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Christmas opening hours 2024
Season’s Greetings from everyone at Pump Court Chambers. Please note our opening hours over the festive period this year will be: Tuesday 24th December – 9am to 1pm Wednesday 25th December – Bank Holiday (closed) Thursday 26th December – Bank Holiday (closed) Friday 27th December – 10am to 4pm Monday 30th December – 10am to […]
F v M & Anor [2024] EWHC 3190 (Fam) – Lucy Davis successfully acts for appellant father in High Court international relocation appeal
Lucy Davis was instructed by the appellant father in this High Court Appeal Before Mr Justice Hayden. Lucy was successful in appealing a judgment made following a final hearing in an international relocation case. The respondent’s counsel in the relocation matter had previously met the appellant at a social event and then communicated with him […]
Sarah Jones KC opens for the Crown in murder on Bournemouth beach case
A criminology student is accused of stabbing two women – killing one and seriously injuring another – after travelling to Bournemouth from South London, having researched how to do a murder and not get caught. Sarah Jones KC prosecutes, leading Edward Culver of the CPS and Casey Chard, who is instructed as disclosure junior. The […]
Jury convict of murder in case prosecuted by Sarah Jones KC, leading Ellie Fargin
In less than an hour of deliberations, the jury rejected the claim put forward by the Defence that the Defendant was guilty of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility and convicted of murder. The Defendant, who now identifies as male, had travelled to his mother’s flat and in a fit of rage, fuelled by alcohol, […]
Rebecca Paterson joins Pump Court as a tenant
It gives us great pleasure to announce that Rebecca Paterson has accepted an offer of tenancy, following the successful completion of her third six pupillage/probationary tenancy. Rebecca is a civil barrister specialising in employment, regulatory & disciplinary. Prior to joining chambers, Rebecca completed pupillage and practised in-house at a large healthcare regulatory body. Rebecca appears […]
Sir Jonathan Cohen KC to rejoin Pump Court as a Door Tenant
We are delighted to announce that Sir Jonathan Cohen KC will rejoin chambers as a Door Tenant, effective 1st January 2025. Sir Jonathan Cohen’s practice as a barrister comprised both high-value financial and complex child law cases. As a full-time High Court Judge, he presided over numerous significant financial disputes, handling directions hearings, Financial Dispute […]
Jennifer Lee to speak at the Westminster Legal Policy Forum Keynote Seminar on 3 December 2024
We are pleased to announce that Jennifer Lee has been invited to speak at the Westminster Legal Policy Forum keynote seminar, “Next Steps for Family Justice in England and Wales”, on 3 December 2024. The conference will assess next steps for policy and legal practice to better support separating families in England and Wales. The […]
Pump Court instructed in Family Law Awards Case of the Year
We are very pleased to announce that K (Children) (Powers of the Family Court) [2024] EWCA Civ 2 was named Case of the Year at the Family Law Awards 2024. Leslie Samuels KC, instructed by Pathfinder Legal Services, acted for the Respondent Local Authority in this appeal that concerned the powers of judges of the family court […]
PCPs, indirect discrimination, and reasonable adjustments
The concept of a “provision, criterion or practice” (“PCP”) is one with which employment lawyers will all be familiar. It crops up in the statutory provisions which cover indirect discrimination (s 19 Equality Act 2010) and reasonable adjustments (ss 20 / 21 Equality Act 2010). It is easy to assume that the concept is straightforward: […]
Re N (A Child) – Samara Brackley acts for Respondent Mother in recently published judgment
Samara Brackley, instructed by Laura White and Erin Lyon of Moore Barlow, acted for the Respondent Mother in Re N (A Child) EWFC 331 (B) [2024], in which the Father represented himself as a litigant in person. The anonymised and redacted version of the judgment was uploaded to the National Archives, in order to help […]
Oba Nsugbe KC, SAN awarded the Freedom of the City of London
We are incredibly proud to announce that our Head of Chambers, Oba Nsugbe KC, SAN, has been awarded the Freedom of the City of London, following a nomination by the Rt Hon The Lord Mayor of London. The prestigious award was bestowed upon Oba at a ceremony held last month at Mansion House. The granting […]
Rebecca Fairbairn, leading Ellie Fargin, prosecute sexual offender in 5-week trial at Portsmouth Crown Court
Instructed by OCSAU (Organised Child Sexual Abuse Unit) Rebecca and Ellie prosecuted the 60-year-old man for offences against 10 children between 1976 and 2021. He was convicted of all 28 offences and remanded into custody. The Judge noted he was a prolific offender and a danger to society. In January, he was sentenced to 18 […]
