Welcome to the Deka Chambers January Briefing where we draw once again upon our multi-disciplinary expertise to deliver a series of articles which examine key themes in litigation. For this edition we consider Best Evidence. Success at trial is often as much about enabling clients…
Deka Chambers is a pre-eminent common law Set. We have leading practitioners in civil, family and criminal law. We consider this diversity a real strength in the service we are able to offer our clients. Legal problems often straddle more than one field of law….
Tim Parker KC spoke at this year’s Matrimonial Finance Law & Practice conference in Manchester on Wednesday, 26th April 2023. Tim gave a talk on what is realistic and achievable in schedule 1 applications? – ‘Are they only appropriate for asset/income-rich cases, and how do…
Tim Parker KC is speaking at this year’s Private Children Law & Practice conference in London on Wednesday, 30th November. Tim will be giving a talk on Alienation: ‘How do you prove parental alienation, and what evidence would satisfy the Court that an ‘alienating’ parent…
The Association of Lawyers for Children Annual Conference starts today. Tim Parker KC will be providing a Private Law Update on Saturday morning. Click here to check the conference’s programme.
Chambers are delighted and honoured to celebrate the appointment of Mr Tim Parker QC as Queens Counsel, with so many of his friends and family.
9 Gough Chambers is delighted to announce that Tim Parker has been appointed Queen’s Counsel in the 2021 competition. Called in 1995, Tim leads the family team within chambers where Legal 500 described him as “the set’s foremost leading family junior”. He is also an…
Tim Parker led by Frances Judd QC of Harcourt Chambers and instructed by LB Southwark has successfully sought a retrial in a case where the first instance judge had dismissed the proceedings.
Judgment has been given by Mr Justice Peter Jackson in Re: H (Hair strand testing) 2017 EWFC 64.
This is a case where a child had been accommodated pursuant to s20 Children Act for his entire life.
9 Gough Chambers is delighted that Tim Parker has been accredited by the Institute of Family Law Arbitrators to undertake child dispute arbitrations. This new scheme will launch in July. It will offer arbitration as an alternative to mediation in disputes between parents concerning the…
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