1GC|Family Law

Working Together on Urgent Legal Issues

1GC|Family Law ran a series of short remote webinars on topical issues arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic. Please see below for recordings of all the webinars which included topics such as Advocacy in Remote Hearings, Brexit, Enforcement, Barder Events, Family Arbitration, Contact Disputes and Court of Protection.

28 July 2020

Malcolm Chisholm has been appointed to a part-time post as a nominated judge of the Court of Protection

We are delighted to announce that Malcolm Chisholm has been appointed to a part-time post as a nominated judge of the Court of Protection (effective November 2020).

23 July 2020

Rachel Gillman - Where are we with “Conduct” in Financial Remedies?

Date: 23 July 2020

Location: Online - Recording Available

Time: 4.30pn

07 July 2020

Louise MacLynn - Deprivation of Liberty and Young People

Date: 07 July 2020

Location: Online - Recording Available

Time: 4.30pm

02 July 2020

Andrew Venables - Challenging CMS Decisions Through the First Tier Tribunal

Date: 02 July 2020

Location: Online - Recording Available

Time: 4.30pm

29 June 2020

Alev Giz - The Right to Die at Home: A Discussion of VE v AO and Others

Date: 29 June 2020

Location: Online - Recording Available

Time: 4.30pm

25 June 2020

Joseph Moore - Compensation Claims and “Relationship Generated Disadvantage”

Date: 25 June 2020

Location: Online - Recording Available

Time: 4.30pm

24 June 2020

Julien Foster and Richard Jones - Early Neutral Evaluation: A “How To” and “Why” Guide

Date: 24 June 2020

Location: Online - Recording Available

Time: 4.30pm

18 June 2020

Eleri Jones - Brexit: The Future for Family Finance

Date: 18 June 2020

Location: Online - Recording Available

Time: 4.30pm

17 June 2020

Julien Foster - Love in the Time of Covid-19: Sex and Marriage Cases in the Court of Protection

Date: 17 June 2020

Location: Online - Recording Available

Time: 4.30pm

16 June 2020

Darren Howe QC - Advocacy in Remote and Hybrid Hearings: Tips and Traps in Preparation and Presentation

Date: 16 June 2020

Location: Online - Recording Available

Time: 4.30pm

11 June 2020

Simon Sugar - Probably the Most Important Pensions Case of 2020

Date: 11 June 2020

Location: Online - Recording Available

Time: 4.30pm

10 June 2020

Edward Flood - Remote Capacity Assessments in Care Proceedings

Date: 10 June 2020

Location: Online - Recording Available

Time: 5.00pm

10 June 2020

Charles Geekie QC listed as a Selected Barrister in the Spears Family Law Index 2020

09 June 2020

Oliver Woolley and Patrick Paisley - Enforcement in Children Proceedings - Is it Worth it During Covid-19?

Date: 09 June 2020

Location: Online - Recording Available

Time: 4.30pm

05 June 2020

Equal Treatment, the Rule of Law and Inclusion

1GC Family Law fully supports the Bar Council's statement on equal treatment, the rule of law and inclusion:

04 June 2020

Elizabeth Hartnett - Hadkinson Orders: a Useful Weapon of Enforcement in Financial Remedy Cases During the Pandemic?

Date: 04 June 2020

Location: Online - Recording Available

Time: 4.30pm

02 June 2020

Julien Foster - The Crossover Between Private and Public Law in Lockdown

Date: 02 June 2020

Location: Online - Recording Available

Time: 4.30pm

28 May 2020

John Stocker - Thwaite and Barrell Jurisdictions: How Do They Apply to Orders and Decisions Made Before Covid-19?

Date: 28 May 2020

Location: Online - Recording Available

Time: 4.30pm

21 May 2020

Helen Jefferson - Private FDRs - for Life, not just for Lockdown?

Date: 21 May 2020

Location: Online - Recording Available

Time: 4.30pm

14 May 2020

David Burles - The New Costs Rules in Financial Remedy Cases

Date: 14 May 2020

Location: Online - Recording Available

Time: 4.30pm

12 May 2020

Susan Pyle, Keeley Lengthorn (MW solicitors), Luke Eaton and Anna Lavelle - Contact in the time of quarantine

Date: 12 May 2020

Location: Online - Recording Available

Time: 4.30pm

07 May 2020

Simon Sugar – Is Covid-19 a Barder event?

Date: 07 May 2020

Location: Online - Recording Available

Time: 4.30pm

06 May 2020

Andrew Norton QC MCIArb and Claire Heppenstall MCIArb of 1GC Family Law - Arbitration - A “How To” Guide

Date: 06 May 2020

Location: Online - Recording Available

Time: 4.30pm

05 May 2020

Matthew Fletcher - How “Remote” are Remote Hearings supposed to be?

Date: 05 May 2020

Location: Online - Recording Available

Time: 4.30pm

30 April 2020

Jon Dodge of Walton Dodge Forensic - Company Valuations During the Pandemic - Tips and Traps?

Date: 30 April 2020

Location: Online - Recording Available

Time: 4.30pm

28 April 2020

Richard Jones and Tom Wilson of 1GC Family Law - Intractable Contact Disputes: Recent Developments and the Impact of Covid-19

Date: 28 April 2020

Location: Online - Recording Available

Time: 4.30pm

27 April 2020

Family Arbitration 2020 – Past, Present and Future in the New Normal

Date: 27 April 2020

Location: Online - Recording Available

Time: 5.00pm

23 April 2020

George Mathieson of Mathieson Consulting Ltd - ‘Pension sharing during the pandemic – tips and traps’

Date: 23 April 2020

Location: Online - Recording Available

Time: 4.30pm

20 April 2020

The Court of Protection Team at 1GC Family Law - Challenges, Easements and Suggestions during the Pandemic

Date: 20 April 2020

Location: Online - Recording Available

Time: 5.00pm

16 April 2020

Annabel Barrons of 1GC Family Law - Variation of periodical payment orders in the time of a pandemic

Date: 16 April 2020

Location: Online - Recording Available

Time: 4.30pm

14 April 2020

Lucy Maxwell of 1GC Family Law - Non-molestation and occupation orders during lockdown

Date: 14 April 2020

Location: Online - Recording Available

Time: 4.30pm

26 March 2020

COVID-19 - 1GC Update

BUSINESS AS USUAL. 1GC Family Law is continuing to operate at full capacity via remote working.

26 March 2020

1GC at the forefront of Family Arbitration in light of the imminent expansion in scope of the IFLA children arbitration scheme

24 March 2020

COVID-19 – Movement of children between the homes of separated parents permitted.

It may be reassuring to know that the ‘Staying at home’ requirements under the regime announced by the Government on 23 March 2020 do allow one separated parents to leave home to take their children to the home of the other parent.

19 March 2020

COVID-19 Family Division Guidance

The President of the Family Division has circulated guidance as to the conduct of business in the Family Justice System in light of the current public health emergency.

Please contact rsvp@1gc.com with any request for further information.

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28 Jul 2020

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