Family Law | Monday 4 January 2021
Local Authority failed to sufficiently consider the impact of Covid-19 on parents of a severely disabled child
Our Rebekah Wilson, of the Garden Court Chambers Family Team, acted for a mother in care proceedings
Our Rebekah Wilson, of the Garden Court Chambers Family Team, acted for a mother in care proceedings
Mai-Ling Savage and Rebekah Wilson of the Garden Court Family Team appear for the respondent and appellant respectively. X, T, A, E and S (Children), Re [2020] EWCA Civ 1680 (11 December 2020)
Naomi Wiseman of the Garden Court Chambers Family Team is providing legal advice on the Bill.
Rebekah Wilson of the Garden Court Chambers Family Team and Nkumbe Ekaney QC of 1GC Family Law for the Family Law Journal.
Mai-Ling Savage & Monifa Walters-Thompson of Garden Court represented the appellant, Rebekah Wilson of Garden Court represented the respondent mother, & Lyndsey Sambrooks-Wright of Garden Court represented the father.

Mai-Ling Savage leading Stephen Lue, both of the Garden Court Chambers Family Team, acted for the father. Rachel Schon was the the third six pupil in this case.


James Holmes of the Garden Court Family Team represented the Respondent Father instructed by Adeeba Naseem of Duncan Lewis Solicitors.

Amanda Weston QC, James Holmes and Naomi Wiseman represented the Local Authority. Kathryn Cronin and Artis Kakonge led by Deirdre Fottrell QC represented the child.



Rebekah Wilson of the Garden Court Family Team appeared in the case of The Local Authority v Mother & Ors, led by Andrew Bagchi QC, acting for an intervener whose younger brother had been strangled at the age of 13.
Stephen Lue of the Garden Court Chambers Family Team represented the grandmother in this case.

Dinah Loeb of the Garden Court Chambers Family Team.
Nisha Bambhra of the Garden Court Chambers Family Team.
Allison Munroe QC leading William Tautz were instructed by All Family Matters, on behalf of the 1st Respondent. The case considered the issues around the suitability of remote hearings for contested final hearings.


Members of the family team are able - where capacity allows - to offer a free hour of legal advice to key workers who seek legal advice on how to secure an injunction to protect themselves from harm.
Garden Court Chambers is delighted to announce that Stephen Simblet and Allison Munroe of Garden Court Chambers have been formally appointed Queen’s Counsel today.


Author: Rebekah Wilson - Barrister, Garden Court Chambers
Author: Rachel Schon - 3rd Six, Garden Court Chambers

Author: Monifa Walters-Thompson - Barrister, Garden Court Chambers
Author: Hannah Rought-Brooks - Barrister, Garden Court Chambers

Authors: Rebekah Wilson and Monifa Walters-Thompson, Barristers, Garden Court Chambers Family Team
