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    We have been shortlisted for two awards at the Family Law Awards 2025

    28th Aug 2025Read more
  • news

    Judgment has been handed down by the Court of Appeal in a deprivation of liberty case

    Sophie Smith Holland
    30th Apr 2025Read more
  • news

    The second edition of the Dictionary of Public Children Law (2025) has been published

    Lucy Reed
    24th Mar 2025Read more
  • news

    Lucy Reed KC talks to The Bristol Cable about transparency in the family courts

    Lucy Reed
    26th Feb 2025Read more
  • Podcast

    The new alienating behaviours guidance

    alienating behaviours guidance
    23rd Dec 2024Listen now
  • news

    Family law barrister Jenny Wilson joins St John's Chambers

    Jenny Wilson
    16th Dec 2024Read more
  • Podcast

    Instructing Counsel

    9th Dec 2024Listen now
  • news

    Lucy Reed KC on BBC 4 to talk about the Family Courts

    Lucy Reed
    13th Nov 2024Read more
  • news

    Welcome back Asha Groves

    Asha Groves
    3rd Oct 2024Read more
  • news

    Shortlisted in three categories at the Family Law Awards 2024

    shortlist awards
    29th Aug 2024Read more
  • news

    New leaders appointed for our Family & Divorce team

    New leaders join the Family team
    27th Aug 2024Read more
  • news

    Lucy Reed KC is a guest speaker for Resolution's Talking Family Law podcast

    Lucy Reed
    1st Jul 2024Read more
  • news

    The first edition of the Dictionary of Public Children Law (2024) has been published

    Lucy Reed
    11th Mar 2024Read more
  • news

    Lucy Reed KC features in a new podcast on secrecy in the family courts

    Lucy Reed
    19th Feb 2024Read more
  • news

    BBC Radio 4 - almost half of family courts to allow reporting in England and Wales

    Lucy Reed
    15th Jan 2024Read more
  • news

    St John's Family & Divorce team win 'Regional Family Law Chambers of the Year’ at Family Law Awards 2023

    FLA2023-Winner logo (002)
    28th Nov 2023Read more
  • Podcast

    Care proceedings and parents with learning difficulties, has anything really changed in 20 years?

    Episode 3 - learning disabled parents
    16th Oct 2023Listen now
  • Podcast

    Vulnerability in children and financial proceedings

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    6th Jun 2023Listen now
  • news

    St John's Chambers welcomes Zoey White

    Zoey White
    2nd Mar 2023Read more
  • Article

    A Local Authority v F & Ors [2022] EWFC 127

    Sophie Smith Holland
    27th Nov 2022Read more
  • Article

    Re J (Deprivation of Liberty – Hospital) [2022] EWHC 2687 (Fam)

    Dominik Morton
    15th Nov 2022Read more
  • Article

    Re: David Duggan (Contempt in the Face of the Court) [2022] EWHC 2529(Fam)

    Georgina Swinglehurst
    2nd Nov 2022Read more
  • Article

    An Arbitration in a case concerning children

    Nick Marston
    2nd Nov 2022Read more
  • news

    Lucy Reed is guest speaker for the Family Law and Lattes Podcast

    Lucy Reed
    4th Oct 2022Read more
  • Article

    Re B (Children: Police Investigation) [2022] EWCA Civ 982

    Diana
    1st Oct 2022Read more
  • Article

    Re G (Child Post-Mortem Report: Delays) [2022] EWFC 55

    Lucy Reed
    30th Jun 2022Read more
  • Article

    RL v Nottinghamshire CC & Anor (Rev1) [2022] EWFC 13

    Diana
    21st Mar 2022Read more
  • news

    Lucy Reed appointed to Family Court Transparency Implementation Group

    7th Dec 2021Read more
  • Article

    Warrington BC v T, R, W and K [2021] EWFC 68

    Lucy Reed
    28th Nov 2021Read more
  • news

    Dominik Morton publishes a podcast on the Supreme Court judgment in Re T (A Child) [2021] UKSC 35

    Dominik Morton
    23rd Nov 2021Read more
  • news

    Caroline Elford and Zoë Saunders appointed Deputy District Judges

    28th Sep 2021Read more
  • Article

    B-M (Children: Findings of Fact) [2021] EWCA Civ 1371

    Diana
    21st Sep 2021Read more
  • news

    Family Law team shortlisted for 'Regional Family Law Chambers of the Year' at Family Law Awards 2021

    Chambers of the Year - Regional
    7th Sep 2021Read more
  • Article

    Re G (Young Person: Threat to Life: Unavailability of Secure Placement) [2021] EWHC 2066 (Fam)

