News & Events: Children Law (Private)
Annual Children Law Seminar – Canterbury 2024
Please join us for our annual Children Law seminar in Canterbury on Thursday 7th November 2024, from 11am at The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence, Old Dover Road, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 3NZ. Cost: Free The topics and speakers will include: 11:00 – 11:15: Registration 11:15 – 12:00: Children Law Update – James Hankinson & Tayla Dwyer […]
Isabella Thomas-Kelly joins Pump Court as a probationary tenant
We are delighted to announce that Isabella Thomas-Kelly has joined our family team as a probationary tenant. Isabella is a family law practitioner specialising in both children and financial matters. She successfully completed her pupillage at a leading family set in October 2024. Isabella accepts instructions across all areas of family law, including matrimonial finance, […]
Four new pupils at Pump Court Chambers
We are pleased to welcome our new 12-month pupils, who started with us this week. Their details and pupil supervisers are as follows: Alvaro Loxton (common law) – Mark Ablett Hannah Tickle (common law) – Samara Brackley Edward Armitage (criminal) – Tom Wilkins Victoria Steet (family) – Neelo Shravat
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 […]
Emily Chapman joins Pump Court Chambers as a probationary tenant
We are pleased to announce that Emily Chapman has joined our family team as a probationary tenant. Emily welcomes instructions across the full spectrum of family law. Prior to joining Chambers as a probationary tenant, Emily successfully completed pupillage at a specialist family law set where she gained experience across financial remedies, private law children […]
“Needs must” – Samantha Farndale & Tara Lyons analyse two Schedule 1 cases in New Law Journal article
This article, published in New Law Journal, explains the purpose of the Children Act 1989, Sch 1, which is often used when the parties have not been married. It sets out the approach of the court in PS v CS [2023] EWFC 323 (B), a modest asset higher income case Sch 1 case, and considers the court’s […]
Pump Court shortlisted for Client Service Set of the Year at the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2024
We are very proud that Pump Court has been shortlisted in the Client Service Set of the Year category at this year’s Chambers & Partners UK Bar Awards. Based on rigorous research for Chambers UK Bar Guide, the awards recognise outstanding legal work and achievements, impressive strategic growth and excellence in client service delivery. To […]
Chuba Nwokedi joins Pump Court Chambers
We are delighted to announce that Chuba Nwokedi has joined Chambers as a probationary tenant. Chuba is a specialist Children law (Public & private), Sports Law, regulatory and disciplinary, and Nigerian law practitioner. Chuba Nwokedi was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2015 and simultaneously admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of […]
Tara Lyons returns from parental leave
We are delighted to welcome back Tara Lyons following her recent parental leave. Tara Lyons is a highly regarded barrister specialising in financial remedies cases, schedule 1 and Tlata disputes and contentious probate and inheritance disputes. She represents a range of litigants and is instructed to appear in courts and tribunals at all levels up […]
Pump Court Chambers shortlisted for Family Law Commentator of the Year at the Family Law Awards 2024
We are extremely proud that the Pump Court Family Law Podcast has been shortlisted in the Family Law Commentator of the Year category at the LexisNexis Family Law Awards 2024. Now in its eighth series, the podcast has been downloaded nearly 60,000 times, with an average listenership of over 1,000 per episode. On Apple podcasts, […]
Cordelia Williams acts for father in complex and “unusually difficult” international relocation case G v H (Relocation to Australia: Immigration Issues) [2024] EWFC 230 (B)
Cordelia Williams, instructed by Penningtons Manches Cooper, appeared for the father in an international relocation case that was decided based on unusually complicated factors for an international family. The immigration status of the mother and child in the UK were deemed to be crucial considerations that affected HHJ Reardon’s assessment of whether the relocation application […]
Pump Court Chambers shortlisted in six categories at The Legal 500 UK Bar Awards 2024
We are delighted to announce that Pump Court and its members have been shortlisted in six categories at this year’s Legal 500 UK Bar Awards: Family law set of the year Family law Silk of the year: Leslie Samuels KC Family law Junior of the year: Jennifer Swan Crime and extradition Silk of the year: […]
