Harcourt Chambers is delighted to announce the appointment of Michael Gleeson as Deputy District Judge
Michael will sit on the South Eastern Circuit and hear family and civil matters.
Our work covers all areas of family law, with particular expertise in the following areas:
Michael will sit on the South Eastern Circuit and hear family and civil matters.
Re. Y & E (Children) [2019] EWCA Civ 206, 21 February 2019.
Damian Garrido QC (leading Elizabeth Walker) representing the children’s mother and Alicia Collinson leading Kate Ferguson representing the local…
Edward Devereux QC and Naomi Scarano succeed in the Court of Appeal in 1980 Hague Convention proceedings concerning return to a “third state” and protective measures. Mehvish Chaudhry appeared on…
Edward represented the respondent Mother in the case of L v M in the High Court. The case concerned two young children born in England to Chinese parents. The family lived in…
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 Harcourt Chambers has been named ‘London Family Law Set of the Year’ at this year’s Family Law awards which took place on 28th November…
Three members of Harcourt Chambers appeared before the Court of Appeal, successfully opposing the appeal. Nick Goodwin QC acted for Warwickshire County Council, Justine Ramsden for the prospective adopters and…
Mrs Justice Roberts handed down judgment yesterday in the case of NN v AS & Ors – [2018] EWHC 2973 (Fam).
Damian Garrido QC and Fiona Hay, representing the respondent husband and…
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…
Frances Judd QC wrote a paper entitled Family Justice for The Justice Papers, a series of eight papers which describe first-hand what the justice system looks like at the sharp-end of cuts…
Michael’s practice centres around financial remedies on divorce and separation including trusts of land claims and cohabitation disputes, as well as Inheritance Act and probate cases. He is also an…
Aidan, acting on behalf of a local authority, and leading Maria Gallagher of Pump Court Chambers, successfully sought the dismissal of an appeal in which the Court of Appeal considered two matters: the…