News Flash: Re YZ (Declaration of Parentage: BATUK: DNA Evidence) [2026] EWHC 1601 (Fam)
This case concerns the paternity of a child, “YZ”, in Nanyuki, Kenya. The mother, and a number of other mothers in that area, claimed that the biological fathers of their...
Newsflash: Re A (A Minor: Domestic Abuse: Welfare) (No. 4) [2026] EWFC 152
This case concerns a child, “A”, and a dispute surrounding the time she spends with her father.
By way of background, the parents’ relationship began in 2017 and lasted some 3...
Covert Recordings in Family Proceedings – the Guidance
‘Advances in technology empower anyone with a mobile phone or a tablet to make recordings that would be the envy of yesterday's spies’ (Peter Jackson J M v F (Covert...
Re: A & I (Children: Appeal: Relocation & Joint Lives-With Orders: Fresh Evidence) [2024] EWHC 1824 (Fam)
This appeal serves as a reminder to PD12J paragraphs 36 and 37, the law in relation to appeals & admitting fresh evidence at an appeal.
This was an appeal in private...
RE: Z (Prohibition on Cross-examination: No QLR) – What happens if no QLR can be found despite diligent searches?
Within his judgment, Sir Andrew McFarlane reminds us of the QLR process, guidance and, most importantly, the issue many judges and magistrates are currently facing on a daily basis –...
Williams v Williams [2024] EWHC 733 (Fam)
This case concerned a final order of divorce applied for and granted in the wrong case.
Mrs Williams (the “wife”) issued an application for divorce on 17th January 2023 and a...
T v T [2023] EWFC 243 : what if permission is sought to remove a child temporarily to a country where the Hague Convention is not yet operative between the UK and that particular country? What if there is no QLR?
This case concerned a child, aged 5 years old, and an application by the mother (“M”) for permission to take the child to Pakistan for a holiday. The father (“F”)...
Article 10 Rights v Article 8 Rights: Tickle v Father & Ors [2023] EWHC 2446 (Fam) (05 October 2023)
This was an appeal within private law proceedings concerning rights under Article 10 ECHR to report and the child & family’s Article 8 rights to privacy. There were 4 parties...
C (Child: Ability to Instruct Solicitor) [2023] EWCA Civ 889
This was an appeal following an order allowing a 14-year-old boy (“A”), to instruct his own solicitor made within proceedings concerning an application by his parents to discharge care orders...
GB, Re (Part 25 Application: Parental Alienation) [2023] EWFC 150 (30 August 2023)
This was an appeal against a private law case management decision by a District Judge permitting the instruction of an expert in a case involving an allegation of parental alienation.
The...
Qualified Legal Representatives in the Family Court – is it working?
I can only write about my own experience as a Qualified Legal Representative and the answer to the above is no, not really. The main issue in my experience is...
Child Support Collection (Domestic Abuse) Bill to receive Royal Assent.
'The new law will allow the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) to intervene on behalf of parents where abuse is evident, using its powers to collect and make payments. This...
Legal experience ideas for this summer
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“You’ve only got a 1 hour hearing today” - easy day?
An insight into a day where I had a 1 hour family law directions hearing...
My Monday v My Tuesday this week
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Holiday blues & preparing for the first day back
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Amelia King’s half-marathon and full marathon in aid of Salisbury Hospice Charity
Amelia King will be running the Trethowans Salisbury Half-Marathon on 8th October 2023 and the Salisbury Plain Winter Edition Marathon on 2nd December 2023 in aid of Salisbury Hospice Charity.
Salisbury...
Can the family court refuse to allow a party to give evidence or cross-examine?
1. The recent case of Mother v Father [2022] EWHC 3107 (Fam) reminds us of the court’s powers to limit evidence. The case concerned an appeal by a mother against...
M (A Child: Private Law Children Proceedings: Case Management: Intimate Images) [2022] EWHC 986 (Fam) (29 April 2022)
The use of intimate images in private law proceedings is increasing in cases involving allegations of domestic abuse. Prior to this judgment, there was no reported case addressing such an...
Re B (A Child) (Unnecessary Private Law Applications) [2020] EWFC B44
This judgment warns of the possibility of criticisms and sanctions being imposed should unnecessary private law children applications be made.
The judgment follows a successful appeal in the Family Court at...
No.18 Chambers Welcomes New Tenant – Amelia King (2016)
No18 Chambers are delighted to announce that Amelia King has accepted her invitation to join Chambers following the successful completion of her pupillage in April 2019. Amelia’s practice includes family...
No.18 Chambers welcomes New Pupil Amelia King
No.18 Chambers is delighted to welcome Amelia King .Amelia is to join Chambers as a pupil in April 2018. She was called to the Bar in 2016 after obtaining a...
