
*POSTPONED* Digital Forensics in Family Law: Uncovering the Truth in the Digital Age
Join us in person or online for our latest Family Law event, exploring how digital forensics can impact family law proceedings.
Published: 6th Dec 2023
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Join us in person or online for our latest Family Law event, exploring how digital forensics can impact family law proceedings.
Published: 6th Dec 2023
The third instalment of our Autumn to Winter Family Law Webinar Series, presented by Samuel Davis and Eleonore Berthelsen.
Published: 23rd Nov 2023
The second session in our Autumn/Winter Family Law Webinar Series, presented by Hazel Samuriwo and Charmaine Clubb.
Published: 20th Nov 2023
Celeste Irvine and Helen Nettleship discuss Nuffield FJO's welcome briefing “Children subject to deprivation of liberty (DoL) orders” which reflects the 12 months pilot phase of the national DoL court.
Published: 20th Sep 2023
Kicking off our Family Law Autumn to Winter webinar series, Rachel Chan and Charlotte Mackenzie discuss witness statements in family law proceedings.
Published: 8th Sep 2023
Our latest Family Law Webinar Series, spanning the Autumnal and Winter months, covering private, public and financial remedies proceedings.
Published: 9th Aug 2023
Acting for the Mother in the Court of Appeal case, RE T and others (Children) (Adequacy of reasons)
Published: 4th Jul 2023
Our annual Brighton Party is back, not long to go now!
Published: 26th Jun 2023
James Sharpe and Helen Nettleship provide their tips on drafting a compliant threshold document.
Published: 23rd Jun 2023
Jennifer Youngs and Charmaine Clubb present the third installment of our Junior Family Law Webinar Series.
Published: 16th Jun 2023
Eléonore and Samuel present the second of junior family law webinar series.
Published: 9th Jun 2023
The Court of Appeal clarified the legal test for an appeal against a contempt of court sentence in a family case. Arfan Khan acted for the Appellant.
Published: 22nd May 2023
The first of our Junior Family Law webinar series, presented by Hannah Cox and Catrin Howells.
Published: 19th May 2023
Congratulations to Richard Little who has today been appointed Recordership
Published: 18th May 2023
Our junior members are pleased to present a series of four webinars, aimed at junior solicitors, covering different areas of family law.
Published: 18th May 2023
Amanda Jepson and Mark Chaloner present a Public Law Update.
Published: 12th May 2023
Recording of our Language Matters webinar considering the role of practitioners in shaping the experience of families through our use of language.
Published: 27th Apr 2023
42BR's Family Group invite you to our annual Brighton Party.
Published: 24th Apr 2023
A Family Law webinar, presented by Hannah Cox of 42BR and Helen Adam, mediator and chair of the Family Solutions Group, considering the role of practitioners in shaping the experience of families through our use of language.
Published: 20th Apr 2023
Amanda Jepson provides a brief case summary of the case, M (A Child: Leave To Oppose Adoption) [2023] EWCA Civ 404 (18 April 2023)
Published: 20th Apr 2023
Damian Woodward-Carlton KC and Sharan Bhachu explore the problem of memory in family fact finding hearings.
Published: 19th Apr 2023
42BR member, Sharan Bhachu, has published a book on factitious illness. Available to purchase now.
Published: 18th Apr 2023
Jennifer Youngs provides a case summary for the case of C, D and E (Care Proceedings: Adequacy of Reasons) [2023] EWCA Civ 334
Published: 11th Apr 2023
Tina Cook KC and Zoe McGrath present the second instalment of our Family Law Webinar series.
Published: 20th Mar 2023
Richard Little represented E, a respondent mother in H v E [2023] EWHC 381 (Fam)
Published: 17th Mar 2023
Siân Smith provides a financial remedies update for the first webinar in our Family Law Series 2023.
Published: 24th Feb 2023
Our Family Group is delighted to present our Spring/Summer webinar programme, covering financial remedies, private and public law.
Published: 20th Feb 2023
Join us Friday 3 March in Canterbury for a night of quizzing.
Published: 1st Feb 2023
Tina Cook KC acted for W, a 13 year old who suffers from multi-system problems arising from a rare gene mutation in Lancashire County Council v M & Ors [2022] EWHC 2900 (Fam)
Published: 7th Dec 2022
42BR's Family Group is pleased to present a webinar series, comprising of three sessions, in which they will explore different elements of financial remedies cases.
