Rebecca Cross and Malvika Jaganmohan will be taking part in ‘ Who wants to be a Family Lawyer?’ held by Women in Family Law

Rebecca Cross and Malvika Jaganmohan will be taking part in the Women in Family Law Event taking place on the 28th May at 6.30pm. Please view further details please click here. ... Continue Reading

Remote Hearings: An overview of the most recent case law

Practitioners will be only too familiar with the plethora of guidance we have received in recent weeks in connection to remote hearings. ‘The Remote Access Family Court’ guidance by Mr Justice MacDonal... Continue Reading

Vulnerable witnesses in care proceedings

In this article, Natalie Cross considers what amounts to a vulnerable witness and how practitioners can identify vulnerability. The full article is published in Family Law. To view the article, please clic... Continue Reading

Re B (Secure Accomodation Order) [2019] EWCA Civ 2025

In Re B, the Court of Appeal considered four key parts of the law relating to the interpretation of s. 25 of the Children Act 1989. In this article, Tom Harrill summarises the most important aspects of thi... Continue Reading

Elizabeth Isaacs QC receives Honorary Doctorate from Coventry University

Elizabeth Isaacs QC is an alumna of Coventry University, graduating top of her year with a degree in Law in 1997.  She was called to the Bar the following year and took Silk becoming a Queen’s Counsel i... Continue Reading

Family Group Newsletter Autumn 2019 Edition

The Family Group Autumn 2019 Newsletter is now available to download. Within this update you will find a range of articles including: – ‘Change is Coming’ by Ann Chavasse. – ‘... Continue Reading

St Ives Chambers ranked as leading set by the Legal 500

We are delighted to confirm that St Ives Chambers has been ranked as a leading set by the influential legal directory, the Legal 500. Chambers, which is ranked in four separate practice areas, has a total ... Continue Reading

Rebecca Cross raising funds for the Family Rights Group by running a half marathon

Rebecca Cross, Barrister at St Ives Chambers, is busy training for a half marathon in London in October to raise much needed funds for the Family Rights Group (www.frg.org.uk) “I’m sure all of you are ... Continue Reading

Elizabeth Isaacs QC appointed as an Ordinary Bencher at Lincoln’s Inn

Congratulations to Elizabeth Isaacs QC on her appointment as a new Ordinary Bencher at Lincoln’s Inn. To view Elizabeth’s profile, click here. ... Continue Reading

Terri Mason accepts offer of tenancy

We are delighted to announce that Terri Mason has accepted an offer of tenancy at the end of her reduced Pupillage, having practised as a Children Law Solicitor for over 14 years. She has already started d... Continue Reading