Unit Chambers Partners With Alder Hey Children’s Charity

Since its inception in 2020 Unit Chambers has become the fastest growing family law specialists in the U.K. We are committed to producing the best possible results for our clients and supporting the needs of families both in the U.K. and Internationally. More importantly, we are committed to our local community. That’s why we are […]

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Summary Dismissal

‘Summary dismissal’ suffers from a non-uniform application across the family law jurisdiction: it’s explicit existence, scope and effect varies across the various core areas of family law practice. On that basis, I have limited the ambit of this article to just one of those core areas for now: applications brought under Part VI of the […]

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Can a Judge Make Findings That Fall Outside The Scope of Threshold?

Re L (Fact-Finding Hearing: Fairness) 2022 EWCA Civ 169 Appeal before: Lord Justice Baker and Lord Justice Snowden .Background Summary .· This was a public law case concerning the welfare of L, a little girl aged 2 years. · L has 2 older maternal siblings (different fathers). The authority got involved several years ago due […]

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The Somerset Case: What is it All About?

The Somerset Case

I want to give all you busy practitioners a quick 3 minute read to explain what the word ‘Somerset’ will now mean to you. I promise you, by the end of this week you will have heard it several times.  In the last 48 hours or so I have been involved in 3 cases, in […]

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