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  • Standard of Proof in Care Proceedings

    The House of Lords will rule 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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Pupillage

These Chambers have a deserved reputation as one of the friendliest sets in which to do pupillage.  Chambers are keen to attract candidates from all backgrounds.  Our pupils are the future, and great importance is attached to pupillage training.  Members aim to be approachable and supportive of pupils, allowing them to develop as individual practitioners.

 

Our pupil supervisors are dedicated to providing quality tuition. Their aim is to nurture professional relationships to assist you with your future career at the Bar.  Past pupils have enjoyed a busy second six month, working 3 days out of 5. Chambers usually take on two funded pupils annually, through the OLPAS application system to start in October.  

 

In association with some of our local authority clients, the pupils are sent on a week’s attachment to the authority towards the end of their second-six to assist the authority in any way they can.  Further details are available on request. We operate an equal opportunities recruitment policy. Our recruitment methods prevent any discrimination of the grounds of race, gender, religion and sexual orientation or age.

 

Mini- Pupillage


For individuals interested in acquiring further experience of the Bar and Chambers in particular. 4 Brick Court offers mini-pupillages of three or five days duration throughout the year. A mini-pupil typically spends time with several different members of Chambers, attending court, conferences, as well as looking at papers. Mini-pupillages are not assessed.

 

Completion of a mini-pupillage is not a pre-requisite to an application for pupillage. Candidates are encouraged to apply for a mini-pupillage as far in advance