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Garden Court Chambers | Friday 31 May 2024

Garden Court Chambers celebrates 50th Anniversary

This year marks 50 years of Garden Court Chambers winning ground-breaking cases of constitutional importance.

Family Law, Children Law | Tuesday 14 January 2025

‘What are the intended and unintended consequences of the SiHIS pilot and report?’ published in Family Law Journal

The article is co-written by James Holmes of the Garden Court Chambers Family Law Team for Family Law.

Children’s Rights, Youth Justice & Child Rights, Family Law | Monday 16 December 2024

‘Unlocking potential: Lawyers Who Care’ published in Counsel Magazine

The article is co-authored by Kate Aubrey-Johnson of Garden Court Chambers and Lucy Barnes of Lawyers Who Care CIC, for the December issue of Counsel Magazine.

Family Law, Children Law, Children’s Rights | Monday 16 December 2024

Kinship Care – Statutory Guidance

In October 2024, the Department for Education published statutory guidance for local authorities on kinship care. In this article, Laura Williams has highlighted the parts of the guidance which are likely to come in handy when advising and representing kinship carers.

Family Law, Children Law, International Family Law | Monday 16 December 2024

Best Practice in Respect of Adoption

On 7 November 2024, the Public Law Working Group published its report, ‘Recommendations for Best Practice in Respect of Adoption’. In this article, Rachel Schon focuses on two out of the five areas the report covers, contact and consensual adoption.

Family Law, Children Law | Wednesday 13 November 2024

‘Re A: Post-adoption contact order: indicative of a new approach?’ published in Family Law Journal

The article is written by Laura Williams of the Garden Court Chambers Family Law Team for the November Issue of Family Law.

Family Law, Children Law, International Family Law | Monday 21 October 2024

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in public law proceedings – a refresher

Blog by Hannah Wyatt of the Garden Court Family Law Team.

Family Law, Children Law | Friday 13 September 2024

Stephen Lue acts for parent of child in application for care and placement orders

Stephen Lue of the Garden Court Family Law Team acted for the Second Respondent, the father of the child, instructed by Thompson & Co Solicitors.

Family Law, Children Law | Thursday 4 April 2024

Court finds no evidence for Local Authority’s claim parents failed to protect child from abuse

Anthony Forde of the Garden Court Family Team, led by Brendan Roche KC of 7BR, represented the Children's Father, instructed by Fathema Khanom of Edwards Duthie Shamash Solicitors.

Children Law, Family Law, Criminal Defence | Wednesday 27 March 2024

Lorna Cservenka appears at Cafcass to deliver training on racial bias issues in hair strand testing

Lorna Cservenka of the Garden Court Family Law Team appeared at Cafcass and delivered a presentation to a team of public law Children’s Guardians on the topic of “Is there racial bias in hair strand testing?”

Children Law, Family Law | Friday 23 February 2024

Judge issues ‘barring order’ to protect children at risk of abduction from father

James Holmes of the Garden Court Family Team represented the Mother of the children, instructed by Cris McCurley of Ben Hoare Bell.

Family Law, Children Law | Friday 2 February 2024

Malek Wan Daud acts for children where Judge highlights vital role of intermediaries in cases with vulnerable parents

Malek Wan Daud of the Garden Court Family Law Team acted for the children, ‘O’ and ‘Y’, instructed by Zak Routledge of THP Solicitors.

Children Law, Family Law | Friday 1 December 2023

Anna Hefford joins Garden Court Chambers as new tenant

We are delighted to announce that Anna Hefford has joined Garden Court Chambers as a new tenant.

Domestic Abuse, Visas, Administrative and Public Law | Wednesday 4 October 2023

Garden Court secures top tier rankings in the Legal 500 UK 2024

Garden Court Chambers is proud to be recognised as a Top Tier set again in the Legal 500 UK 2024 rankings.

Family Law, Children Law | Thursday 10 August 2023

‘Profiteering in the UK children’s home market’ published in Counsel Magazine

The article is co-authored by Rebekah Wilson of the Garden Court Chambers Family Law Team for the August issue of Counsel Magazine.

Family Law, International Family Law, Children Law | Thursday 15 June 2023

‘Care proceedings: jurisdiction and placing children in the EU, post Brexit’ published in Family Law Journal

The article is written by Hannah Rought-Brooks of the Garden Court Chambers Family Law Team for the June Issue of Family Law.

Criminal Defence, Youth Justice & Child Rights, Family Law | Friday 19 May 2023

Kathryn Cronin and Danielle Manson shortlisted at Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards 2023

We are delighted to announce that Kathryn Cronin and Danielle Manson of Garden Court Chambers have both been shortlisted for the Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards 2023 (LALYs).