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