News & Events: Maria Henty
“All by myself…” The rules are the same whether you’re represented or not
It is an unfortunate reality that a great number of litigants find themselves, whether by choice or not, before the Family Court without legal representation. The reasons for this are varied and complex, it is usually down to cost but not always. Some choose to represent themselves as a way to further perpetuate abuse, even […]
Pump Court Chambers ranked as a Leading Set in Chambers & Partners 2025
Pump Court has been ranked as a Band 1 Set for Family/Matrimonial and Ecclesiastical Law in the latest edition of Chambers & Partners, as well as maintaining set rankings for Crime and Employment. In total, 26 members of chambers are ranked as Leading Individuals for Family: Children, Family: Matrimonial Finance, Crime, Ecclesiastical Law, Employment, Inquests […]
Re: V (Appeal: Relocation) [2024] EWHC 2600 (Fam) Maria Henty successful in High Court
In Re: V (Appeal: Relocation) [2024] EWHC 2600 (Fam) Maria Henty, instructed by Kate Barber and Emily Gulliver of Thrings, was successful in the High Court on appeal before Ms Justice Henke. The judgment was handed down for publication on 15 October 2024. Maria acted for the respondent mother on appeal. The mother was successful […]
Maria Henty and Mark Ablett’s article “Family property: Non-matrimonial Property and the Family Home” published in Private Client Business
Maria Henty and Mark Ablett have been published in the most recent edition of the tax journal Private Client Business. The article is entitled “Family property: Non-matrimonial Property and the Family Home”, a subscription is required to read the article in full. Mark and Maria discuss Standish v Standish [2024] EWCA Civ 567; how Standish […]
Pump Court maintains Top Tier status in the Legal 500 2025 rankings
We are very proud to announce that Pump Court Chambers has maintained its status as a Top Tier Set in the latest edition of The Legal 500 UK Bar Guide. Chambers is ranked as a Tier 1 set for Family: Children and Domestic Abuse, Family: Divorce and Financial Remedy and Crime (General and Fraud) on […]
Jennifer Lee to speak at the Corbett Le Quesne Jersey International Family Law Conference on 4 October 2024
We are very pleased to announce that Jennifer Lee has been invited to speak at Corbett Le Quesne’s Jersey International Family Law Conference on 4 October 2024, with Sir Jonathan Cohen as keynote speaker. Jennifer will be speaking on capacity issues in divorce/financial remedy proceedings. Tara Lyons, Elizabeth Spence, Stuart Snow, Jenna Lucas, Maria Henty, […]
Pump Court Family Law Podcast – Standish
Maria Henty of Pump Court joins host Mark Ablett to talk all things Standish following the Court of Appeal’s decision early this year. The podcast discusses the concept of matrimonialisation as well as a reality check in terms of how often these arguments will generally be relevant in the run of the mill cases. Maria […]
Maria Henty and Victoria Ellis’s article ‘Children in proceedings, beyond wishes and feelings: how their views should be obtained and when and by whom should the court’s decision be relayed to them?’ published in Family Law Journal
Maria Henty and Victoria Ellis’s article ‘Children in proceedings, beyond wishes and feelings: how their views should be obtained and when and by whom should the court’s decision be relayed to them?’ has been published in the July edition of the Family Law Journal. Synopsis How children view proceedings and their role within them is crucial. Professionals must […]
London Legal Walk 2024
Pump Court Chambers is very proud to be taking part in the 20th Anniversary London Legal Walk on 18th June 2024. Stuart Snow, Maria Henty, Sian Beavan, Alex McHugh, Albert Gibbon, Nazifa Chowdhury, Carol Cheng, Rukan Hazar, Palak Sikri, Rebecca Paterson, James Wackett, Dean Cunniff, Tim Broom, Fern Stuart, Nancy Thompson, and Jaiden Amin, will […]
Maria Henty acts for respondent mother in complex private children proceedings – K v Y [2023] EWFC 262 (B)
Maria was instructed by Ciara Pugh and Vanessa Friend, and assisted at court by Pooja Patel of Stowe Family Law (London office). Maria represented the respondent mother. The parties were in a same sex relationship and the subject child was the respondent mother’s biological child. The applicant mother had been afforded parental responsibility, by consent, […]
Pump Court Chambers ranked as a Top Tier Set in Legal 500 2024
Pump Court Chambers has been ranked as a Top Tier Set in three practice areas in the latest edition of The Legal 500 UK Bar Guide: Family: Children and Domestic Violence (Western Circuit) Family: Divorce and Financial Remedy (Western Circuit) Crime: General and Fraud (Western Circuit) Pump Court is listed as a Leading Set for […]
Conduct in financial remedies: where are we now?
Maria Henty of Pump Court takes host Mark Ablett through the up to date position in relation to conduct in financial remedy proceedings. The pair reflect on Mostyn J’s efforts to formally categorise different kinds fo conduct in OG v AG [2020] EWFC 52 and Maria provides some invaluable pointers on when to run, and […]
