The Family Law Pod from St John’s Chambers

On the approach to his fiftieth anniversary at the Bar, St John’s Chambers founder Christopher Sharp KC talks to Ben Handy about his distinguished career, reflecting on life as a pupil in the 70s, the changes and developments he has seen over the decades, the cases he has won (and lost!), what St John’s means to him, and his plans for the next 50 years.

In this podcast, Abigail Bond and Sarah Phillimore of St John's Chambers Family & Divorce team discuss the issues relating to learning disabled parents in care proceedings and what has changed in approach and practice over the past 20 years. They will also look at how far we have come since the The Good Practice Guidance on Working with Learning Disabled Parents published in 2007.

In this podcast, Jack Harris and Vivien Croly of St John's Chambers Family & Divorce team look at domestic abuse in financial remedy proceedings.

In this podcast, Lucy Reed KC and Jacqueline Humphreys of St John's Chambers Family & Divorce team review the developing law on participation directions under Pt3A of the Family Proceeding Rules to better achieve access to justice for vulnerable people, and consider how principles that are mainly being worked out in the context of children proceedings can and should also be applied within financial remedy proceedings.