This edition’s contributors are all new members of Chambers who are writing for us for the first time. Their contributions reflect the breadth of our expertise at 1 Chancery Lane.
Richard Cherry is an experienced housing practitioner and with one of our junior tenants, Richard Collier, has written about the restrictions on landlords serving section 21 notices when they have not complied with the requirements to provide gas safety records to their tenants. Richard Cherry will be appearing before the Court of Appeal in the New Year when it considers this for the first time. Christopher Pask has a strong interest in issues relating to insolvency and has written about the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Singularis about the attribution of the knowledge of a sole director to his company.
Much of children law involves the exploration of the facts relating to the child’s care and welfare, often coloured by the complex relationship dynamics between the adult protagonists. Occasionally, however, the facts which need to be established can be more fundamental. In John v Jane…
By Laura Hibberd Re E (A Child) (Special Guardianship Order: Public Law Proceedings) [2026] EWCA Civ 1167 Special guardianship orders are often thought of as the “middle ground” of permanence: more secure than a care order, less final than adoption, and with the child’s legal…
By Tim Parker KC The President of the Family Division handed down judgment on 29th September 2026 the decision in the first appeal following the introduction of Child-Focused Courts pilot. In Re C (Child Arrangements Orders; Domestic Abuse; Child Focused Court) [2026] EWCA Civ 1216…
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