23 September 2019
Law Commission’s public consultation on surrogacy closes soon
You have less than 3 weeks to respond to the Law Commission’s public consultation on surrogacy. The consultation closes on Friday 11 October.
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06 September 2019
Christopher Stirling appointed a Recorder
Field Court Chambers is delighted to announce that Christopher Stirling and Matthew Stott are to be appointed Recorders for the Family Jurisdiction on the South Eastern circuit.
29 August 2019
Francis Hoar represents fraud investigator in unfair dismissal case against London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Francis Hoar represented anti-fraud investigator Mark Edmunds in his unfair dismissal case against Tower Hamlets council.
13 August 2019
Christine Cooper represents local authority in unusual inherent jurisdiction case
Christine Cooper appeared before Mr Justice Cobb yesterday on an application by a local authority for orders under the inherent jurisdiction to enable it to provide care for a vulnerable adult who had last been assessed as having the capacity to make his own decisions.
01 August 2019
Tony Harrop-Griffiths successfully represents Royal Borough of Greenwich in Children Act judicial review
Judgment in the case of C v. Royal Borough of Greenwich has been handed down by the High Court. Tony Harrop-Griffiths successfully represented the local authority in the judicial review.
19 July 2019
Francis Wilkinson represents successful mother in High Court proceedings under the Hague Abduction Convention
Family law barrister Francis Wilkinson successfully defended a mother in High Court proceedings brought under the Hague Abduction Convention 1980.
19 July 2019
Election law specialist, Francis Hoar appears in successful Darren Grimes v The Electoral Commission appeal
Barrister Francis Hoar appeared for Darren Grimes, a Leave campaigner in the EU referendum, in his successful appeal against a fine imposed by the Electoral Commission. Judgment in favour of Mr Grimes was delivered after a week-long hearing.
11 July 2019
Nikolas Clarke represents local authority in coroner’s inquest
Barrister Nikolas Clarke represented the local authority in an inquest into the death of AA, both the individual Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) and that service as a whole. The coroner concluded that the AMHP acted professionally, reasonably and proportionately throughout.
10 July 2019
Miriam Shalom appears in Court of Appeal on novel point of law in housing succession case
Joint head of housing Adrian Davis and property barrister Miriam Shalom appeared in the Court of Appeal in London Borough of Hackney v Yildiz. The case considers the relationship between section 83 and Ground 15A of Schedule 2 of the Housing Act 1985.
19 June 2019
Rebecca Handcock acts in Bank Mellat v HM Treasury
Barrister Rebecca Handcock acted for the UK Treasury and was part of its legal team in Bank Mellat v HM Treasury. The case settled on 18 June 2019. The terms of the settlement are confidential. The bank, which is partly owned by the Iranian government challenged sanctions imposed on certain institutions in the Iranian banking sector.