Barring the way    As a New Year kicks into full flow,  eager pupillage applicants forensically research different chambers, pour-over social-media accounts, and draft answers to application questions, for some there will be the lingering...

Crown Chambers welcomes leading Children and Family Silk    Crown Chambers is delighted to welcome Owen Thomas KC as our fourth silk door tenant. Owen is the Head of the family team at 9 Park Place Chambers, Cardiff and is a very...

Crown Chambers welcomes third new Barrister to the team   Crown Chambers is delighted to welcome Michelle Boyeson to its fast-growing team. In a month where we have welcomed two new Barristers already, Michelle is joining Crown Chambers from...

Crown Chambers welcomes new Family and Regulatory Law Barrister   Crown Chambers is delighted to welcome Sarah Middleton to its Family and Regulatory law teams.  A member of the Middle Temple and Family Law Bar Association (FLBA), Sarah was...

Crown Chambers recognised in the Legal 500 2022  Crown Chambers is delighted to be recognised in the 2022 Legal 500 rankings with six members of our growing team. Our silk door tenant William Harbage KC was recognised for his astute work in...

Jeremy Weston KC is appointed as a Circuit Judge  Crown Chambers are delighted to announce that our silk door tenant, Jeremy Weston KC, has been appointed as a Circuit Judge. He has been appointed to the Family Court at Wolverhampton from 4th...

Crown Chambers welcomes high profile Crime Silk  Crown Chambers is delighted to welcome William Harbage KC as our fourth silk door tenant. William specialises in crime and is noted in the 2021 Legal 500 as “thorough, meticulous and tenacious”....

Public Law Update: August 2021   Index of Cases Re B (Children) EWCA Civ 1221 – The Court of Appeal considered an appeal by a mother against the Court’s decision that her application to dispense with service upon the father should be dismissed...

Private Family Law Update: May 2021  Index of Cases M v D [2021] EWHC 1351 – A case concerning the meaning of the term “associated person” in s62(3) of the Family Law Act 1996                                   ...

Public Law Update: June 2021   Index of Cases Re Q, R & S (RRO Application) [2021] EWHC 1492 – The High Court considered an application for a Reporting Restriction Order concerning three children whose mother was murdered by their father –...

Strong commercial mediator joins Crown Chambers   Crown Chambers are delighted to welcome experienced Barrister and Commercial Mediator Patrick Taylor to their growing team. Patrick joins Crown Chambers following a 30-year career specialising...

Crown Chambers recognised by Wellbeing at The Bar   Crown Chambers is delighted to have received a Wellbeing Certificate of Recognition from The Bar Council. The Bar Council introduced the Certificate of Recognition as a means of acknowledging...

Public Law Update: May 2021   Index of Cases Re TT (Children: Discharge of Care Order) [2021] EWCA Civ 742 – The Court of Appeal sets out the correct test to be applied when considering an application to discharge a care order -...

Crown Chambers signs Women in Law Pledge   Crown Chambers is delighted to have signed the Women in Law Pledge, a commitment to working together to harness the power of gender equality to transform the business of law. An initiative led by The...

Public Law Update: April 2021   Index of Cases Re YY (Children: Conduct of the Local Authority) [2021] EWHC 749 (Fam) – The Court of Appeal considers the serious failings of a Local Authority -...

Private Family Law Update: March 2021   Index of Cases Re H-N and Others (Children) (Domestic Abuse: Finding of fact hearings) [2021] EWCA Civ 448 – 4 appeals considering the approach to finding of fact hearings in private law matters...

F (A Child: Adjournment  Appeal by Mother (M) against the refusal of her application for the adjournment of an imminent final hearing in care proceedings.  The proceedings concerned a boy J.  J’s Mother was 19 when he was born and not living...

Crown Chambers welcomes third family SilkCrown Chambers is delighted to welcome Jeremy Weston KC as our third silk door tenant. Jeremy specialises in family law and is described in Chambers & Partners as “highly regarded and tactically astute”....

Pupillage Applications and Dealing with the Rejection Anyone who has been thinking about applying for pupillage for more than 5 minutes knows how incredibly competitive it is. To give an idea of exactly how competitive it is – the latest report by...

Crown Chambers support team grows Crown Chambers is delighted to welcome new Clerk Rob Winship to their growing team. Rob joins our existing team of Clerks to help support our continued growth and caseload working alongside Hayley Naylor and Louise...

Pupillage and a Pandemic - Hannah Turner The beginning of 2021 has been difficult for a number of people, for a whole variety of reasons. The typical January blues, the start of lockdown (AGAIN?!) and just a general sense of despair when thinking...