2nd August 2022
Lucy Reed is the author of The Family Court without a Lawyer – A Handbook for Litigants in Person. Now in its 4th edition, Lucy commented that this is the most substantial update the book has seen since the first edition in 2011. The Family Court without a Lawyer is the book you need if…
2nd August 2022
St John’s Chambers is pleased to announce that Glen Pritchard, formerly a Solicitor working for Somerset County Council, has joined our Family & Divorce team. Glen was born and grew up in the North West but moved to the South West to study law at university. After graduating, Glen remained in the South West and gained…
30th May 2022
On Wednesday 1st June, our Family & Divorce barrister Jack Harris will be flying out to Dublin to join The Recorder of Bristol His Honour Judge Blair Q.C. on one leg of his 8-week circumnavigation of mainland UK. Jack will be joining him as crew on the Dublin to Troon leg of his journey. His…
7th April 2022
St John’s Chambers is pleased to announce that Sarah Fincham, formerly a barrister at Four Brick Court, London, has joined our Family & Divorce team. Sarah completed her pupillage and established her practice In London before returning to the west country, where she grew up. She specialises in care proceedings and private law children matters….
22nd March 2022
Family law barrister, Diana M. Panizzon-Pineda will be presenting a talk for the Consulate of the Mexican Embassy in the UK. This will take place on Thursday, 24th March at 5.30pm. Diana’s talk will be in Spanish, and will provide information to the Mexican community in the UK about the law in England and Wales…
15th March 2022
We are delighted to welcome Nick Marston as an associate member to Chambers. Nick is a qualified Arbitrator with the CIArb and IFLA, and has recently retired as a Judge. Nick joins our new Arbitration team alongside Zoë Saunders who is also a CIArb and IFLA qualified Arbitrator, in financial matters. To celebrate his arrival…
27th January 2022
We are delighted to announce that Lucy Reed has been appointed as a Recorder with effect from 26th January 2022. Lucy will sit to hear family law cases on the Western Circuit, where she has been deployed as a Deputy District Judge since 2013. See a full list of the 163 newly appointed Recorders here. Lucy is…
5th January 2022
Our Family & Divorce team are seeking applications from care, finance and children specialists to join our busy and dynamic practice group. Our barristers are recognised for their expertise, excellent advocacy, quality of service and client interaction. We provide a friendly workplace, and the opportunity to couple ambition with a good work-life balance. We are…
22nd December 2021
The Government has announced that Exceptional Case Funding (ECF) for inquests will no longer be means tested from 12 January 2022. This means that families in Article 2 inquests will no longer have to undergo the often long, complicated and intrusive process of assessing their financial situation before being granted funding for legal representation. It…
7th December 2021
On the 6th December 2021, the President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane announced the membership of The Transparency Implementation Group (or ‘TIG’). TIG has been created in order to implement the recommendations of the President’s Transparency Review, which was published in October. Those recommendations were for wide ranging cultural and practical reform to…
