Our work covers all areas of family law, with particular expertise in the following areas:
We are delighted and proud to announce that our 2024/2025 pupil barristers, Rosie Shouler-Harris and Imogen Pitts, have been offered – and have accepted – tenancy at Harcourt Chambers.
Rosie…
Harcourt Chambers is proud to join a distinguished group of international legal sponsors supporting the Hague Conference on Private International Law’s International Child Abduction Database (INCADAT) for the 2025–2026 financial…
Harcourt Chambers is delighted to be sponsoring the upcoming Family Law Week International Conference, taking place on Tuesday 8 July 2025. With just a week to go, we look forward…
Harcourt Chambers is delighted to announce that Edward Devereux KC has been recognised in the latest edition of The Spear’s 500 as a top-recommended family law barrister for high-net-worth clients.
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Professor Rob George KC and Edward Bennett represented the father in 𝗠 𝘃 𝗔 (𝗡𝗼. 𝟮: 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗲𝘁 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗢𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿) [𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱] 𝗘𝗪𝗛𝗖 𝟭𝟯𝟰𝟰 (𝗙𝗮𝗺), an important decision concerning the High Court’s power to set aside an earlier return order made in child…
We’re pleased to share that our pupils, Imogen and Rosie, are now accepting instructions.
Having gained valuable experience in their time so far at Harcourt, they are now developing their…
Many debates around parental responsibility concern fathers and second parents. By way of example, should the law permit a married father to be deprived of his parental responsibility where he…
Family Law barrister, Ruth Cabeza, has recently been named Editor of the Adoptions with an international element section of the Butterworths Family Law Service (BFLS).
Ruth is a specialist family…
Harcourt Chambers is proud to announce its remarkable achievements in the latest edition of The Legal 500, published today. The 2025 rankings highlight the Chambers’ continued excellence across a wide…
Ruth Cabeza is delighted to be attending the US Embassy in London on 26 July 2024.
Ruth will be taking part in a round table discussion concerning children issues…
Edward Bennett, led by Christopher Hames KC, was instructed by Freemans to represent the Applicant step-father and Mehvish Chaudhry and Mavis Amonoo-Acquah, instructed by Dawson Cornwell, represented the 4th respondent biological father in R…
Harcourt Chambers is pleased to announce that several of its King’s Counsel (KC) barristers and junior barristers have been featured in the Doyle’s Guide to Family Law London 2024. This…