    Diana
    2nd Aug 2021Read more
  • Article

    CHF & ORS, R (On the Application Of) v Newick Church of England Primary School & Anor [2021] EWCA Civ 613

    12th May 2021Read more
  • news

    Sarah Phillimore to present a talk at the 8th family law & children’s rights conference: World congress 2021 through the eyes of a child

    Sarah Phillimore
    28th Apr 2021Read more
  • Article

    Bell v Tavistock [2020] EWHC 3274 (Admin)

    8th Dec 2020Read more
  • Article

    H v An Adoption Agency (Declaration of Parentage following Adoption) [2020] EWFC 74

    Sophie Smith Holland
    30th Nov 2020Read more
  • news

    Sarah Phillimore Wins Family Commentator of the Year at the Family Law Award 2020

    26th Nov 2020Read more
  • Article

    Prospective Adopters v Sheffield City Council [2020] EWHC 2783 (Fam)

    Abigail Bond
    9th Nov 2020Read more
  • Article

    Y (Leave to Oppose Adoption), Re [2020] EWCA Civ 1287

    21st Oct 2020Read more
  • Article

    Re H Interim Care Scottish Residential Placement [2020] EWHC 2780 (Fam)

    Julia Belyavin
    20th Oct 2020Read more
  • Article

    Re D-S (Contact with Children in Care: Covid-19)

    13th Aug 2020Read more
  • Article

    B-T (A Child: Threshold Conditions) [2020] EWCA Civ 697

    18th Jun 2020Read more
  • Article

    SZ v DG & Ors [2020] EWHC 881 (Fam)

    Asha Groves NEW
    5th May 2020Read more
  • Article

    AD & Ors, R (On the Application Of) v London Borough of Hackney [2020] EWCA Civ 518

    Asha Groves NEW
    29th Apr 2020Read more
  • news

    Lucy Reed interviewed by the press regulator Impress on Legal blogging and the President’s Transparency guidance

    10th Jan 2020Read more
  • news

    BBC Radio 4 Law in Action - domestic abuse and family courts

    12th Nov 2019Read more
  • news

    St John's Chambers welcome family law barrister Ryan Morgan

    14th May 2019Read more
  • news

    Sarah Phillimore presents her 'mooting master class' in the international mooting competition at Mansfield College Oxford

    Sarah Phillimore
    4th Apr 2019Read more
  • news

    Sarah Phillimore successful as junior counsel in the Court of Appeal with Paul Bowen QC

    Sarah Phillimore
    15th Feb 2019Read more
  • news

    Sarah Phillimore appears as junior counsel in the Court of Appeal with Paul Bowen QC

    Sarah Phillimore
    11th Feb 2019Read more
  • news

    Lucy Reed acts for prospective adopters in the case of BT & GT (Children: twins – adoption) [2018] EWFC 76

    13th Dec 2018Read more
  • news

    Lucy Reed publishes a book on Transparency in the Family Courts – Publicity and Privacy in Practice

    Transparency in the family courts
    25th Apr 2018Read more
  • news

    Transparency in the Family Courts

    10th Apr 2018Read more
  • news

    High praise for St John’s Family Team after another successful training event on Civil Remedies in Family Proceedings

    23rd Mar 2018Read more
  • news

    St John’s Chambers family & divorce team host the first in their series of free training events

    23rd Jan 2018Read more
  • news

    St John’s Chambers family & divorce team achieves a Band 1 ranking as a set for the Western Circuit in Chambers and Partners UK 2018

    17th Nov 2017Read more
  • news

    Lucy Reed appears on BBC Two’s Victoria Derbyshire show

    2nd Oct 2017Read more
  • news

    The Family Court’s jurisdiction to direct the burial of a child

    Christopher Sharp QC
    9th Aug 2017Read more
  • news

    Christopher Sharp QC advises in Re K (A Child: deceased) [2017]

    Christopher Sharp QC
    12th May 2017Read more
  • news

    Asha Groves reviews the summary assessment of costs in relation to applications for declarations of parentage

    10th May 2017Read more
  • news

    Barrister Lucy Reed speaks about transparency in the family justice system on Radio 4’s Today Programme

    24th Mar 2017Read more
  • news

    St John’s family & divorce team host Annual Children’s Conference 2017

    24th Feb 2017Read more
  • Video

    Family forum - Somerset 2

    Julia Belyavin
    Watch now
  • Video

    Family forum webinar: Acting unlawfully and in breach of regulations, when will the court allow this?

    Sarah Phillimore
    Watch now
  • Video

    Transparency in the Family Court with Lucy Reed and Paul Magrath

    Transparency in the family courts
    Watch now
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