Lyana accepts membership at Unit Chambers

lyana unit chambers

Lyana Chan has officially completed her six-month pupillage with us and has accepted membership with Unit Chambers as a Consultant Barrister. Well done Lyana and congratulations on being the first Unit Chambers pupil to graduate as a Consultant Barrister! Lyana is already under instruction for both parents and local authorities in upcoming trials, one being […]

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Jenna Lucas joins the Unit Chambers family

Jenna Lucas Senior Consultant Barrister

Unit Chambers is delighted to announce that Jenna Lucas has joined the Unit Chambers family set. Prior to joining Unit Chambers, Jenna was a Partner at national law firm Irwin Mitchell LLP in London where she was already an established and accomplished family lawyer. Jenna will join Unit Chambers on 7 June 2021 as a Consultant Barrister. Lisa […]

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Re YY (Children: Conduct of the Local Authority)

Re YY (Children: Conduct of the Local Authority)

IntroductionThe conduct of a local authority (LA) in public proceedings has come to the forefront of the court’s mind in the recent case of Re YY (Children: Conduct of the Local Authority) [2021] EWHC 749 (Fam). Family law relies upon the collaboration of a multidisciplinary team of professionals to provide an accurate and true depiction […]

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Grandparents: securing contact with grandchildren

Grandparents contact grandchildren

Grandparents in lockdown   The COVID-19 lockdown and social distancing exposed something that we have always known as a society; children need to experience a relationship with grandparents, where possible, and, grandparents often need the joy and love from their grandchildren in the winter of their years. It is a social structure as old as […]

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