Rob George in the Supreme Court
Rob George represented the appellant in the Supreme Court hearing of Re NY (A Child) on Thursday 18 July. The issues relate to the Court’s powers under its inherent jurisdiction…
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Rob George represented the appellant in the Supreme Court hearing of Re NY (A Child) on Thursday 18 July. The issues relate to the Court’s powers under its inherent jurisdiction…
On appeal before Moor J, Rob successfully upheld a decision of the Family Court that required a child to be returned to London following an earlier unilateral move to the North…
We are delighted to announce that Rob George has been chosen as a member of the Family Procedure Rules Committee’s EU Exit Working Group. As a member of this group…
This was the first case to go to the Court of Appeal on second appeal from the High Court since the procedure rules changed in 2016 so that first appeals…
Mr Justice Cobb has allowed an application brought by Rob’s client to change the names of two children so that their identities are not known to their father, and to…
Harcourt Chambers is delighted to announce that Rob George has been recognised by the Young Barristers Committee for his contribution to pro bono work.
Rob will be awarded a certificate…
At the same awards Rob George has been nominated for International Family Lawyer of the year and our clerks for “Clerking Team of the Year”, which latter category is open…
John Vater QC, Edward Devereux, Mehvish Chaudhry and Rob George appear in the Supreme Court case Re N (Children) [2016] UKSC 15.
The Supreme Court judgment concerning the applicability of…
Dr Rob George, Frances Judd QC and Damian Garrido QC of Harcourt Chambers have once again teamed up with Anna Worwood of Penningtons Manches to update “Relocation: A Practical Guide”…
Damian Garrido QC and Dr Rob George appeared for the intervener, the International Centre for Family Law, Policy and Practice, in the new leading case on relocation within the United…
The case is the first appeal to the Supreme Court involving the 1996 Hague Convention on Child Protection. The issue is whether the Convention permits the English Court to order…
Read commentary on the decision from leading relocation expert Rob George here.