12/06/24

9 members of 4PB ranked in the Spear’s Family Lawyers Index 2024

We are delighted that 9 members of 4PB have been ranked in the Spear’s Family Lawyers Index 2024.

Congratulations to Charles Hale KC, Henry Setright KC, Alex Verdan KC, Deirdre Fottrell KC, Jacqueline Renton, Kate Van Rol and Francesca Dowse, who have all been recommended as a Top Family Lawyer by Spears Magazine and to Harry Gates and Samantha Woodham, who have been recommended in the divorce consultancy and support service providers index for their work with The Divorce Surgery.

Click the links below to view the Spear’s Index

Best Family Law Barristers 2024

Leading divorce consultancy and support service providers 2024

21/05/24

New Reported Case: P v P (Transgender Applicant for Decree of Nullity: Human Rights)

Charles Hale KC led Michael Edwards and Tom Tabori (of 39 Essex), instructed by Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP (Tammy Knox and Laura Hunter), all acting on a pro bono basis for the Applicant.

13/05/24

4PB Awarded the Bar Council Wellbeing Certificate of Recognition

We are proud to have been awarded the Bar Council Wellbeing Certificate of Recognition.

The certificate recognises Chambers that have demonstrated an emphasis on regular structured practice review for all barristers, have diverse and inclusive events for all and have taken steps to rebuild chambers as a thriving community.

4PB Certificate Of Recognition

 

09/05/24

4PB Wins Pro Bono Chambers of the Year

We were proud and delighted to be awarded “Pro Bono Chambers of the Year” at yesterday’s Bar Pro Bono Awards, recognising our “outstanding contribution to pro bono work in the last 12 months.”

02/05/24

Reported Case: Re J (Transgender: Puberty Blocker and Hormone Replacement Therapy) [2024] EWHC 922 (Fam)

Dorothea Gartland KC, Andrew Powell and Charlotte Baker, prior to her parental leave, instructed by HCR Law, represented the first respondent mother, LM, before the President of the Family Division.

Click here the read the judgment

01/05/24

Join us for our Mediation Skills Conference – 26 June 2024

Join us for our Mediation Skills Conference on 26th June 2024, the first in our programme of Dispute Resolution Conferences.

This is an unrivalled opportunity to learn from experts working in different, yet complementary fields.

Keynote: Nicky Perfect BEM, former International Hostage & Crisis Negotiator, and communications expert.

Our esteemed panel Devorah Greenberg, Dr Zaza Johnson, Elsheikh & Peter Bartlett, providing mediation insights from a Jewish, Islamic and Christian perspective.