Stephen O’Rourke QC: 17 May 1976 – 8 December 2021 RIP
Field Court Chambers is shocked and saddened to hear of the sudden death yesterday of our highly regarded member Stephen O’Rourke QC.
Field Court Chambers is shocked and saddened to hear of the sudden death yesterday of our highly regarded member Stephen O’Rourke QC.
Nikolas Clarke has been appointed a fee paid judge of the First-tier Tribunal. He will sit in the Health, Education & Social Care Chamber, hearing appeals in the Mental Health jurisdiction.
Rebecca Handcock is instructed as junior counsel to the Home Office in the Brook House Inquiry (into allegations of mistreatment at an immigration removal centre). The first phase of public hearings began today.
Barry McAlinden represented a Kuwaiti businessman in the High Court's first reported financial provision case where jurisdiction was founded on section 15(1)(c) of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984. The case also concerned a TOLATA claim.
Rebecca Handcock defended the successful local authority in a Court of Protection appeal about a refusal to suspend an order for sale of a property.
Max Thorowgood will speak at a Junior Chancery Bar seminar on Wednesday 24 November at 5.30pm. The focus of the discussion will be 'Junior practice: managing it, developing it and handling it'.
We are delighted to sponsor the Social Housing Law Association’s 2021 annual conference which takes place online on Friday 19 November.
We are delighted to announce that Sarah McKeown has been appointed a part-time fee-paid judge in the First Tier Tribunal (property chamber).
Francis Hoar appeared in the High Court today on behalf of GP Dr Samuel White. Dr White was appealing an order of the General Medical Council banning him from discussing the Covid-19 pandemic on social media.
Christine Cooper discusses a pro bono case she was referred to by Advocate, in which she helped a couple clear their names and get damages after an unjust safeguarding inquiry.