News & Events: Rebekah Batt
Private Children Law Case Update – Summer 2025
KL v BA [2025] EWHC 102 (Fam) This case concerned applications for child arrangements orders in relation to a child aged 4. The court was tasked with determining whether the effect of a declaration of non-parentage rendered a party’s parental responsibility ‘void ab initio’ (i.e. never having had any legal effect) or whether that party […]
Several members of Pump Court ranked as leading family barristers in Doyle’s Guide 2025
We are delighted to announce that several members of Pump Court’s family team have been ranked as Leading Barristers in the latest edition of Doyle’s Guide. Within the Rising Stars (London) section, which includes barristers of 5 years’ call or less who have been identified as future leading counsel in the London legal market, both […]
Rebekah Batt speaks about the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 in LexisNexis webinar
Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (DAA 2021) – Post implementation of Domestic Abuse Protection Notices and Domestic Abuse Protection Orders Pilot (DAA 2021, ss 22-56) In this LexisNexis University webinar, Rebekah Batt discusses the relevant provisions of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 relating to Domestic Abuse Protection Notices and Domestic Abuse Protection Orders which are currently […]
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 […]
Annual Property Law Seminar – Winchester 2024
Pump Court Chambers’ Property Team is pleased to invite you to our Annual Property Law Seminar, providing a valuable and in-depth seminar for all practitioners in this area. When: 19/09/2024 Where: Holiday Inn Winchester, Telegraph Way, Winchester SO21 1HZ, UK Cost: FREE Our property law barristers will review notable recent decisions and provide practical analysis […]
NCDR and the new FPR rules
Host Mark Ablett is joined by Annie Ward and Rebekah Batt of Pump Court to consider the latest rule changes to encourage NCDR in the Family Court. Annie and Rebekah bring different perspectives, Annie being an arbitrator, Rebekah being at the coalface with cases that ought to explore NCDR but frequently do not due to […]
Secondary victim claims following Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
The Supreme Court’s judgment in the case of Paul and another v Royal Wolverhampton[1] has, by a majority, but with a persuasive dissenting judgment from Lord Burrows, considerably reduced the pool of individuals who can bring their own claim as a ‘secondary victim’ in medical negligence cases. The Court ultimately determined that an accident, or […]
New Practitioner Series – Season 2
We are pleased to launch season 2 of our New Practitioner Series of webinars, which are aimed at practitioners 0-3 years qualified. It includes a range of bite-sized webinars on matters of procedure and law and is designed to be used as training and library resource for practitioners as they navigate their case-loads. The topics […]
Default Judgments and Setting Aside Default Judgments – Rebekah Batt
In this webinar, Rebekah Batt, provides an overview of default judgments and setting aside default judgments including the relevant time limits, the grounds on which a default judgment can be set aside and the implications of recent decision in FXF v English Karate Association Ltd [2023] EWCA Civ 891.
Mixed Injuries post Whiplash Reforms – Where are we now?
The much awaited judgment in the mixed injury test cases of Rabot v Hassam and Briggs v Laditan [2023] EWCA Civ 19 was handed down by the Court of Appeal on 20 January 2023. However, the divided judgment in these leap frog appeals is likely to raise as many questions as it answers and will […]
Pump Court Chambers launches Personal Injury Online Resource
We are delighted to launch the first in our series of short, bite-sized webinars, designed as an introduction to practical subjects for practitioners with less than 3 years’ experience improve their skills in personal injury litigation. The Autumn series of webinars includes: The RTA Protocol: Louisa Simpson Credit Hire – A Beginners Guide: Henry Hawkesworth […]
Small Claims and the New Protocol for PI Small Claims
In this webinar, Rebekah Batt covers the new protocol for personal injury claims on the small claims track. Topics covered include: When the small claims track applies; Specific features of the small claims track; When the new protocol applies; How liability and quantum are dealt with under the new protocol; and Important time limits and […]