Published: 1st Dec 2022
We won two awards at this years Family Law Awards
Published: 29th Nov 2022
The Judgment, involving the LIFT service at the East London Family, is important and highlights why the expert assessment fell short of what is expected in family proceedings.
Published: 12th Oct 2022
We are delighted to have been shortlisted in this years Family Law Awards
Published: 5th Sep 2022
“Achieving transparency in Family justice: what further steps are appropriate or necessary?”
Published: 5th Sep 2022
Damian Woodward-Carlton QC has written an article which has been published in LexisNexis Family Law.
Published: 15th Jul 2022
Gemma Farrington QC and Marcia Hyde appeared on behalf of the father in the Court of Appeal
Published: 14th Jul 2022
Following on from the recent Supreme Court judgment in H-W [2022] UKSC 17 ...
Published: 30th Jun 2022
Damian Woodward-Carlton QC, Sharan Bhachu and Katie Phillips appeared for the respondent Local Authority at Supreme Court level, in the matter of H-W.
Published: 15th Jun 2022
Family Webinar discussing how the family pet can be used to control and coerce and thereby provide evidence of domestic abuse.
Published: 19th May 2022
Published: 10th May 2022
Published: 5th May 2022
Damian Woodward-Carlton QC, Jennifer Youngs and Katherine Archer are published in the March 2022 edition of Family Law Journal
Published: 19th Apr 2022
Join us for a free, in-person seminar with Gemma Farrington, Alison Pryor & Diane Robson.
Published: 23rd Mar 2022
Find out more about CUBAS parenting assessments that are taking the family courts by storm.
Published: 7th Mar 2022
Tina Cook QC & Charmaine Clubb will be providing free virtual training in the form of a Family Law Webinar.
Published: 17th Feb 2022
42 Bedford Row is delighted that the Queen has appointed Caroline Landes to be a District Judge
Published: 23rd Dec 2021
Gemma Taylor QC and Jeremy Hall represented the father and children respectively in the recently reported High Court decision
Published: 30th Nov 2021
This case concerned a toddler who sadly passed away from natural causes but as is usual underwent a skeletal survey following his death.
Published: 13th Sep 2021
Published: 5th Jul 2021
Jeremy presents a round-up of recent decisions and changes.
Published: 9th Jun 2021
The Court of Appeal has found that a trial judge had misapplied Lucas in finding that a juvenile’s consciousness of guilt that he had sexually abused another child was the only reasonable explanation for his lies at trial.
Published: 12th Apr 2021
Published: 11th Mar 2021
Gemma Farrington and Alison Pryor have written an article which has been published by Lexis Nexis Family Law.
Published: 1st Mar 2021
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Published: 11th May 2020
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Published: 5th Nov 2019
Published: 18th Oct 2019
Published: 9th Sep 2019
Damian Woodward- Carlton QC has contributed to the Counsel Magazine in an article discussing pupillage mistakes.
Published: 3rd Sep 2019
Chambers is delighted to welcome Caroline Landes as a new member of our Family Law team.
Published: 27th Aug 2019
Jane Hayford instructed for the Respondent mother. Appeal by intervenor against findings of fact made in care proceedings. Appeal allowed.
Published: 31st Jul 2019
Damian Woodward- Carlton QC has contributed to the Family Law Journal July edition, discussing Radicalisation and the Family Court.
Published: 23rd Jul 2019
Monica Ford was instructed on the appeal. Monica was instructed for the Respondent Children through their Guardian.
Published: 9th Jul 2019
6.00pm, Tuesday 2nd July
Published: 19th Jun 2019
Published: 10th Jun 2019
Volunteers' Week
Published: 6th Jun 2019
Philip McCormack instructed for the Third Respondent acting by his Guardian.
Published: 20th May 2019
Tina Cook QC and Gemma Taylor QC were instructed in the recently reported decision of Lancashire County Council v TP & Ors (Permission to Withdraw Care Proceedings) [2019] EWFC 30 (09 May 2019)
Published: 13th May 2019
6.00pm - Thursday 23rd May
Published: 2nd May 2019
Thanks to the generosity of everyone, we raised an outstanding £1,309.65 which will go some way to help children in desperate need for a respite break.
