Family Law Week's Podcast

Rachel Cooper is joined by Susan Baldock and Jacqueline Marks of The Mediation Space to discuss their new dispute resolution offering in family law, as well as discussing their lives and careers.

Rachel Cooper is joined by Ayesha Vardag of Vardags. Ayesha discuss her life, career, and 3 of what Ayesha considers to be her most important cases.

Rachel Cooper is joined by Alexis Campbell QC, joint head of chambers at 29 Bedford Row.

Rachel Cooper is joined by Karin Walker of KGW Family Law and Dr Supriya McKenna

Rachel Cooper is joined by Marilyn Stowe, Founder of Stowe Family Law.

Rachel Cooper is joined this week by Dr S Chelvan, Head of Immigration and Public Law at 33 Bedford Row

Rachel Cooper is joined in this episode by Andrew Powell of 4PB and by Natalie Sutherland, partner at Burgess Mee solicitors.

Rachel Cooper is joined by Elizabeth (Liz) Isaacs QC, member of St Ives Chambers and door tenant at Coram Chambers in London, Atlantic Chambers in Liverpool and 18 St John Street Chambers in Manchester

Rachel Cooper is joined this week by Edward Devereux QC of Harcourt Chambers.

Rachel Cooper is joined in this episode by Rachael Kelsey of SKO solicitors

James Stewart is known for his top-level work on international financial matters. He is a fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers and is on the Consultation Board of Practical Law. He is a recognised expert in the field of Anglo-Russian family law, is the general editor of 'Family Law Jurisdictional Comparisons' (third edition, 2015) and 'Practical Law Company's Multi-Jurisdictional...

Rachel Cooper is joined by Natasha Shotunde of Garden Court Chambers 

Rachel Cooper is joined by Sir Paul Coleridge to discuss his career at the bar, on the bench and his work with the Marriage Foundation.

Rachel Cooper is joined by Andrew Bagchi QC for a discussion on having confidence as a family lawyer. They also discuss the Court of Protection with specific reference to LB Tower Hamlets v NB v AU [2019] EWCOP 17 and A Local Authority v JB [2020] EWCA Civ 735, and the issue of how the Court of Protection should approach capacity to consent to sexual relations.

Rachel Cooper is joined by Ruth Henke QC to look at devolution in law and look at the cases of Re C (Children) (Care: Change of Forename) [2016] EWCA Civ 374 and T-S (A Child) [2019] EWCA Cov 742.

Rachel Cooper hosts a parental alienation special with Martha Cover

Rachel Cooper of Coram Chambers is joined by Carolina Marín Pedreño , partner, and Sulema Jahangir , Senior Associate, both of Dawson Cornwell solicitors for an International Children Law special. They look at a range of international family law issues but specifically, two Hague Convention cases: (1) The Rachael Neustadt case; and (2) LC (Children)(No 2) [2014] UKSC 1. They also look at the issue...

Rachel Cooper of Coram Chambers is joined by Barbara Mills QC of 4PB. 

Rachel Cooper of Coram Chambers is joined by Alex Laing, also of Coram Chambers to discuss Deprivation of Liberty safeguards and the interrelationship between the inherent jurisdiction and s.25 CA 1989 / s.119 Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014; and Villiers v Villiers [2020] UKSC 30.

Rachel Cooper of Coram Chambers hosts a Costs Special looking specifically at the amendments to the FPR 2010 on costs in financial remedy proceedings which took effect from 6 July 2020. Nick Allen QC, Charlotte Trace and Emily Page of 29 Bedford Row join her to look at where we have come from on costs, where we are now and where we are going. Cases considered in depth: WG v HG [2018] EWFC 84 MB v...

Rachel Cooper of Coram Chambers is joined by Charles Howard QC of 1KBW to discuss Imerman v Imerman [2010] 2 FLR 814 and issues of non-disclosure by parties in financial proceedings, and the decision of Williams J in DN v UD [2020] EWHC 627 (Fam) on Schedule 1, the significance of that decision and Sch 1 CA 1989 claims generally.

Rachel Cooper of Coram Chambers is joined by Jenny Beck of Beck Fitzgerald

Rachel Cooper of Coram Chambers is joined by Lucy Maxwell at 1GC to discuss the complications brought about by the Coronavirus Covid-19 and the opportunity to move forward with paperless working. 

Rachel Cooper of Coram Chambers is joined by Dr Rob George of Harcourt Chambers.

Rachel Cooper of Coram Chambers is joined by Suzanne Kingston from Mills & Reeve