Family Brochure

Family Law Group
No5 Chambers
No5 Chambers is a successful and approachable barristers’ chambers
committed to working in partnership with clients to deliver the highest
standards of expert legal advice, advocacy, and dispute resolution.
With offices throughout the UK we are able to deliver a quality service
locally and nationally. Many No5 Members are leaders at The Bar,
listed in the major legal directories as experts in their field.
Family Law Group
The Family Group’s specialists,
provide skilled advice as well as
representing clients in all courts
from Family Proceedings to the
Supreme Court.
Every member of the group is acutely
aware of the emotional and financial costs
which flow from disputes within the family
setting, and is committed to achieving the
best possible outcome according to
individual need whether through careful
negotiation or expert advocacy based on
meticulous preparation.
Operating from our bases in Birmingham,
London, Bristol and the East Midlands,
members regularly appear at court
centres throughout England and Wales.
We also have the added advantage of
members based in Spain and Jersey.
The Family team at No5 Chambers have
been long recognised for its success in
the UK largest Legal Directories
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Chambers & Partners
Family & Matrimonial Midlands circuit Band 1 with
8 individuals listed.
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Legal 500
Leading set in the Midlands Circuit
with 8 members of the Family
team listed.
“The set is held in particularly
high regard for its capabilities in
dealing with finance matters,
and remains seen as "the
market leader in finance."
Chambers & Partners
“No5 Chambers has a
strong group of family
law experts.”
Chambers & Partners
Sectors of expertise
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Care & Adoption
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Private Law Children
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Child Abduction
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Cohabitation Disputes
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Divorce
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Matrimonial Finance
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Judicial Review
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Inherent Jurisdiction
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Court of Protection
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Family Provision on Death
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International Aspects
of Family Law
“The clerking staff are helpful.
The fees are reasonable and can
be discussed freely and
negotiated where appropriate.”
Chambers & Partners
“The strength in depth of the
barristers and their accessibility
set them apart for us, and their
performance both in Court and
in negotiations – and also in
conferences – is a real strength
of the team.”
Chambers & Partners
“ No5 Chambers has ‘outstanding
expertise in family law…’”
Legal 500
Reported/Notable cases
Lorna Meyer QC
Joanna Chadwick
Re G (a child) (leave to apply for residence order:
non-relative) [2014] EWCA Civ 432
Wilcox v Tait [2006] EWCA Civ 1867; [2007]
2 FLR 871
Neath Port Talbot CBC v B & Ors [2014] EW Misc
24 (CC) (28 February 2014)
Re G (Secure Accommodation Order)
[2001] 1 FLR 884
W (A Child) [2013] EWCA Civ 1227
Re CA (A Baby) [2012] EWHC 2190 (fam)
Michele Friel
E (A Child), [2012] EWCA Civ 1773; [2013] 2 F.L.R.