Published: 27th Mar 2019
Published: 19th Mar 2019
Damian Woodward-Carlton QC acted for the mother in Re Q (Child: Interim Care Order: Jurisdiction)
Published: 14th Mar 2019
Legal 500 UK Awards
Published: 6th Dec 2018
Philip McCormack instructed on behalf of the children’s guardian
Published: 17th Nov 2018
Read Z v Kent County Council (Revocation of placement order – Failure to assess Mother’s capacity and Grandparents) [2018] EWFC B65 (18 October 2018).
Published: 7th Nov 2018
Chambers are thrilled to have 13 individual recommendations/rankings in the new Legal 500 guide.
Published: 30th Oct 2018
Read re T [2018] EWCA Civ 1236 on deprivation of children’s liberty & the inherent jurisdiction.
Published: 16th Oct 2018
Tina Cook QC for the respondent father has successfully sought the dismissal of an appeal in the above case.
Published: 15th Oct 2018
42 Bedford Row are delighted to announce Mary Robertson has been appointed as one of the Counsel to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse as part of the team undertaking the inquiry into Residential Schools.
Published: 27th Sep 2018
Tina Cook QC will be speaking at the Public Children Law Conference on Tuesday 2nd October 2018 at The Caledonian Club. Tina Cook QC will be speaking on Fact finding hearings.
Published: 26th Sep 2018
In this case she acted for the mother. Knowles J provides detailed recommendations about the management of police disclosure in care proceedings.
Published: 9th Aug 2018
Gemma Taylor QC acted for the mother.
Published: 1st Aug 2018
Gemma Taylor QC for the children’s guardian, Francis Cassidy for the 3rd Respondent and Robert Cameron for the Applicant.
Published: 1st Aug 2018
Appeal concerning the powers of the court to make an order for assessment of a child under section 38(6) of the Children Act 1989.
Published: 14th May 2018
Sharan Bhachu and Sian Gough are joining a panel discussion on children law at the Bloomsbury Professional Family Law Conference on the 16th May, at Gray’s Inn.
Published: 18th Apr 2018
A case where the local authority applied to remove Father as a party to proceedings and from local authority decision making about the welfare of his children.
Published: 19th Mar 2018
As part of her ongoing training of professionals who work with parents with learning disabilities, Gemma Taylor has contributed to a new resource for independent advocates working with parents with learning disabilities.
Published: 18th Jan 2018
42 Bedford Row is delighted to announce that Gemma Taylor has been appointed Queen’s Counsel in the 2017 competition.
Published: 20th Dec 2017
Jermey Rosenblatt has contributed to the December edition of the International Bar Association Legal Practice Division. Topics include: Poland: a Supreme Court and Gay lawyers.
Published: 20th Dec 2017
19 and 21-year old son and daughter of a homeless applicant are not ‘dependent children’ for the purposes of assessing ‘priority need’ Introduction Stefan Liberadzki recently appeared for a local authority in a homelessness appeal under s.204 of the Housing Act 1996. Here he discusses the Court’s decision that the appellant’s children could not count
Published: 5th Jul 2017
Tina Cook QC, Damian Woodward-Carlton and Fareha Choudhury appeared in this re-hearing of a fact finding. A mother found to have inflicted near-fatal injuries to the spine and skull of her infant son, successfully applied to re-hear the findings of fact. Newly-obtained medical evidence of the child’s spinal osteopenia led the Court to replace its
Published: 12th Jan 2017
A new and concerning attitude of the High Court to urgent ex parte applications in Hague cases when the first process is commenced: solicitors and advocates must take notice. Read the articles written for the International Bar Association here and here
Published: 12th Oct 2016
After the almost unbearable tension of the criminal hearing to determine whether or not Helen would be found guilty of stabbing Rob, last week saw the family court hearing to determine the living and contact arrangements for Henry and Jack. Four members of the chambers’ family team, who are all addicted to the Archers, have
Published: 19th Sep 2016
Francesca Conn secured Human Rights Acts damages of £15,000 for a child and £6,000 for the parent following care proceedings. The local authority was found to have treated her client, the disabled parent, in a hostile and judgmental manner and to have failed to have due regard to its Equality Act 2010 obligations towards him,
Published: 9th Sep 2016
Seminar on parents with learning disabilities given on 10th March. Gemma Taylor (barrister 42 Bedford Row) outlined the duties of Local Authorities to parents with learning disabilities and the recent case law. Rachel Butt (Senior Advocate, Impetus) explained how parents actually experience court proceedings and what steps could be taken to improve outcomes. Please find
Published: 14th Mar 2016
Awards & Recognition