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Field Court Chambers is a leading set of barristers based in London.

Our barristers work across many areas of law but focus on: business, family, housing, property, public law & Court of Protection.

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10 August 2022

We are recruiting and welcome applications from talented barristers

We welcome applications from talented barristers with expertise in our core practice areas: Family, Housing, Property, Business, Public law and Court of Protection.

Lily Cooke
03 August 2022

Lily Cooke joins as a tenant

We are delighted to welcome family law barrister Lily Cooke as a new tenant. Lily’s practice covers all family law proceedings: children law (both private and public), domestic abuse, divorce and ancillary relief.

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Publications

25 July 2022

Greater flexibility for local authorities in age assessments; but no more short-form assessments as a special class

Joshua Swirsky represented the local authority in R(HAM) v LB Brent - a challenge on 8 grounds to the lawfulness of its short-form age assessment of a young refugee. It successfully resisted 7 grounds but was found to have acted unlawfully on the facts by not conducting a ‘minded-to’ session. Despite this, HAM’s application to quash the assessment was refused.

13 July 2022

Reliance on AHAS guidance is not unlawful when carrying out an affordability analysis

Christopher McCarthy reviews the decision of the Court of Appeal in Baptie v The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. The case considers what form 'reasonable living expenses', as part of an affordability assessment to determine whether an applicant is homeless intentionally.

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