Michael Gration KC and Mani Basi discuss the power of wardships for Solicitors Journal
In an article published in the Solicitors Journal, Michael Gration KC and Mani Singh Basi delve into the implications of making a child a ward of court and examine the circumstances that might necessitate this decision.
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9 members of 4PB ranked in the Spear’s Family Lawyers Index 2024
We are delighted that 9 members of 4PB have been ranked in the Spear’s Family Lawyers Index 2024.
Congratulations to Charles Hale KC, Henry Setright KC, Alex Verdan KC, Deirdre Fottrell KC, Jacqueline Renton, Kate Van Rol and Francesca Dowse, who have all been recommended as a Top Family Lawyer by Spears Magazine and to Harry Gates and Samantha Woodham, who have been recommended in the divorce consultancy and support service providers index for their work with The Divorce Surgery.
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Best Family Law Barristers 2024
Leading divorce consultancy and support service providers 2024
New Reported Case: P v P (Transgender Applicant for Decree of Nullity: Human Rights)
Charles Hale KC led Michael Edwards and Tom Tabori (of 39 Essex), instructed by Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP (Tammy Knox and Laura Hunter), all acting on a pro bono basis for the Applicant.
4PB Awarded the Bar Council Wellbeing Certificate of Recognition
We are proud to have been awarded the Bar Council Wellbeing Certificate of Recognition.
The certificate recognises Chambers that have demonstrated an emphasis on regular structured practice review for all barristers, have diverse and inclusive events for all and have taken steps to rebuild chambers as a thriving community.
4PB Certificate Of Recognition
4PB Wins Pro Bono Chambers of the Year
We were proud and delighted to be awarded “Pro Bono Chambers of the Year” at yesterday’s Bar Pro Bono Awards, recognising our “outstanding contribution to pro bono work in the last 12 months.”
Reported Case: Re J (Transgender: Puberty Blocker and Hormone Replacement Therapy) [2024] EWHC 922 (Fam)
Dorothea Gartland KC, Andrew Powell and Charlotte Baker, prior to her parental leave, instructed by HCR Law, represented the first respondent mother, LM, before the President of the Family Division.
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