23rd November 2021
Family law barrister, Dominik Morton has recently published his podcast for Family Law Week on the analysis of a recent judgment in the case of Re T (A Child) [2021] UKSC 35. This case involved the Supreme Court dismissing the appeal of T, a 15-year old, and holding that the use of the inherent jurisdiction to authorise…
28th September 2021
St John’s Chambers has seen two of its members appointed to the role of Deputy District Judge on the Western Circuit by the Lord Chancellor. Caroline Elford and Zoë Saunders have been appointed with immediate effect, and will continue to practice whilst fulfilling their part-time judicial responsibilities. Zoë is head of our of Divorce &…
17th September 2021
We are delighted to announce that the Queen has appointed Kathryn Skellorn QC to be a Circuit Judge. Her Honour Judge Skellorn QC will be based at Birmingham Civil and Family Justice Centre with effect from 27 September 2021.
14th September 2021
Today, celebrates Pension Awareness day, and the Pension Advisory Group (PAG) have been working for a number of months with the University of Manchester, Law for Life/Advicenow, and animation company Cognitive Media, to create a 3 minute animation promoting the idea of taking pensions into account and where appropriate, sharing them, on divorce. The project…
7th September 2021
The Family Law Awards 2021 has announced the nominees for this year’s ‘Regional Family Law Chambers of the Year Award’ and we are delighted that St John’s Family & Divorce team has been shortlisted. The shortlists were chosen by a judging panel made up of representatives of the Family Law Bar Association, Resolution, the Association…
6th September 2021
‘We have a lot of learn about those who have lived their lives under the scrutiny of the family court. One of the first family law bloggers looks back on the past 14 years.’ Family barrister, Lucy Reed writes in this month’s Counsel, ‘My Transparency Journey’ “I am a member of the Family Bar. I…
10th June 2021
St John’s Chambers is pleased to announce that Dominik Morton, formerly of Queen Square Chambers, Bristol, has joined the St John’s Family & Divorce team. Dominik specialises in children public and private law, assisting clients in highly emotional and complicated care proceedings in courts across the Western Circuit. Dominik has also been instructed on many occasions…
8th June 2021
Christopher Sharp QC, member of our Family & Divorce team, publishes the June edition of his 2021 financial remedies update written for the FLBA’s ‘Family Affairs’ magazine. He regularly reviews the more important recent financial remedy cases during the course of the year with termly updates. All updates are available to download from Christopher’s online website profile here, and…
20th May 2021
St John’s Chambers barristers, pupils and staff have decided to take part in a fitness challenge to raise funds for Penny Brohn UK. We wanted to support a local charity which we know some members and staff hold close to their hearts, and one that has helped them through some very challenging times. We have…
28th April 2021
Family law barrister, Sarah Phillimore is presenting a talk on ‘gender determination – the Tavistock decision and its implications’ at the 8th family Law & children’s rights conference: World congress 2021 through the eyes of a child, to be held virtually from 12-16 July 2021. For the first time, this event is jointly organised by the World…
