23/03/21

4PB and Alex Verdan QC Shortlisted for a CityWealth Magic Circle 2021 Award

We are proud and delighted that we have been shortlisted for a Citywealth Magic Circle Award 2021 for Chambers of the Year, and our Head of Chambers, Alex Verdan QC, for Barrister of the Year.

22/03/21

Mani Basi and Lucy Logan Green present the second part in a two part series for the Family Law Journal.

Mani Basi and Lucy Logan Green write for the Family Law Journal in Part II, looking at ‘Local authority input into private law proceedings’. This second instalment further considers the intersection of private and public children law  on the law relating to special guardianship orders.

 

19/03/21

Henry Setright QC and Michael Gration appear for successful appellant in the Supreme Court.

Henry Setright QC and Michael Gration appeared together with Jason Pobjoy and Emmeline Plews of Blackstone Chambers, (instructed by A&N Care Solicitors) before the Supreme Court, in a landmark decision considering the relationship between the 1980 Hague Convention and the Refugee Convention.

 

19/03/21

Andrew Powell writes for Fertility Road

Andrew Powell writes for Fertility Road, discussing the impact the pandemic has had on people embarking on parenthood via surrogacy, and the need for reform of existing laws in relation to surrogacy in the UK.

17/03/21

Emma Spruce writes for Legal Week

Emma Spruce discusses the advantages of ‘remote justice’ and the benefits that can be achieved should remote hearings continue after lockdown restrictions are lifted.

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11/03/21

Charles Hale QC writes for the Financial Times

Charles Hale QC, writes for the Financial Times, on second marriages and prenups.

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