Christopher Hames KC and Pippa Sanger successfully opposed an application to strike out a claim for financial remedies on public policy grounds, representing the client on a pro bono basis.
This was a pre-emptive application by the husband to strike out the wife’s claim for financial remedies pursuant to public policy principles on the basis of the wife’s alleged bigamy following a 20-year marriage, characterised by abuse and for which there were two children now living with the wife. The husband relied on the Court of Appeal authority of Whiston v Whiston [1995] Fam 198.
The Divorce Surgery wins Family Innovator of the Year at the British Family Law Awards.
We are delighted and proud of our very own Samantha Woodham and Harry Gates who won Family Innovator of the Year with The Divorce Surgery at the inaugural British Family Law Awards 2024.
A full list of the winners can be found here.
Samantha Woodham shortlisted at the Women & Diversity in Law Awards 2024
Congratulations to Samantha Woodham, who has been shortlisted for Innovator of the Year at the Women and Diversity in Law Awards.
Joanne Brown will be appointed to King’s Counsel
Congratulations to Joanne Brown, who will be appointed to King’s Counsel.
Joanne will be formally sworn in at a ceremony later this year, where the Lord Chancellor will present Letters Patent on behalf of His Majesty The King.
Joanne’s appointment will take our total number of silks to 24.
Mani Singh Basi is shortlisted for the “Legal Personality of the Year” award at the LexisNexis Legal Awards 2024
We are thrilled that Mani Singh Basi has been shortlisted for the “Legal Personality of the Year” award at the LexisNexis Legal Awards 2024. The award honours an individual who has made an outstanding contribution in the legal sphere in the past year. The winner will be decided by vote, so please join us in supporting Mani.
Voting closes at 17:00 on Friday, 16 February; click here to vote