David Williams
Congratulations to David Williams who takes his Queens Counsel Appointment today
Queens Counsel Announcement
We are delighted to announce that David Williams has been approved as Queens Counsel.
The silk ceremony will be held on Wednesday 27th March.
Alex Verdan QC in the Supreme Court
Alex Verdan QC is appearing in the Supreme Court today in the case of Re B. The issues are whether a child of two years of age should be permanently removed from her parents and placed for adoption. In that regard, whether the child was likely to suffer significant harm within the meaning of s.31(2)(a) of the Children Act 1989, and whether her permanent removal was a proportionate response to any such risk that she did face.
Rachel Chisholm
Rachel Chisholm will be co-presenting a paper on intractable private law disputes at the 6th World Congress on Family Law and Children’s Rights in Sydney, Australia, in March. Rachel has been given a grant by the FLBA to attend the Congress.
Andrew Powell
Congratulations to Andrew Powell who has been awarded a 2013 Pegasus Scholarship. Andrew will be spending 3 months with a leading law firm in California specialising in surrogacy and reproductive law.
White Paper Conference
On Thursday 7th February 2013 Michael Sternberg QC MCI Arb. Chaired a national financial remedy day long conference entitled Family Law: Shaping New Cases into Highly Persuasive Advice for Clients at the Caledonian Club, Belgravia SW1, attended by 146 delegates and organised by The White Paper Conference Company.
Amongst the 6 Silks who addressed the conference was Jonathan Cohen QC who spoke on Needs, Sharing and Entitlement in Income and Capital Awards.