News & Events: Family Finance
Family Law Breakfast Briefing – Winchester
Pump Court Chambers is delighted to host the first of our new quarterly family law breakfast briefings. Our speakers will be reviewing the recent judgment handed down at the Supreme Court In the matter of C (Children) UKSC 2017/013, as well discussing the topic of how local Judges are dealing with spousal maintenance. Venue The Hotel du […]
LFL v LSL (McKenzie Friends: breach of court orders) [2017] EWFC B62
Jennifer Lee has successfully represented the applicant wife in LFL v LSL (McKenzie Friends: breach of court orders) [2017] EWFC B62, which is a rare instance of a reported decision by the Family Court, involving an obstructive McKenzie Friend (MF), who was fully named in the Judgment, and severe litigation misconduct by the husband. The […]
Family Finance Seminar – Oxford
Pump Court Chambers is pleased to invite you to our forthcoming Oxford Family Finance Seminar. Our speakers will be providing valuable and in-depth updates for all practitioners at intensive afternoon sessions. Venue Malmaison Hotel Oxford, Oxford Castle, 3 New Rd, Oxford, OX1 1AY Schedule 13:00 – 13:45 – Registration / Lunch 13:45 – 14:30 – […]
Margaret Pine-Coffin joins Chambers
Pump Court Chambers is delighted to welcome Margaret Pine-Coffin, formerly of 12 College Place, who joined our Family Team on 3 January 2017. Margaret was called in 1981 and specialises in high level family work including complex care and private law proceedings and cases in the Court of Protection. The addition of Margaret to our […]
Imogen Robins joins Pump Court Chambers
Pump Court Chambers is delighted to welcome Imogen Robins as a new tenant. Imogen, 1991 call, formerly of 3 Paper Buildings, is a highly regarded and well established family law practitioner with particular expertise in family finance as well as children law both public and private. Imogen joins our well established team of 51 members, […]
The Notional Digital Family Court: Lessons from our Criminal Counterparts
One of the interesting aspects of having a mixed common law practice is the opportunity to observe the differing ways in which the criminal, family, and civil courts deal with the more practical aspect of court life. Over the past few months the Crown Court has ‘gone digital’ with the long awaited, and much discussed, […]
Jennifer Lee successfully argues that Separation Agreement should be upheld
Jennifer Lee has successfully persuaded a Court in divorce and financial remedy proceedings that the parties, who were married for many years, should be held to the separation agreement they entered into some 25 years ago. Jennifer Lee appeared for the applicant wife. The respondent husband had sought to argue that some, if not all, […]
Victory in sole name Cohabitant Dispute
Tara Lyons has successfully represented the Claimant in his claim for a declaration of trust that his ex-partner, the Defendant held her property on a constructive trust for their benefit in equal shares. The property had been purchased by the Defendant in her sole name and paid for using her funds, assisted by a mortgage […]
Father successfully obtains change in living arrangements and resists removal from jurisdiction in the High Court
Tara Lyons has successfully represented a father in an urgent application to the High Court for a prohibited steps order, port alert and living arrangements order in circumstances where the Mother, resident parent had indicated that she wished to move abroad to Oman and had breached a Prohibited Steps Order already in place. At the […]
Jennifer Lee obtains substantial Legal Services Provision Order for vulnerable client
Jennifer Lee has recently succeeded in obtaining a substantial Legal Services Provision Order for a vulnerable client in acrimonious family finance proceedings. The order will enable her client to secure vital legal representation in a complex area of law, from the commencement of proceedings through to a final hearing. Without the order, her client’s Article […]
Family Finance Seminar – Winchester
Pump Court Chambers Family Finance Team is pleased to announce its annual round of seminars, providing valuable and in-depth updates for all practitioners at intensive afternoon sessions. Venue Holiday Inn Winchester, Telegraph Way, Morn Hill, Winchester, SO21 1HZ (map) Schedule 12:30 – 13:00 – Registration / Working Lunch 13:00 – 14:00 – Annual Financial Remedies […]
Periodical payments and needs
Practitioners are all aware of Mr Justice Mostyn’s view in B v S (Financial Remedy: Marital Property Regime) [2012] 2 FLR 502 that periodical payments are there to meet (save in exceptional cases) needs alone but the opportunity for the Court of Appeal to consider that was not taken up in the recent case of […]
