Recorder Appointments
We are delighted to announce that David Williams QC, Oliver Jones and Rebecca Foulkes have all been appointed as Recorders.
Supreme Court – The matter of B (A Child)
A number of members of 4PB appeared before the UK Supreme Court this week in the matter of B (A Child). The case was the first to come before the Supreme Court concerning the rights of a non-biological mother of a child conceived by IUI and the proper approach to determination of the English court’s jurisdiction to make orders in relation to such a child.
Jacqueline Renton
Jacqueline Renton has just returned from the European Chapter of International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers in Berlin where she spoke on Brussels II(bis) – Parental Responsibility issues
Baroness Patricia Scotland QC
All at 4PB are delighted to warmly congratulate Baroness Scotland PC QC, one of our members, on her appointment on 27 November 2015 as the 6th Secretary General of the Commonwealth.
Radicalisation: Safeguarding and the Family Courts Conference
Jo Delahunty QC and Chris Barnes have been invited to speak at this conference arranged by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets on 13th November.
Jonathan Cohen QC
Jonathan Cohen QC was called to the Bar of Gibraltar today before appearing in Court there.