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07 November 2025

Frankie Shama features in the Law Society Gazette discussing “Repealing the Presumption of Contact.”

The government’s announcement that it will remove the legal presumption of parental involvement in child contact cases in family courts has significant ramifications, particularly for survivors of domestic…

05 November 2025

Reported Case: Five members of Chambers appear in Re S (Wardship: Removal to Ghana rehearing) [2025] EWHC 2836 (Fam)

Last week, Mrs Justice Theis DBE handed down judgment in Re S (Wardship: Removal to Ghana rehearing) [2025] EWHC 2836 (Fam) in which 5 members of chambers appeared. Deirdre Fottrell KC…

31 October 2025

Julia Townend returns from Maternity Leave

We are delighted to welcome Julia Townend back from maternity leave. Julia specialises in both matrimonial finance and private law children work. She continues to be ranked as…

30 October 2025

Reported Case: Ralph Marnham and Mai-Ling Savage appear in Re H (Anonymous Surrogacy)[2025] EWFC 366

Ralph Marnham, instructed by Christina Pippas and Laura Burrows of Collyer Bristow, acted for the applicants and Mai-Ling Savage, instructed by Hilka Hollmann of Dawson Cornwell, acted for…

29 October 2025

Kate Van Rol Discusses the Government’s Proposed Wedding Law Reforms in County Weddings Magazine

The government has announced sweeping reforms to the wedding laws in England and Wales, making it easier for couples to choose how and where they wed. But is…

28 October 2025

Teertha Gupta KC and Mani Singh Basi Nominated at the Asian Legal Awards 2025

Congratulations to Teertha Gupta KC and Mani Singh Basi, who have both been nominated for the Asian Legal Awards 2025, hosted by the Society of Asian Lawyers, honouring…

24 October 2025

Bibi Badejo and Mani Singh Basi Deliver Workshops at the 2025 Resolution National YRes Conference

The Resolution National YRes Conference will take place on 7 November, and we’re delighted that Bibi Badejo and Mani Singh Basi have been invited to deliver workshops at…

23 October 2025

Reported Case: Justin Ageros Successfully Argues in the High Court for the Setting Aside of Five-Year-Old ‘Parental Alienation’ Findings

The judgment in O v C [2025] EWFC 334 has been handed down in which Justin Ageros (instructed by Jasmine Hollis of Beck Fitzgerald) appeared on behalf of…

22 October 2025

Five Members of 4PB Appear in the Court of Appeal Today in the Matter of Re: R (Children)

The matter concerns an appeal filed by the children, through their litigation friend, against the decision of the President of the Family Division. The appeal challenges the dismissal…

22 October 2025

Anita Mehta Invited to Speak at the Class Legal Financial Remedies Conference 2025

Anita Mehta was invited to speak at the sold-out Class Legal Financial Remedies Conference 2025. She delivered a presentation on one of the biggest questions in Financial Remedy…

22 October 2025

Reported case: Frankie Shama appears in complex 1980 Hague Convention proceedings concerning the wrongful removal of a child to the UK from Zimbabwe – F v L & Ors [2025] EWHC 2190

Frankie Shama (instructed by The International Family Law Group ) appeared on behalf of the Second Respondent maternal aunt in a complex child abduction case involving a dispute…

21 October 2025

Reported Case: Four Members of 4PB Appear in H (A Child) (Refusal of Relocation to UAE) [2025] EWHC 2691 (Fam)

Ruth Kirby KC (for the applicant), Mani Singh Basi (for the respondent) and Jacqueline Renton KC, leading Adele Cameron-Douglas (on behalf of the child), recently appeared in: H…