No5 Barristers’ Chambers are pleased to announce that the King has appointed Helen Arthur as a circuit judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor…
No5 Barristers’ Chambers is pleased to welcome Faye Edwards to the Family Group. Called to the bar in 2017, Faye accepts work in both Public…
No5 Barristers’ Chambers is delighted to announce that Hannah Court has joined the Family Group. Called to the bar in 2015, Hannah is a family…
Introduction In the aftermath of the pandemic, parties and their advocates in care proceedings are implored by ‘The Road Ahead’ (and more recently in the…
A jury has returned a conclusion of suicide and of numerous failings by a prison and its healthcare service, Practice Plus Group, following an inquest…
The Family Group are delighted to announce that Naomi Dean, 2016 call, has joined No5. Naomi has practised in children law for the past five…
Mark is a pupil in the Family Group. Mark’s pupil supervisor is Richard Hadley. During his first six, Mark has observed a wide range of…
In cases involving child abuse or neglect or more serious injuries to children, criminal proceedings are frequently foreshadowed by family proceedings. It is also an…
The Family Proceedings (Amendment) Rules 2020 contain, among a number of other procedural amendments, some important changes to the financial remedy costs regime. Two significant…
No5 Barrister Dewinder Birk will be published in the November issue of Family Law. The article is titled “The ‘operational integrity’ of family and immigration proceedings” and…
Where a local authority determines that the medical evidence falls short of proving that an injury to a child was deliberately inflicted, in what circumstances…
No5 Barristers’ Chambers is delighted to welcome Femi Ogunlende to the Family Group. Femi specialises in all aspects of family law and cohabitant disputes. Appearing…
Two of the country’s biggest barrister’s chambers are collaborating, as some of the UK’s top legal experts offer expert advice during the coronavirus pandemic. St…
We are entering difficult and unprecedented times. The country faces a so-called “lockdown”, with stringent restrictions on everybody’s ability to travel, work and socialise for…
In light of the National Guidance for the Family Court regarding Covid-19, we wanted to write to you to inform you of the services that we…