29 January 2022
Christopher Stirling represents respondent in application to set aside decree of divorce
Christopher Stirling represented the respondent in an application by his (former) wife to set aside a divorce finalised in 2010.
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27 January 2022
Sarah McKeown appointed as a Recorder
We are delighted to announce that Sarah McKeown has been appointed as a Recorder. She has been allocated to the Midlands Circuit and will sit in crime.
07 January 2022
Nikolas Clarke represents local authority in Article 2 inquest into death of Eritrean teenager who died by suicide
Nikolas Clarke represented one of the local authorities in an inquest concerning an unaccompanied teenage asylum-seeker, AT who killed himself a few months after turning 18. The local authority had been responsible previously for the deceased as a ‘looked after’ child.
05 January 2022
Applications for pupillage are open
Applications for pupillage starting with us in September 2023 have opened. We are offering 12-month pupillages to up to 2 successful candidates.
23 December 2021
Bill Bowring represents successful applicant in Hayrapetyan v. Armenia
Bill Bowring successfully represented the applicant in a case concerning whether criminal proceedings for high treason against the applicant were admissible.
09 December 2021
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.
07 December 2021
Nikolas Clarke appointed First-tier Tribunal judge (Mental Health jurisdiction)
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.
23 November 2021
Rebecca Handcock acts as junior counsel to the Home Office in Brook House Inquiry
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.
22 November 2021
Barry McAlinden acts in 1st reported financial provision case after overseas divorce where jurisdiction based on s15(1)(c) M&FPA 1984
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.
17 November 2021
Rebecca Handcock represents local authority in property case considering scope of Court of Protection’s jurisdiction
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.