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Juliet Allen
Family
28/09/2020

St Philips member wins Worcestershire Barrister of the Year award

We are honoured to announce that Juliet Allen, one of our family team, has been given the accolade of The Worcestershire Law Society Barrister of the Year for 2020. Despite the current restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic, the event took...

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Family
23/07/2020

St Philips Family Finance Team Demonstrate a Mock Virtual Private FDR

On Monday 27th July 2020 at 16:00, as part of our continued collaborative efforts during these difficult times, St Philips Barristers have teamed up with Spratt Endicott Solicitors, together with the Oxford and Milton Keynes Resolutions. We will...

St. Philips Chambers
Family
22/06/2020

Update from the Financial Remedy Court

On Wednesday 17th June 2020, St Philips Family Team had the pleasure of hosting three specialist Financial Remedy Judges, to provide an update from the Financial Remedy Court. For those unable to attend, the session was recorded and is now available...

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Family
18/06/2020

Family Law Podcast – Evidence in Cases Involving the Sexual Abuse of Children

St Philips Family Team is pleased to bring you the first in a series of podcasts, focusing around public law proceedings. In this podcast we will hear from Susan Todd, Julie Moseley and Emma Williamson on the subject of Evidence in Cases Involving...

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Events
12/05/2020

Family Finance Forum 20th of May 17:00

St Philips Family Finance Team is running a series of Q & A webinars hosted by our specialist financial remedy practitioners, the first of which will take place on 20 May at 5pm. Each webinar will give you the opportunity to ask the panel...

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Family
01/05/2020

Family Procedure Rules Amendments – Financial Remedy Considerations

In February 2020, it was announced that a number of amendments were being made to the Family Procedure Rules. A number of those amendments specifically impact financial remedy proceedings and we will look at the new rules before considering their...

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Family
29/04/2020

Mock Virtual Private FDRs – All you need to know

This week saw a panel of St Philips Barristers team up with West Midlands YResolution to jointly host a Mock Private FDR to demonstrate, explain and discuss the use of Private FDR’s in Financial Remedy cases. The participants consisted of a...

Molly Giles
Family
22/04/2020

When is it unfair to conduct a hearing remotely? A look at Re P (A Child: Remote Hearing) [2020] EWFC 32

by Molly Giles, Barrister. In the current climate the court and all parties are having to grapple with the thorny issue of the appropriateness for a family law hearing to proceed remotely; particularly concerning contested issues. Experience...