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.
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.
A team of our barristers are set to take part in the 10km London Legal Walk on Tuesday 17 June. Together with more than 15,000 others, we will walk to raise funds for free legal services across London and the South East. The money raised goes to charities that provide legal advice and representation to people in need.
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.