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Resolution online webinar: “A Bitesize Guide to Capacity in the Context of Financial Remedy Proceedings” with Jennifer Lee, Jennifer Williamson and Dr Chris Danbury on 24 October 2025
Chambers is pleased to announce that Jennifer Lee has been invited to lead an online workshop hosted by Resolution, “A Bitesize Guide to Capacity in the Context of Financial Remedy Proceedings” on Friday 24th October 2025 (9.30 am – 11.30 am). Jennifer will be speaking alongside her expert co-panellists, Jennifer Williamson (Partner at Blake Morgan LLP) and […]
Undercover Policing Inquiry’s Tranche 3 hearings start on Monday 13th October
On Monday 13th October 2025, the Undercover Policing Inquiry (UCPI) will start its Tranche 3 hearings with opening statements taking place across three days, followed by 31 days of evidence hearings. Tim Salisbury and Nazmeen Imambaccus are currently instructed as Deputy First Junior and Second Junior Counsel to the Inquiry respectively, while several other members of […]
Insights from the EAT – Kaler v Insights ESC Limited [2024] EAT 195
In this episode of the Civil Law Podcast, Louisa Simpson interviews Pump Court’s Head of Employment & Discrimination, Heather Platt, about her successful EAT case, Kaler v Insights ESC Limited [2024] EAT 195. Heather gives invaluable insight into disability status by reason of conditions of neurodiversity; s.15 claims and emotional dysregulation as “something arising in consequence […]
Mark Ruffell and Stephanie Painter prosecute a drug gang who were jailed for smuggling £64m of cocaine into UK on a speedboat
The drugs gang that smuggled £64m worth of cocaine into the UK on a speedboat has been jailed for a combined 92 years. Seven men planned to bring 889kg of the drug into Hampshire on a rigid-hulled inflatable boat in July 2024. Winchester Crown Court heard that all seven men had admitted conspiracy to import cocaine. The […]
Hester Calder secures SSO for a client charged with PWITS
Hester Calder, instructed by Mishma Muambe of Andrew Storch Solicitors, represented a client for sentencing, having been charged with PWITS Class A. The Judge was clear that his intention was to sentence him to immediate custody, considering a starting point of 4 years 6 months. However, after lengthy submissions, Ms Calder successfully obtained a SSO […]
The Galilee Paradox: what’s going on in the case law on amendments in the ET?
Abstract This post summarises the current state of the authorities, and observes what appears to be an inconsistency in the case law: Galilee and Reuters and Szymoniak say that granting an amendment cannot circumvent limitation; Macfarlane and Modality assume that it can (and sometimes does). Case links appear below. Law In Galilee v The Commissioner […]
The Legal 500 2026
We are delighted to announce that Pump Court’s members have obtained 82 individual rankings in the Legal 500 2026, including 21 new rankings and 12 promotions this year across our key practice areas and regions. Members of Chambers are ranked in the following areas: Crime (London and Western Circuit), Ecclesiastical Law, Employment (London and Western […]
‘What a Relief’ – How to succeed on CPR 3.9 Applications for Relief from Sanctions
Tim Salisbury is joined by Henry Hawkesworth in a new episode of the Pump Court Civil Law Podcast to discuss applications for relief from sanctions under CPR r.3.9. Henry and Tim consider the nature and application of sanctions, before offering practical advice about when applications should be made, what those applications must (or should) contain […]
Public Children Law Case Update – Autumn 2025
J and K and LB of Haringey (through their Regional Adoption Agency, Adopt London) [2025] EWHC 1268 (Fam). The case concerned an application for an adoption of a 17 year old. The issue in this case was whether the applicant (J) and the mother (K) were deemed to be ‘partners in an enduring family relationship’. […]
Private Children Law Case Update – Autumn 2025
ER v NT [2025] EWHC 2146 (Fam) Mr Justice MacDonald https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2025/2146.html This case concerned M’s appeal against: a decision not to order a fact-finding hearing into allegations of domestic abuse and coercive and controlling behaviour; and the ordering of interim contact. Background The child, ‘CT’, was born on 22 March 2023 and was two years […]
Cordelia Williams returns from maternity leave
We are delighted to welcome back Cordelia Williams following her maternity leave. Cordelia was called to the Bar in 2014 and is a family practitioner who specialises in financial remedies and private law children matters. She is regularly instructed in complex disputes, often appearing against senior barristers of leading family chambers. She is listed in The […]
Jennifer Lee to speak on ‘Navigating Tax in Divorce’ for the Law Society on 23 September 2025
Jennifer Lee will be speaking at The Law Society’s Online Classroom on Navigating Tax in Divorce, taking place on Tuesday 23 September 2025 between 12pm to 1pm. This session, led by Jennifer Lee and forensic accountant Roger Isaacs (Milsted Langdon LLP), will offer a practical and insightful overview of key tax considerations that can significantly […]
