2024 edition of the Dictionary of Private Children Law now out
The 2024 edition of the Dictionary of Private Children Law is now out. Co-authored by Piers Pressdee KC, together with Zoe Saunders and Prof Rob George, and with a foreword by Lord Justice Baker, it is an invaluable guide for all lawyers working in the private children law field, providing ready access to the relevant case-law, statutory sources and points of practice.
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4PB nominated in 3 Categories at the Bar Pro Bono Awards
We are proud to announce that we have been nominated in 3 categories at the Bar Pro Bono Awards 2024.
Important Decision in VS v KS on Stay and the Appropriate Forum for Divorce
Charles Hale KC has acted for the successful respondent in VS v KS [2023] EWHC 3475 (Fam). This is an important decision on stay, and the appropriate forum for divorce and financial applications.
Deirdre Fottrell KC presents at the ALC’s Representation of Child Party Webinar.
Deirdre Fottrell KC will speak alongside Mr Justice MacDonald at this afternoon’s Association of Lawyers for Children (ALC) Representation of Child Party Webinar.
They will consider: the respective roles of a solicitor and of a guardian once a child has been joined as a party to proceedings; when a child should be separately represented in #HagueProceedings; the role and remit of the solicitor guardian and the admissibility of their opinion evidence.
To learn more and register, click here.
James Nottage awarded a Gray’s Inn Ann Goddard Scholarship
We are delighted to announce that one of our pupils, James Nottage, was awarded a scholarship from Gray’s Inn last week. James received an Ann Goddard Scholarship, meant to support pupils intending to build a practice at the publicly-funded Bar.
Frankie Shama successfully represents a mother in two applications.
Frankie Shama, instructed by Dawson Cornwell, successfully represented the mother in her application to relocate to Germany in D v T [2023] EWFC 285, and thereafter in resisting an application for permission to appeal the decision in D v T [2023] EWFC 286.
To read both Judgments, see below: