Artis Kakonge is a member of the Court of Protection and Family groups at No5 barristers chambers.
Artis is an experienced advocate before the Court of Protection and undertakes both health and welfare and property and financial affairs applications. She acts for individuals, local authorities, health bodies and the Official Solicitor.
Artis previously worked in local government representing the adult social care team in DOLS applications and advising Children’s Services on young people leaving care who lacked capacity around residence and care decisions. She also represented Children with Disabilities Teams before the High Court, making applications for DOLS and restrictions on liberty.
Artis is particularly sensitive to the impact of dementia and other conditions leading to cognitive impairment on family members and caregivers. She regularly represents family members/caregivers seeking to make formal arrangements to manage the affairs of their loved ones.
Due to her established family law practice, she is particularly adept at dealing with cases where there is a crossover between family law and court of protection issues.
Her practice covers:
Artis has a broad family practice dealing with all aspects of relationship breakdown, child protection, domestic abuse and advising individuals and couples on how to start or grow their family through adoption and surrogacy. Artis also has an interest in the intersections between family law and education law, and addressing the challenges parents and carers obtaining appropriate provision for special educational needs.
Artis spent a number of years in local government as a senior childcare advocate at Suffolk County Council, LB Barking & Dagenham, LB Islington, LB Brent and LGSS (covering Central Bedfordshire Council and Northamptonshire County Council). She represented children’s services at all levels of court in complex cases including non-accidental injury, sexual abuse, county lines, and secure accommodation. She has provided specialist advice to Children with Disabilities teams on applications for DOLs/restrictions of liberty and appeared in cases involving young persons before the COP. She has also managed her own caseload of care proceedings providing her with an in-depth understanding of the PLO and the workings of children’s services.
Provides advice and representation to parents, stepparents, grandparents, and other concerned relatives seeking to make arrangements in the best interests of a child. She is also regularly instructed to represent rule 16.4 guardians including in complex cases involving alienating behaviours.
Her practice covers child arrangements, specific issue orders (name change, medical treatment, religion and schooling); private adoption and special guardianship applications; LGBTQIA family issues; fertility law and surrogacy; and domestic and international relocation.
Provides representation in applications for domestic violence injunctions and occupation orders. She has provided training on Coercive and Controlling Behaviour and the Domestic Abuse Act 2021.
Artis is an experienced practitioner in financial remedies following divorce and regularly undertakes cases from modest to medium net worth cases involving companies and pensions. She also undertakes Schedule 1 applications. She is regularly instructed to represent clients with related children and finance matters.
Provides advice and representation to prospective adopters, local authorities/adoption agencies and guardians in international adoption cases including kafala adoptions and involving older children.
Provides representation in child abduction cases, applications to secure rights of access pursuant to Article 21 Hague Convention 1980 and wardship proceedings.
No5 are delighted to announce that Rebekah Wilson (Call:1998), Christopher McWatters (Call: 2004), Davina Krishnan (Call: 2004), Artis Kakonge (Call:2006) and Nisha Bambhra (Call: 2011) have joined the Family Group from Garden Court Chambers. All…
No5 are delighted to announce that Rebekah Wilson (Call:1998), Christopher McWatters (Call: 2004), Davina Krishnan (Call: 2004), Artis Kakonge (Call:2006) and Nisha Bambhra (Call: 2011) have joined the Family Group from Garden Court Chambers. All…
