News & Events: Children Law (Public)
Join Us – Public Law Children Practitioners
Due to an expanding workload Pump Court Chambers’ specialist public law children team are looking at recruiting practitioners at all levels of call. The team practises across England and Wales and successful applicants will have a choice to base themselves in any of our established locations in London, Hampshire or Wiltshire. We are recognised as a leading set and are top […]
Children: Public Law Update 2021
Pump Court Chambers Public Law Children Team are pleased to announce our latest webinar, providing a valuable and in-depth update. The webinar will review the recent case law and judicial guidance, providing advice for practitioners on a variety of topics. Topics will include: Consideration of the law applicable to the issue of male circumcision of […]
Public Law Working Group Reforms – Part 1
In this lunchtime webinar Leslie Samuels Q.C. Head of Family, Pump Court Chambers, considers the reforms proposed by the Public Law Working Group (chaired by Keehan J). For a copy of the slides which accompany the webinar please click here. If you have any queries in relation to this webinar, please don’t hesitate to […]
Public Law Working Group Reforms
Mr Samuels Q.C. Head of Family, Pump Court Chambers, is pleased to invite you to our forthcoming webinars to consider the reforms proposed by the Public Law Working Group (chaired by Keehan J). The topics to be considered at each seminar will be: Thursday 24th June 2021: pre-proceedings, case management and template orders. Wednesday 7th July 2021: […]
International Care Cases Post Brexit
More than four years after the Brexit referendum the UK finally left the EU on 31st December 2020, signalling the biggest change in international family law in over two decades. In International Care Cases Post Brexit, Corinne Iten explores the issues that now arise in public law cases with an international element, give an overview of the new […]
What now after Re H-N & others Webinar
Hot off the press from the Court of Appeal, Re H-N and others (children) [2021] EWCA Civ 448 has the potential to redefine (or start to redefine) the way in which the Family Court approaches domestic abuse, particularly more nuanced allegations like coercive and controlling behaviour. Penny Howe QC & Jennifer Swan will […]
Re H-M [2021] EWCA Civ 748: Inconsistent post-fact finding convictions
Hot off the press this week is the judgment in Re H-M [2021] EWCA Civ 748, in which the Court of Appeal (Peter Jackson LJ, Singh LJ and Stuart-Smith LJ) considered an appeal by a mother from a refusal by the trial judge to reopen findings made at the conclusion of a fact-finding hearing. One […]
Fabricated or Induced Illness in children proceedings
Mark Ablett hosts Catherine Ellis of Pump Court who takes him on a whistle stop tour of Fabricated or Induced Illness in children proceedings (FII). Catherine in particular explains the impact of the latest guidance (published March 2021) from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and the helpful definitions contained in that guidance. […]
What now after Re H-N & others
Hot off the press from the Court of Appeal, Re H-N and others (children) [2021] EWCA Civ 448 has the potential to redefine (or start to redefine) the way in which the Family Court approaches domestic abuse, particularly more nuanced allegations like coercive and controlling behaviour. Penny Howe QC & Jennifer Swan will look at […]
International Care Cases Post Brexit
More than four years after the Brexit referendum the UK finally left the EU on 31st December 2020, signalling the biggest change in international family law in over two decades. In International Care Cases Post Brexit, Corinne Iten will explore the issues that now arise in public law cases with an international element, give an overview of […]
Without notice applications in Children Act and Family Law Act: tips, pointers and warnings
Without notice applications, both under the Children Act 1989 and Family Law Act 1996, are invaluable tools in the realms of domestic abuse and child protection. Particularly in relation to Family Law Act applications, such work is considered the bread and butter of the junior family barrister. However, those who would treat such applications as […]
What now after Re H-N & others
Hot off the press from the Court of Appeal, Re H-N and others (children) [2021] EWCA Civ 448 has the potential to redefine (or start to redefine) the way in which the Family Court approaches domestic abuse, particularly more nuanced allegations like coercive and controlling behaviour. Reacting to this with host Mark Ablett are Penny […]