Field Court Chambers is a leading set of barristers and mediators based in London.
We work across many areas of law but focus on: business, employment, family, housing, property, public law & Court of Protection.
Field Court Chambers is a leading set of barristers and mediators based in London.
We work across many areas of law but focus on: business, employment, family, housing, property, public law & Court of Protection.
We are delighted to have been nominated in 2 categories for this year's Legal 500 UK Bar Awards. We have been shortlisted for Court of Protection 'set of the year' and Tony Harrop-Griffiths has been shortlisted for Court of Protection 'junior of the year'.
Nikolas Clarke will speak on a panel discussing 'how to manage work-life balance and productivity while tackling the burnout problem' at the CIPD’s annual Festival of Work conference tomorrow. Register for a free ticket to attend via the CIPD Festival of Work website.
Housing law practitioners will be familiar with the appointment of Equality Act assessors when a disability discrimination defence goes to trial. Genevieve Screeche-Powell discusses how the recent judgment in Laidley v Metropolitan Housing Trust Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 448 impacts the requirement to disclose the advice of these and other court-appointed assessors.
Joanna Thom and Harrison Engler represented a father pro bono in his successful appeal against a finding that he raped the mother. Rather unusually, the rape finding had been made 3 years before. In his judgment, Mr Justice Hayden gives important guidance on procedural and substantive aspects of private law fact-findings.