Unit Chambers is proud to announce our latest member…

Unit Chambers is delighted to announce that Claire Jones will be joining the team as a Consultant Barrister on 30th August 2022. Claire is a well-respected and highly sought-after Barrister with over 21 years of experience across the Northern and Wales circuits. She was called to the Bar in 1999. Initially with a 7-year mixed practice of […]

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Proportionality in Adoption Cases

In recent times there haven’t been many family decisions handed down from the Supreme Court. However, last month we had the decision of Re H-W (Children). That decision has been applied in two recent Court of Appeal decisions – one of which was a successful appeal from our local court. The recent decisions about proportionality […]

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Reporting Restrictions

This decision follows not long after the case of Xanthopoulos v Rakshina [2022] EWFC 30, where Mr Justice Mostyn determined that in the absence of a specific order preventing publication of information in financial remedy proceedings, the status quo should be maintained. In this case, H made an application for a Reporting Restriction Order (RRO) prior […]

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