Our work covers all areas of family law, with particular expertise in the following areas:
Nick Goodwin KC leading Sian Cox, instructed by the Joint Legal Team on behalf of the local authority in Re N (Children: Fact Finding – Perplexing Presentation/Fabricated or Induced Illness)…
Nick Goodwin KC and Elisabeth Wickham, instructed by Fort Solicitors, represented a father facing allegations of causing inflicted head injury to his infant son in CC (Fact Finding: Head Injury)…
‘Who, what, where, why and when?” – a New Year in the Family Court
Into 2025 and we launch into a new term, and we all will be pondering over…
Sara Granshaw, instructed by BH&O, represented the First Respondent Mother, Oliver Wraight, instructed by Truemans, represented the Child and Vicky Reynolds represented the Applicant Local Authority in Oxfordshire County Council v…
Harcourt Chambers is delighted to congratulate our esteemed colleague, Roger Kenneth Evans, on being awarded an MBE in the 2025 Honours List.
Roger, who serves as Chair of the Friends…
In his most recent article Justin Gray explores the problem of Re C.
Justin looks at the risk of children being able to veto their own care plans for…
A host of interesting cases have been published over the last year to date in the world of financial remedies on divorce. Some of the more significant and useful to…
Edward Bennett, instructed by Caroline Korah of Vardags, acted on behalf of the appellant in the first successful appeal against the registration of a child maintenance order under The Hague…
You’ve got the power – The implications of K (Children) (Powers of the Family Court) [2024] EWCA Civ 2 in care proceedings
The case of K (Children) (Powers of the…
Last night, Rob George and Harcourt Chambers hosted an event at Gray’s Inn to celebrate the launch of Rob’s latest book – Wards of Court and Inherent Jurisdiction. The evening…
After a successful Court of Appeal challenge and a re-hearing at which the court ordered the child’s return to England and Wales from Zambia, this judgment is the latest in Edward and Rob’s, instructed…
Harcourt Chambers is delighted to announce that we are now accepting applications for pupillage via the Bar Council Pupillage Gateway.
Aspiring barristers interested in joining our esteemed team are encouraged…