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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...

Kavita Sandhu
Family
30/03/2023

‘Secret adoption’?

‘Secret adoption? Considering applications regarding the need to give a father, without PR, notice of the intention to place a child for adoption’ A plan of adoption has long been synonymous with the all too familiar phrase – ‘nothing...

Emma Templar
Family
20/03/2023

Emma Templar joins the St Philips Family Team

Chambers is delighted to announce that Emma Templar has chosen to join the St Philips Family Team as she returns from Maternity Leave. Emma was called in 2001 and prior to her Maternity Leave practised at a well known chambers in the Temple in...

William Horwood BLS Pro Bono Award
Family
10/03/2023

BLS Pro Bono Award for William Horwood

Huge congratulations from all at Chambers to William Horwood who won the Birmingham Law Society Pro Bono Award at last night’s Birmingham Legal Awards. William is a very worthy winner of this award and Chambers is hugely...

The Co-Parent Way
Events
07/02/2023

The Co-Parent Way

TOPIC: The Co-Parent WayWHEN: Monday 27th March, 1630-1745 followed by networking and refreshments until 1900WHERE: St Philips Chambers, 55 Temple Row, Birmingham B2 5LS SPEAKERS:Marcie Shaoul BA, CPCC, PCC- Founder of The Co-Parent Way, the...

William Horwood
Family
01/02/2023

Pro Bono Award Shortlisting for Family Barrister

We are pleased to advise that William Horwood, a member of St Philips’ Family Group, has been shortlisted for the BLS Pro Bono Award at the 2023 Birmingham Legal Awards in recognition of the time and expertise that William brings to cases for...