News

Chambers are delighted to annouce that Dorothea Gartland has won the Association of Lawyers for Children 2009 award for 'Outstanding Newcomer in the Field of Child Law'. 

 

The award in memory of David Hershman QC is to recognise the contributions of newcomers to the field of child law and encourange them to continue to play an active role in shaping the future.

 

Dorothea received the award at the Hershman/Levy Memorial Lecuture at the Inner Temple on Thursday 2nd July.

4 Paper Buildings are delighted to announce that Dr. Marilyn Freeman, a Reader in Family and Child Law at London Metropolitan University has become a door tenant at 4 Paper Buildings.

4 Paper Buildings is delighted to announce that seven international family law barristers formerly of Renaissance Chambers have joined us. Led by Henry Setright QC, a leading Silk in international family law, and Teertha Gupta, (Chambers and Partners’ Family Junior of the year 2008), Alistair Perkins, Ruth Kirby, Hassan Khan, Jacquline Renton and Michael Gration who augment 4 Paper Buildings’ existing team of leading international family barristers, led by Marcus Scott Manderson QC.

 

 

 

Chambers Care Seminar held last night in Parliament Chamber was a great success, and we would like to thank all those who braved the weather and travel chaos to attend.

 

 

Chambers are delighted to announce the arrival of Rebecca Brown from 14 Grays Inn Square Chambers.

 

Rebecca has a well established practice in serious and complex care proceedings cases.

Alex Verdan QC represented the City of Westminster in the recent Court of Appeal case (which has been much reported in the media) considering the issue of whether a telephonic marriage between a vulnerable male adult in England, lacking the capacity to marry in England, and a woman in Bangladesh, which marriage was valid under sharia and Bangladeshi civil law, was valid in the UK. The High Court held that the purported marriage was repugnant to English public policy and so not valid. Judgment of the Court of Appeal is awaited.

The House of Lords in a wide ranging judgment has confirmed that in Article 12 settlement cases the court retains a discretion to return children even where they are found to be settled.

Marcus Scott-Manderson QC and David Williams represent the Respondent in child abduction appeal. The appeal covers a wide range of issues including whether the court retains a discretion if settlement is established, the test for exercising the discretion and Article 13b. Judgment will be delivered on Wednesday 5th of December.