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July 17, 2012 Field Court raises £2,015 in sponsored London Legal Walk

Almost two months on and the sponsored walk funds are still coming in. For the second year running Field Court Chambers walkers have raised over £2,000 in the 10km London Legal Support Trust sponsored walk. So, a huge “THANK YOU” to all our sponsors. Team Field Court’s 2012 walkers were John Critchley, Lesley Tapson (with […]

June 19, 2012 Ruth Cabeza gives talk on the Hague Convention and International Child Abduction

Japan is now about to adopt the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction into its law. But what is to be expected from this? Field Court Chambers barrister, Ruth Cabeza, alongside Hidehito Hosokawa, a Fukuoka Family Court judge in Japan addressed members of the British Japanese Law Association in a successful seminar that covered […]

May 25, 2012 Team Field Court walk the London Legal Support Trust Sponsored Walk 2012

On Monday 21 May ‘Team Field Court’ along with 6000 members of the legal profession took part in the 8th London Legal Support Trust 10km sponsored walk along the River Thames. Team Field Court walkers were John Critchley, Lesley Tapson (with Humphrey & McIntosh), Sabina Smith, Rhys Hadden, David Brounger, Marina Brounger, Elise Kinnear, Ayeesha Bhutta, […]

April 04, 2012 Field Court Chambers sponsors the London Philharmonic Choir for an Evening of Choral Music in October 2012

The London Philharmonic Choir and the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple will present An Evening of Choral Music on Friday 19th October at 7.30pm at Middle Temple EC4. So do keep your diary free for this event which is sponsored by Field Court Chambers. Full programme and ticket information will follow shortly and will be […]

March 28, 2012 John McLinden QC sits on LUMS Mooting Shield Grand Final judging panel

Field Court Chambers co-sponsored the London Universities Mooting Shield (LUMS) for the fifth year running. The Grand Final took place on 14 March at Allen and Overy’s auditorium in London. John McLinden QC sat as one of the Justices of the Supreme Moot Court of the United Kingdom for the Grand Final between University College […]

March 19, 2012 “Disputes Between Family and Doctors: How Far is the Court of Protection Willing to Go?” by Victoria Flowers

Victoria Flowers‘ article, published in the Elder Law Journal (ELJ 2011, Volume 1, 432), considers the Court of Appeal authority of AVS (by his litigation friend CS) v NHS Trust and B PCT [2011] EWCA Civ 7, [2011] 2 FLR 1 (Ward, Patten and Black LJJ) and the circumstances in which the Court of Protection should […]

January 26, 2012 John Hamilton and Christopher Stirling in Kremen v Agrest

“This should, but probably will not be the final chapter of a chronic and complex piece of matrimonial litigation…” So said Mostyn J in his opening statement in the final judgement handed down on the 19th January 2012 in the High Court. John Hamilton and Christopher Stirling represented the former wife of a Russian oligarch in Kremen v […]