recently cross examined a wife about her income. Her Form E said she had no income. In answers to Husband’s Questionnaire she provided various documents which showed she did in fact receive ‘cash in hand’ as a self employed hairdresser. The...
St Philips Chambers reception
Family
01/04/2019

St Philips welcome Karl Rowley QC

St Philips Family Barristers are delighted to welcome Karl Rowley QC as a Door Tenant at St Philips Chambers. Karl was called to the Bar in 1994 and took Silk in 2013 and is also a Recorder with Family, Criminal and Civil tickets. He practices...
Nick Brown
Family
28/03/2019

FGM – First Conviction & New Legislation

This month has seen two key developments for any practitioner following the ever developing field of work against FGM. On 8th March, the first person ever to be convicted for an FGM related offence in the UK was sentenced to a term of 11 years’...
William Horwood
Family
13/03/2019

G (Children: Fair Hearing) [2019] EWCA Civ 126 – by William Horwood

How far is too far? And when is a finding not a finding? In G (Children: Fair Hearing) [2019] EWCA Civ 126, the Court of Appeal (Peter Jackson LJ and Moor J) considered two situations which will be very familiar to advocates conducting urgent...
St Philips Chambers reception
Family
19/02/2019

Two members of St Philips Family Team appointed to part-time roles in the First-Tier Tribunal

St Philips are delighted to announce that Heledd Williams and Lucie French have both been appointed to the First-Tier Tribunal where they will sit as part-time fee-paid judges once they have completed their initial training which commences next...
Debbie Collins
Family
23/11/2018

Beyond Together or Apart – Planning for, assessing and placing sibling groups – Debbie Collins

There is so much variety within the dynamics of the modern family that the issue of siblings, their placement and their contact with each other is a major consideration in care proceedings. The placement of sibling groups has long been a challenge...
Andrew Bainham
Family
04/09/2018

The Forbidden Territories by Andrew Bainham

Andrew Bainham’s article in the September issue of Family Law ([2018] Fam Law 1150) explores the tension between the powers of the court and the statutory duties of the local authority in public law children cases. Just as the court must not...
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