01/02/21

4PB delighted to welcome Piers Pressdee QC

Chambers are delighted to announce that Piers Pressdee QC, formerly of 29 Bedford Row, has joined 4PB with immediate effect.

22/01/21

Charles Hale QC & Elizabeth Couch write for STEP Journal

Charles Hale QC and Elizabeth Couch of Browns Advocates write for STEP Journal on the progressive impact the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill 2017 -2019, likely to come into place later this year, will have on divorce law in Guernsey and the UK, in an article titled ‘The end of the blame game in divorce’.

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20/01/21

Henry Clayton writes for Family Law Week

Henry Clayton considers the circumstances in which documents which purport to be privileged are, in fact, admissible for Family Law Week.

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19/01/21

Sixteen 4PB members appear in Court of Appeal Case.

Today, sixteen members of 4PB will appear in the Court of Appeal in a seminal case concerning the application of PD12J, rape allegations and coercive control in the Family Court.

 

15/01/21

Sam Woodham writes about ‘Silver Splitters’.

Sam Woodham writes for Legal & General about the growing increase in divorce rates for the over 65’s and why this trend might be developing.

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12/01/21

HHJ Byrt QC

Chambers are sad to note the death of HHJ Byrt QC on 2nd January 2021. He was the Head of Chambers from 1975-1983 during which period chambers went from strength to strength and then he took his appointment as a circuit judge. He was a greatly respected and well liked barrister and then judge. Our sincere condolences go to his family.