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A View from The President’s Chambers: July 2023

Sir Andrew McFarlane, President of the Family Division, discusses recent family conferences and more in this latest update  to read the post in full click onteh attached link  A View from The President’s Chambers: July 2023...

No.18 Chambers Welcomes Rebecca Caws (2023)

Rebecca Caws (2023)

No.18 Chambers is delighted to announce that Rebecca Caws (2023) has accepted an invitation to join Chambers. Rebecca is currently a legal executive and transfers to chambers and is able to accept instructions from 9 August 2023. Rebecca transferred to the Bar in 2023 from her role as a Chartered Legal Executive...

Nigel Cholerton reported in CC v LC [2023] EWFC 52

Nigel Cholerton (2007), Helen Moizer (2018)

Facts: This case concerned financial remedy proceedings involving modest financial resources. This was a nuanced case and the difficulty was that the husband refused to engage. The issues turned on non-compliance and how that relations to conduct under section 25(g) of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973. The applicant wife, a part-time teacher,...

Helen Moizer, is taking part in the Pupil Pledge with Advocate

Helen Moizer (2018)

We are proud that our second six pupil, Helen Moizer, is taking part in the PupilPledge with Advocate! We encourage fellow pupils to commit to one piece of probono in your second six. This helps provide AccessToJustice for all. Pledge today >>> bit.ly/ProBonoPledge25...

Chat GPT: legal decision making and consideration of its reliability

Helen Moizer (2018)

The Master of the Rolls, Sir Geoffrey Vos, recently gave a lecture for the Law and Technology conference on 14th June 2023 exploring the effect that generative AI is already having, and is likely to have, on legal services and courts. The speech began with a story about a New York...

Nigel Cholerton reported in QQ v CC & Ors [2022] EWHC 2910 (Fam)

Nigel Cholerton (2007)

Facts This was an application by QQ for an adoption order in respect of his stepdaughter ‘Esmarelda’ who was 18 years and 6 months at the time of the hearing. The application was made before her 18th birthday. This adoption application was supported by Esmarelda’s mother, by Esmarelda herself, by the children’s...

(FRC) Sub-Group of the Transparency Implementation Group

This report from the Financial Remedies Court (FRC) Sub-Group of the Transparency Implementation Group covers a wide range of issues concerning Transparency within FRC work. The group was chaired by His Honour Judge Stuart Farquhar and included all levels of first instance judiciary, solicitors, barristers, a legal blogger and a...

Update from the Senior President of Tribunals: panel composition

The Senior President of Tribunals, Sir Keith Lindblom, is grateful to those who have taken the time to respond to the consultation paper on panel composition in the Employment Tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunal, which was published on 30 January 2023. Because the consultation was issued in anticipation of powers being delegated...

Civil Justice Council Costs Review – Final Report

At the request of the Master of the Rolls, a new Civil Justice Council (CJC) working group, led by Lord Justice Birss, was set up in April 2022 to consider four aspects of the civil costs regime. The group was tasked to review and make recommendations related to: Guideline hourly rates Costs...

Advisory Notice by Mr Justice Peel, Judge in Charge of the Standard Orders

On 18 January 2022, Mostyn J, the judge then in charge of Standard Family Orders (“SFOs”), announced a wide ranging review of the SFOs. He continued the review after succeeding him on 26 April 2022. HHJ Hess was appointed to lead the review of the financial remedy SFOs. HHJ Moradifar...

Stop press: Katherine Henry appointed as a Children Act Arbitrator

No18 Chambers is delighted to announce that Katherine Henry is now qualified as a Children Scheme Arbitrator under the IFLA scheme. Consequently, No18 Chambers offers a new service of Children Arbitration under the Institute of Family Law Arbitrators (‘IFLA’) Scheme. The Family Law Arbitration Scheme was launched by the Institute...

No18 Chambers Launches Children Arbitration Service

No18 Chambers offers a new service of Children Arbitration under the Institute of Family Law Arbitrators (‘IFLA’) Scheme. The Family Law Arbitration Scheme was launched by the Institute of Family Lar Arbitrators (IFLA) created by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Resolution, the FLBA and the Centre for Child and Family...

Appeal allowed as participation directions not considered for vulnerable party

Helen Moizer (2018)

The Courts and Tribunals Judiciary have published the judgment of Her Honour Judge Nott from the Family Court at Reading in the case M v S, which took place on 13 March 2023. This case serves as an important reminder for all family practitioners to consider the crucial participation directions...

Practice Guidance: Independent Domestic Violence Advisers and Independent Sexual Violence Advisers (Family Courts)

This guidance (as attached) applies to family proceedings in the Court of Appeal (Civil Division), the High Court of Justice and the Family Court. It is issued as guidance (not as a practice direction) by the President of the Family Division, as Head of Family Justice. It is issued in light of...

Re C (‘Parental Alienation’; Instruction of Expert) [2023] EWHC 345

Sara Chalk (2018)

Allegations of parental alienation regularly arise within private law proceedings. Often this leads to the instruction of a psychologist to undertake a global psychological assessment of the family to assess whether there is evidence on parental alienation. The following Judgement by the President of the Family Division highlights some key...

DS v AC [2023] EWFC 46 - A reminder of non-molestation orders

Rachel Chapman (2017)

It is rather unusual to see a non-molestation order application appear before the High Court, as highlighted by Mrs Justice Lieven herself. Mrs Justice Lieven highlights ‘there is nothing unusual about this particular case’ [1]. However, she felt it was helpful to set out the basic principles relating to such...

Helen Moizer (2018) is available to accept instructions as of 3rd April 2023

Helen Moizer (2018)

No 18 is delighted to announce that Helen Moizer will complete her first sixth as of the 31st March 2023 and is available to accept instructions as of the 3rd April 2023. Helen joined Chambers as a Pupil in October 2022. Prior to commencing pupillage, Helen worked full-time as an Assistant...

No.18 Chambers Welcomes Elicia Davis (2017) as she commences pupillage

Elicia Davis (2017)

No.18 are delighted to welcome Elicia Davis. Elicia commences pupillage on the 3rd April 2023, after being called to the Bar in November 2017. Whilst studying at the Bar, Elicia volunteered at a number of pro bono legal organisations including Advocate, Support through Court, National Centre for Domestic Violence and Lawyers...

Jurisdictional case management guidance jointly launched by the Senior President of Tribunals and President of the Family Division

The Offices of the Senior President of Tribunals and the President of the Family Division have today (Thursday 9 March 2023) issued updated jurisdictional case management guidance in circumstances where related and concurrent asylum proceedings, and 1980 Hague Convention proceedings, are ongoing. The guidance has been updated in light of the...

Revised Standard Order relating to NHS England

Following the merger on 1 February 2023 of NHS Digital merged with NHS England, Mr Justice Peel, Judge in Charge of Standard Orders, has issued an updated order, with the correct contact details for NHS England. The revised order has been reviewed and approved by the Tipstaff and will...

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