63; [2013] Fam. Law 399
BCC v AG and Others [2009] EWHC 3720 (Fam);
[2010] 2 FLR 580
Re T (Children) (Placement Order) [2008] EWCA
248; [2008] 1 FLR 1721
A County Council v A Mother, A Father and X Y
and Z [2005] EWHC 31 (Fam) ; [2005] 2 FLR 129
X & Y (Children) [2012] EWCA Civ 1500
Re D (Care proceedings: legal privilege) [2011]
EWCA Civ 684
Re S (A Child) [2010] EWCA Civ 219
In the Matter of S (A Child) [2010] EWCA Civ 325
WCC, TE, SH, S [2010] EWHC B19 (Fam)
Nandini Dutta
Re X, Y and Z (Children) [2010] EWHC B12 (Fam)
Re XCC –v- AA, BB, CC, DD [2012] EWHC 2183
(COP), [2013] 2 FCR 401
Re MA (Children) (Care Threshold) [2009]
EWCA Civ 853; [2010] 1 FLR 431
BCC v AG and Others [2009] EWHC 3720 (Fam);
[2010] 2 FLR 580
Stefano Nuvoloni
Re G (Residence: Same sex Partner) [2005]
EWCA Civ 462; [2005] 2FLR 957
A City Council v DC and Ors, [2013] EWHC 8
(Fam), [2013] 1 FCR 446
Re J (A Child) [2009] EWCA Civ 1210; [2010] 1
FLR 1290
Re S (A Child) [2008] EWCA Civ 1140; [2009] 1
FLR 378
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council v (1) GC
(2) HC (3) Mr & Mrs X (4) MMC (By the Children's
Guardian) [2008] EWHC 2555 (Fam) [2009] FAM 83
Re F (A Child) [2008] EWCA Civ 218; [2008] 152 (8)
SJLB 34
A County Council –v- A Mother, A Father and XY
and Z [2005] EWHC 31 (fam) [2005] 2FLR 129
Richard Hadley
Re T (Children: Placement Order) [2008] EWCA
248; [2008] 1FLR 1721
Re AJ (Adoption order or special guardianship
order) [2007] EWCA Civ55; [2007]1FLR 507
Re T and J (abduction recognition of foreign
judgment) [2006] EWHC 1472 (fam); [2006] 2FLR
1290
Re G (children) [2006] UKHL 43; [2006] 2FLR 629
Simon Worlock
G (A Child – Intractable Contact)[2013] EWHC
B16 (Fam)
Caroline Baker
A Council v LG Family Division [2014] EWHC
1325 (Fam)
A City Council v DC [2013] EWHC 953 (Fam);
(2013) 163(7559) N.L.J. 20
A Council v LG FamilyDivision [2014] EWHC 1325
(Fam)
RO v A Local Authority (1),N (2), TM (3),F (4)
[2014] EWHC 97 (Fam)
A City Council v DC [2013] EWHC 8 (Fam); [2013]
1 W.L.R. 3009
Re X, Y and Z (children) [2010] EWHC B12 (Fam)
[2011 1 FLR 1045
LAB v KB (Abduction: Brussels II Revised) [2009]
EWHC 2243 (Fam) [2010] 2 FLR 1664
Re T (Abuse: Standard of Proof) [2004] EWCA Civ
558 [2004] 2 FLR 838
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Reported/Notable cases continued
Adreeja Chatterjee
Victoria Clifford
Re A (Adoption: Placement outside Jurisdiction)
(CA) [2004] 2 FLR 447
James v Thomas (CA) [2008] 1 FLR 1598
Re P (Findings of Fact) [2014] EWCA Civ 89
Kristina Brown
W (A Child) [2014] EWCA Civ 772
M (A Child), Re [2014] EWCA Civ 226 (07 March
2014)
Re D (2011) August 2011
Re K (2011) October 2011
B v T (2011) May 2011
Re: B (A Minor) [2008] EWHC 1996 (Fam) [2009]
1 FLR 1264
Nassera Butt
Kathryn Taylor
Re MA (Children) (Care Threshold) [2009]
EWCA Civ 853; [2010] 1 FLR 431
Slade v Slade [2009] EWCA Civ 748; [2010]
1 WLR 1262
Kirsty Gallacher
Walsall MBC v K [2013] EWHC 3192 Family
Division, Holman J, 7 October 2013
Claire Howell
Re W-P (Fact Finding Hearing) [2009] EWCA
Civ 216
X (A Child) [2014] EWHC 1871 (Fam) (09 June
2014)
D (Children) [2014] EWFC B57 (20 May 2014)
JP v LP & Ors [2014] EWHC 595 (Fam) (05 March
2014)
“No5 Chambers is
a user-friendly set
committed to
client care.”
Chambers & Partners
Family Law Group
Practice Director
Tony McDaid
Senior Practice Managers
Russell Hobbs and Pat Hawkins
Tel: +44 (0) 845 210 5555
Fax: +44 (0) 121 210 7313
Email: [email protected]
www.No5.com
@No5Chambers
Birmingham
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London
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East Midlands
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