Teertha Gupta KC and Ralph Marnham write for Today’s Family Lawyer on the challenges facing UK Family Courts and schools surrounding transgender children
4PB welcomes Charlotte Georges to chambers
Chambers are delighted to announce that Charlotte Georges, formerly of 36 Group, has joined 4PB with immediate effect.
Financial Remedy Essay Competition 2023 – Winners Announcement
This year, 4PB was proud to launch the inaugural Financial Remedy Essay Competition to nurture excellence and innovation in the field of financial remedies. As a leading family law set, we recognise the value of continuous learning and the exchange of ideas for the advancement of family law practice. With this opportunity, we aimed to introduce current law students, as well as those who completed their studies and were actively seeking pupillage, to the realm of Financial Remedies law in the hope that they will be inspired to further explore this area of law.
The title for this year’s essay was: “Courts should consider a party’s behavior in the division of financial assets. The case law has set the bar too high.”
Mani Singh Basi and Alex Halliday published in the LexisNexis Family Law Journal
In an article published by the LexisNexis Family Law Journal, titled ‘Setting Aside 1980 Hague Convention Return Orders: Where Are We Now?’, Mani Singh Basi and Alex Halliday explore the circumstances when a party to proceedings may apply to set aside a final order in the context of 1980 Hague Convention proceedings.
Click here to read the article.
Mani Singh Basi and Alex Halliday obtain a committal and publicity order in wardship proceedings in the High Court
Mani Singh Basi, leading Alex Halliday, has successfully obtained a committal and publicity order in wardship proceedings in the High Court, in H v Butt & Anor [2023] EWHC 3042 (Fam).
To read the full judgment, please click here
10 members of 4PB appeared in the Court of Appeal for C v M (A Child) (Abduction: Representation of Child Party).
10 members of 4PB were instructed in the Court of Appeal case: C v M (A Child) (Abduction: Representation of Child Party) following the dismissal of the father’s application for a summary return order under the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention.