Tony Harrop-Griffiths, Jonathan Cowen, Christine Cooper and Angela Hodes have co-authored a book which addresses the wide range of legal issues affecting people with dementia.
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Emma and Adrian have been invited by Practical Law Company to write a series of practice notes on the duties and powers of local authorities under Part VII Housing Act 1996, covering the major legal concepts including eligibility, homelessness, priority need and intentional homelessness. Their second practice note, Homelessness and Threatened Homelessness, has now been […]
We are pleased to announce that Field Court barristers are ranked and recommended again as ‘Leading Juniors’ in The Legal 500 United Kingdom 2013’s guide to outstanding juniors in the following key practice areas: Administrative and public law (including local government) Children law (including public and private law) Employment Family law (including divorce and ancillary relief) […]
Chambers is delighted to announce that Sara Hunton and Portia Harris have both accepted tenancy within Chambers after successfully completing their pupillages.
In the case of Re G (a child) a care order was made following findings that the threshold for making such an order had been crossed and that the child had suffered and was at risk of suffering significant harm. The order was made by a district judge and the mother’s appeal was dismissed by the […]
Placements abroad are far from straight forward. Ayeesha Bhutta and Ruth Cabeza discuss the complexities of international adoption.
We are delighted to announce that Barry McAlinden has joined Chambers. Barry’s expertise covers a wide range of commercial litigation and private family work. He appears regularly in the High Court and County Court in civil proceedings and in associated interlocutory applications, applications to set aside default judgment with costs and withdrawal of Part 18 admissions.
Jehan Mohammed v Islington LBC (21 May 2013) The issue was whether Ms Mohammed had priority need for accommodation under s.189 of the Housing Act 1996. In addition to various medical conditions, she suffered from frequent episodes of fainting during which she was left defenceless. In its review decision letter Islington found Ms Mohammed not […]
On Monday 20 May 2013 ‘Team Field Court’ along with over 6000 members of the legal profession took part in this year’s London Legal Support Trust 10km sponsored walk. Team Field Court walkers were: Lesley Tapson, David Brounger, Marina Brounger, Julian Date, Ruth Cabeza, Nikolas Clarke and Victoria Flowers. This important fundraising event enables the […]
Field Court Chambers Barrister Mediators, Paul Randolph and Spenser Hilliard have conducted training courses in Jordan for the Jordanian Judiciary, as part of a Foreign & Commonwealth Office Project, aimed at supporting the growth of mediation services in the Jordan. The two-week Advanced Mediation Training programme was opened by speeches from the Secretary General of the Jordanian […]