News & Events: April 2021
Cost Awards in Financial Remedy Cases
Pump Court Chambers Family Finance team are pleased to announce our annual round of webinars, providing a valuable and in-depth update seminar for all practitioners at intensive lunch time sessions. In ‘Cost Awards in Financial Remedy Cases’ Annie Ward will review notable recent decisions and provide practical analysis and advice designed to give an up […]
What now after Re H-N & others
Hot off the press from the Court of Appeal, Re H-N and others (children) [2021] EWCA Civ 448 has the potential to redefine (or start to redefine) the way in which the Family Court approaches domestic abuse, particularly more nuanced allegations like coercive and controlling behaviour. Penny Howe QC & Jennifer Swan will look at […]
Financial Remedies Update
Pump Court Chambers Family Team is pleased to invite you to our forthcoming Financial Remedies Update Webinar. At this lunch time session Richard Hall will review notable recent decisions and provide practical analysis and advice designed to give an up to date overview of all key issues and update delegates on law, practice and procedure. […]
International Care Cases Post Brexit
More than four years after the Brexit referendum the UK finally left the EU on 31st December 2020, signalling the biggest change in international family law in over two decades. In International Care Cases Post Brexit, Corinne Iten will explore the issues that now arise in public law cases with an international element, give an overview of […]
COVID-19 as a Barder Event and Generally as Grounds for Variation
Pump Court Chambers Family Team is pleased to invite you to our forthcoming webinar ‘COVID-19 as a Barder Event and Generally as Grounds for Variation‘. In this lunch time webinar Mark Ablett will review notable recent decisions and provide practical analysis and advice designed to give an up to date overview of the key issues […]
Arbitration For The Uninitiated –
Imogen Robins supports arbitration wholeheartedly. She has acted for clients in financial arbitration. This talk will look at recent developments in case law, in particular, Haley v Haley [2020] EWCA Civ 1369, [2021] 2WLR 357. It is intended to demystify the process and give those new to this area a toolkit, to ensure they are confident when […]
Adjourning Capital Claims
Cordelia Williams reviews the case law on adjourning capital claims, gives suggestions of when it may be a fair solution, and sets out important practical considerations when proposing such an outcome. It is rare for a party’s capital claims to be adjourned – but post-pandemic/post-lockdown it is an outcome that may be more often appropriate where […]
How to claim constructive dismissal
Pump Court Chambers Employment law team are pleased to announce their annual round of webinars, providing a valuable and in-depth update seminar for all practitioners at intensive lunch time sessions. In ‘How to claim constructive dismissal‘ Ezra Macdonald will review notable recent decisions and provide practical analysis and advice designed to give an up to date overview of […]
Siân Beaven secures acquittal in Harassment trial
Siân Beaven represented C, a vulnerable adult, before High Wycombe Magistrates’ Court, who was charged with an offence under s.2 of the Prevention from Harassment Act 1997. It was alleged that the defendant had contacted the complainant repeatedly over text message spanning over a hundred messages over the course of a month. She later turned up […]
Court of Protection – Recent Case Law & Developments
Court of Protection – Recent Case Law & Developments with Margaret Pine-Coffin and Naima Asif is now available on demand from MBL. This new webinar will review the most recent case law and developments surrounding the Court of Protection. It will also consider the implications of the COVID-19 restrictions on the vulnerable and lessons to […]
Cryptocurrency in Divorce
Our Crypto and Family Law experts will be hosting an event to discuss Crypto assets in Divorce. With cryptoassets becoming ever more present as exchange tokens, this seminar addresses what they are, how they are used, how they are treated by the Courts and by the taxation authorities in England and Wales, how to find […]
An Introduction to Inheritance, Wills & Probate Law – Part 1
Please join us via Zoom on Wednesday 5th May 2021 at 12:30 for Pump Court Chambers Inheritance, Wills & Probate team is pleased to invite you to our forthcoming webinar ‘An Introduction to Inheritance, Wills & Probate Law – Part 1‘. Aimed at lawyers wishing to move into this field, those who require a refresher and […]
