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  • Give someone else a voice

    4 Brick Court's running team took part in the Great South Run (10 miles in Portsmouth on 26th October)on behalf of a favourite charity and your support would be greatly appreciated by the many children who have come to depend on VOICE.  VOICE is a charity entirely dedicated to giving support advice and assistance to the 60,000 children in care in the UK at any one time.

     

    The team from chambers included Jacqui Gilliatt, Louise MacLynn, Francis Cassidy, Lee Pearman and Paul Carver, joined by Jacqui's husband, John Sullivan, his friend David Parkinson and Jacqui's friends Carolyn & Tim Cobbold.

    You can log on to our Just Giving website and translate our pounding the pavements of Portsmouth in to pounds for this charity.

    Alternatively we will be happy to receive cheques made out to Voice at 4 Brick Court.

     

    Click to find out more about VOICE

  • New files on 4bc Website

    We have recently added to our website - the June 2008 updater - the Jargon Buster from A to Z (in  Family Law General) & the Family Law Bibliography (also in Family Law General).

  • Standard of Proof in Care Proceedings

    The House of Lords ruled on 11th June 2008 in an appeal in which three members of  4 Brick Court Chambers appeared before their Lordships on 19th and 20th May 2008. Marianna Hildyard QC and Isabelle Watson represented the Respondent father and Stuart Fuller (led by Stephen Cobb QC of 1 Garden Court Chambers) represented the Appellant children (through their Children’s Guardian). CAFCASS intervened.

  • Domestic Violence Practice Direction

    This Practice Direction came into force on 9.5.08.  See also the comments of Robert Stevens reported on the Family Law Week blog.

  • PLO Guidance for London

    Judge Altman, the Designated Judge for London, has issued an Initial Local Plan for London dated 10th April 2008in respect of the implementation of the Public Law Outline (which is already in force). It applies to the London Care Centre which means the PRFD & Barnet, Kingston & Croydon County Courts & is relevant also to cases transferred into those courts from the FPCs.

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Links

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Link Icon British Association of Anger Management

Sussex based organisation offering counselling, courses and information about anger and conflict issues to those who experience anger directly or indirectly.

Link Icon DCA Guidelines

Guidance on good practice on parental contact in cases involving domestic violence.

Link Icon Domestic Violence

Millenium lecture by the Rt Hon Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss GBE on domestic violence.

Link Icon Domestic Violence & Family Law: A New Era

Article by Bansi Soni about the provisions of the DVCVA 2004.

Link Icon Domestic Violence Intervention Project

Charity set up in 1991 with a fairly local remit in terms of services on offer. Some useful self-protection advice including how to keep your internet use away from the prying eyes of an abuser.

Link Icon DV cases Review

Thematic review of the handling of domestic violence cases in the courts published in October 2005 by HM Inspectors of Court Administration.

Link Icon Home Office Crime and Policing

Contains Domestic Violence statistics, policy and useful contact numbers

Link Icon Met Police domestic violence resources

Website with links to a number of policy & research documents including the excellent paper by Sarah Buel: The Impact of Domestic Vioence on Children: Twelve Practical Recommendations for Lawyers, Advocates, Judges, Probation & Court Personnel

Link Icon Refuge

Run in partnership with Women's Aid, Refuge is a charity for women and children against domestic violence. Services include a national 24 hour freephone helpline.

Link Icon Tender

Tender is a uk charity aimed at promoting non-violence in relationships by raising awareness through cultural events and education projects.

Link Icon Violence Against Women Online Resources

US resource aimed at providing law, advocacy and social services professionals with up-to-date information on interventions to stop violence against women The site hosts a document library with over 100 documents on the latest research, model programmes, stalking, sexual assault, child protection etc.

Link Icon Women´s Aid

UK national charity working to end domestic violence against women and children including by offering range of refuges and other services and promoting education and information about domestic violence against women and children. Run by women and for women. Women's Aid have produced an excellent survivor's handbook which can be downloaded from the website and is available in several languages.