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Pro bono pledge
Family
05/01/2024

Bethany Armitage completes Advocate’s Pro Bono Pledge

Congratulations to our family law group member Bethany Armitage who completed Advocate‘s Pro Bono Pledge by undertaking over 25 hours of pro bono work in 2023. 

Family
01/12/2023

St Philips is delighted to announce the appointment of Heledd Williams as a District Judge

The King has appointed Heledd Llwyd Najib to be a District Judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Alex Chalk KC MP and the former Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Right Honourable The Lord Burnett of Maldon. ...

family barristers
Family
11/09/2023

Five barristers join the St Philips Family Group

St Philips Chambers Family Group is proud to announce the successful recruitment of five barristers from specialist family set, Senate House Chambers. Michelle Christie, Abigail Turner, Ruby Jamieson, Paris Stokes and Sophie Laurence come to us with...

St Philips Chambers Atrium
Events
07/09/2023

JUNIOR FINANCIAL REMEDIES TEAM SEMINAR – 8 November

We invite you to attend the above Seminar where three members of our Finance Team will guide practitioners through a number of hot topics within FR cases: Venue: St Philips Chambers, 55 Temple Row Birmingham, B2 5LSSee Map Date: 8th November...

Jonathan Nosworthy, Davinia Riley & Juliet Allen
Family
13/07/2023

Jonathan Nosworthy, Davinia Riley & Juliet Allen appear in successful appeal

James Patrick McClean v Carey Elizabeth McClean & Ors Jonathan Nosworthy leading Davinia Riley (for the company), and Juliet Allen, led by Brent Molyneux KC of 29 Bedford Row (for the husband), appear on a successful appeal of a final order in...

Pro bono pledge
Family
20/06/2023

William Horwood completes 2023 Pro Bono Pledge

Congratulations to our family law group member William Horwood who has completed the Pro Bono Pledge of 25 hours pro bono work in 2023.  If you would like to pledge your hours for this year, sign up here >>>

Emma Templar
Family
18/04/2023

The PLO: How can Practitioners help?

By now, anyone who works in Family Law is aware of the impact Covid 19 and the increase in applications had on the Public Law Outline (PLO).  As a result, in January 2023, the President of the Family Division relaunched the PLO with the...

Lauren Starmer
Family
30/03/2023

‘Give or Take a Few Years’: Age Assessments in Care Proceedings

Age assessments predominantly arise within the arena of immigration law where the question to be determined is whether the individual concerned is aged under 18. Those seeking to enter the UK are often both unaccompanied and undocumented, and the...