Publications

📢 New Case Summary

Barrister Mahnoor Javed has prepared a summary of the recent judgment in Vince v Vince [2024] EWFC 38, which follows the final hearing of the application for financial remedy.

The summary is now available on Family Law Week.

🔗 Read the full summary here

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Four Brick Court Chambers barrister Paul Pavlou MCIArb has the latest article in Family Affairs (The Family Law Bar Association)

Has the tide turned?

The article discusses judges encouraging court users to pursue mediation as a first step before initiating litigation.

To read the full article here

Family Law Week has published a new Judgment Summary by pupil barrister Mahnoor Javed: Re A and R (1980 Hague Convention: Return to Australia) [2024] EWHC 2190 (Fam).

Click the link to access the full judgement summary: https://www.familylawweek.co.uk/judgments/re-a-and-r-1980-hague-convention-return-to-australia-2024-ewhc-2190-fam/

Bibi Badejo, our DHoC, had the privilege of interviewing Barbara Mills KC for Family Affairs Magazine, Summer 2024 edition.

Click the member link below to access the full article!

https://www.flba.co.uk/publications/family-affairs/#

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Family Law Week has published a case summary by pupil barrister Mahnoor Javed: Standish v Standish [2024] EWCA Civ 567

The Court of Appeal determined cross-appeals, which concerned the determination of (i) whether property is matrimonial and how it might become ‘matrimonialised’ and (ii) how to apply the sharing principle to matrimonialised property. 

Read the entire case summary below:

https://www.familylawweek.co.uk/judgments/standish-v-standish-2024-ewca-civ-567/

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Yaa Dankwa Ampadu-Sackey has the latest article in Family Law Week on QLRs in Practice: A Case for Improvement.

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Family Law Week has published a case summary by pupil barrister Mahnoor Javed: Re GG (A Girl) & Anor [2024] EWFC 101 (B).

HHJ Vincent, in a decision of considerable weight, declined to conclude a ‘finely balanced’ case in which the applicant’s mother had only had one brief contact with the children since 2019.

Read the entire case summary below:

https://www.familylawweek.co.uk/judgments/re-gg-a-girl-anor-2024-ewfc-101-b/

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The second of a two part article in the Family Law Journal (Lexis). Part 2 examines some interesting recent case law, including on leave to revoke placement orders/oppose adoption orders where the two types of placement –adoption or special guardianship – have gone head-to-head and, in passing at least, involved consideration of foster care.

By Pupil Barrister Mahnoor Javed.

The first of a two-part article in the Family Law Journal provides a very brief history of adoption and special guardianship, an overview of current policy developments, proposals for future reform, a statistical overview, a summary of some recent research, some comparisons between the two placements, orders and (to a lesser extent with long-term foster care) contact. Part 2 will examine some interesting recent case law, including on leave to revoke placement orders/oppose adoption orders where the two types of placement –adoption or special guardianship – have gone head-to-head and, in passing at least, involved consideration of foster care.

Jacqui Gilliatt, our DHoC, has the latest published article in the Family Law Journal on Judicial Reasons: An Analysis [2024] Fam Law 428 April 2024.

Click here to access the full article.

Family Law Week has published a case summary by pupil barrister Mahnoor Javed: AW v RH (Financial Remedy Proceedings) [2024] EWFC 64 (B).

HHJ Willans determined the outcome of financial remedy proceedings, which was predominantly shaped by the parties’ needs.

AW v RH (Financial Remedy Proceedings) [2024] EWFC 64 (B)

Financial Remedies Journal has published a case summary by pupil barrister Mahnoor Javed: A Mother v A Father (Re Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989) [2024] EWFC 63.

HHJ Vincent. Schedule 1 matters are determined in light of the child’s needs and the strict remit of Schedule 1, notwithstanding the significant disparity between the parents’ respective economic positions and living standards.

Read the full case summary below:
https://lnkd.in/e3pZqjUP

Sir Jonathan Cohen gave judgment in relation to trust property, which was agreed to be matrimonial following the conclusion of the proceedings for financial remedies.

Read the full case summaries below:
https://www.familylawweek.co.uk/judgments/es-v-ss-no-2-2024-ewfc-59/

Family Law Week has published a case summary by pupil barrister Mahnoor Javed: Williams v Williams [2023] EWHC 3479 (Fam). 

Mr Justice Moor considered an application for the committal to prison of a Respondent’s husband following breaches of orders in financial remedies proceedings.

Read the entire case summary below:

https://www.familylawweek.co.uk/judgments/williams-v-williams-2023-ewhc-3479-fam/

Re YM (Care Proceedings) (Clarification of Reasons) [2024] EWCA Civ 71

Re U (Welfare) [2024] EWHC 583 (Fam)

Financial Remedies Journal has published another article by our pupil barrister Mahnoor Javed: ‘SP v QR [2024] EWFC 57 (B)’.

Mahnoor Javed has experience in financial remedies ranging from ‘ultra-high net worth’ disputes to modest asset cases.

Read the article here: https://financialremediesjournal.com/content/sp-v-qr-2024-ewfc-57-b.d1f365fa1abb4032ab089294aabde1cc.htm

Financial Remedies Journal has published an article by pupil barrister Mahnoor Javed: ‘AW v RH (Preliminary Issue: Third Party Rights), Re [2024] EWFC 54’.

Mahnoor Javed has experience in financial remedies ranging from ‘ultra-high net worth’ disputes to modest asset cases.

Read the article here: https://financialremediesjournal.com/content/aw-v-rh-preliminary-issue-third-party-rights-re-2024-ewfc-54.062751fa253449ab94334e7a8bcc4a0c.htm

Family Law Week has published an article by pupil barrister Mahnoor Javed: ‘Orders concerning the appointment of an intermediary – where are we following two important cases?’.

Mahnoor Javed looks at where we are with orders concerning the appointment of an intermediary.

Read the article here: https://www.familylawweek.co.uk/articles/orders-concerning-the-appointment-of-an-intermediary-where-are-we-following-two-important-cases/