Chris Barnes Represents Journalists Louise Tickle and Hannah Summers in an Appeal Over Disclosure in the Sara Sharif Case
Reported Case: Andrew Powell and Olivia Gaunt Represent a Surrogate Pro Bono in a New Parental Order Case – R & Anor v A & Anor [2024] EWFC 34
Andrew Powell and Olivia Gaunt represented the first respondent surrogate, by her litigation friend the Official Solicitor, pro bono in R & Anor v A (by her litigation friend, The Official Solicitor) & Anor [2024] EWFC 34. In what is understood to be the first case of this nature, the case concerned a domestic surrogacy arrangement where the court found that the first respondent surrogate was incapable of giving agreement to a parental order. Mrs Justice Judd made a parental order in favour of the applicant intended parents. Andrew and Olivia were instructed by Alison Leivesley of Bindmans LLP
The 4PB Private Children Law Update – Summer/Autumn 2024 edition is now available.
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5 members of 4PB appear in the Court of Appeal today in an appeal concerning Article 13(b) and mental health.
Alex Halliday Has Been Instructed to Represent the MOD in the Afghanistan Inquiry
Alex Halliday has been instructed to represent the MOD in the Afghanistan inquiry, which is looking into allegations of extra-judicial killings by UK Special Forces in Afghanistan in the period 2010 -13.
Indu Kumar instructed to represent the UK Health Security Agency in the UK Covid-19 Inquiry
The UK Covid-19 Inquiry, which began on 28 June 2022, has been set up to examine the UK’s response to and impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and learn lessons for the future. The inquiry investigations have been organised into Modules, and throughout each, the Inquiry hears evidence from witnesses, experts and Core Participants through a series of corresponding hearings.
Indu Kumar will be working on Module 7 (test, trace, and isolate – looking at the effectiveness of the strategy put in place by the UK Government). Hearings for this module are listed for 2025.