Westgate Chambers are delighted to announce the addition of Elissa Da Costa-Waldman MCIArb as a full tenant. While Elissa also retains a Door Tenancy at New Court Chambers, she brings a wealth of legal expertise and experience to Westgate Chambers. Since her call to the Bar in 1990, Elissa has distinguished herself as a practitioner […]
This matter concerned a final hearing of the local authority’s application regarding four children, namely care orders for SH, SA and SI, and care and placement orders for A. The final hearing took place across 5 days on 6th-10th March 2023 (“the 2023 proceedings”). The mother, S, was unrepresented by choice. She did not attend […]
Louise Walls provides insightful commentary on the recent case of Care Proceedings: Future Risk [2024] EWFC 246 (B). In this case, on 2nd August 2024 in the Family Court at Bournemouth, HHJ Simmonds made a Special Guardianship Order in favour of the Paternal Grandparents finding that the future risks to the child were such that […]
Jodie Cudworth, instructed by Charlotte Vassall from Chamberlain Martin Solicitors, acted for the Maternal Grandmother in a case concerning non-accidental injuries caused to a child (B). Two weeks before B was admitted to hospital, the mother had noticed red dots in B’s eyes. She showed family members who confirmed the same. In the following week, […]
Westgate Chambers are delighted to welcome Family barrister Martha Walsh to our team. As of Monday 9th September, Martha will be accepting instructions in Public Law and Private Law Children cases. Martha specialises in Family Law. She brings finely honed advocacy skills and extensive experience in care proceedings as in-house counsel for the Orbis Consortium […]
Patrick Steel provides insightful commentary on the recent case, Re KM (A Child) (Welfare) [2023] EWFC 313, for Family Law Week In this case, KM, a child, was deemed to be beyond parental control after DM, who had cared for her, developed Alzheimer’s. It was decided that KM should remain in the UK under a care order […]
Lord Justice Lewison, Lord Justice Bean and Lord Justice Baker from the Civil Division of The Court of Appeal sat to hear ”the appeal of O” (Care Proceedings) from the Family Court at Worthing on 20th June 2024. In the appeal the Appellant – the mother – was represented by Westgate Chambers’ John Hatton (instructed […]
This year our Public Law Children Event will take place at EnterGallery, Bond Street, Brighton from 6.30pm on Wednesday, 20th September.
Cerys Sayer of Westgate Chambers was recently instructed by Eleanor Moodey of Penningtons Manches Cooper in relation to a Financial Dispute Resolution Hearing.
At 5pm on Friday, 14th July 2023 Westgate Chambers will be hosting a hybrid Honour Based Abuse seminar. The date has been very specifically chosen. The 14th July is the National Day of Memory for victims of Honour Based Abuse. It was established by Karma Nirvana in partnership with Cosmopolitan magazine, change.org and the advertising […]