The grim thing is that normally most in Westminster wouldn’t have batted an eyelid at this. It’s only because Brianna’s mother was in Parliament it’s being picked up. Trans people have slowly become the butt of political jokes under several PMs. This should be a wake up call.

Janet Bazley KC, Olivia Magennis and Melissa Elsworth, appeared on behalf of the surrogate mother and Alison Moore and Luke Eaton appeared on behalf of the Children’s Guardian in Z (Surrogacy: Step-parent Adoption), Re [2024] EWFC 20.  The case concerned the application of a

West Northamptonshire Council v The Mother (Psychological Assessments) [2024] EWHC 395 (Fam) (23 February 2014): Application for a psychologist to undertake cognitive assessment of mother in care proceedings. Includes guidance regarding such applications. caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2024/…

This afternoon Luke Eaton will be speaking at the The Bar Council 's Young Bar Event, Thriving in your First Year of Practice. He will be discussing personal experience navigating starting a career at the Bar, the challenges faced in the first year of practice and lessons learned.

Well done Annabel Barrons 1GC Family Law

“it is difficult to see how one can be deprived of something that one is incapable of doing. Equally how can one be deprived of a right that one is incapable of exercising, not through the actions of the State or any 3rd party, but by reason of one’s own insuperable inabilities.”

Melissa Elsworth and Luke Eaton have written an article on HFEA reform - consent to treatment and storage for the LexisNexis Legal & Professional Family Law Journal February edition. 1gc.com/articles-and-p…

Sadly on the way back to 🇬🇧 but so happy the juniors’ ski trip made it out of the group chat for a second year in a row. When do we book next year?

1989. A vintage year for family law.

Humbled to be a Birmingham Black Lawyers Excellence Awards Finalist for Lawyer of the Year 2024. Really looking forward to the ball and just want to say well done to all those who were nominated and good luck to all the finalists. My fuller post LinkedIn👇🏾 linkedin.com/posts/karen-ka…

We are proud to share that Karen Kabweru-Namulemu is a finalist in the Birmingham Black Lawyers (BBL) (Birmingham Black Lawyers) Excellence Awards in the Lawyer of the Year category. The winner will be announced at the BBL Summer Ball on Saturday 20th July. 1gc.com/news/view/kare…

Richard Jones and Melissa Elsworth, instructed by Duncan Lewis Solicitors, successfully represented a mother pro bono in the Court of Appeal in relation to the making of Specific Issue Orders in private law proceedings. The case concerned an order granting overriding parental responsibility

Karen Kabweru-Namulemu appeared for the appellant, and Janet Bazley KC and Luke Eaton appeared for the 2nd respondent (pro bono). The Court of Appeal determined who bears the burden of proof on an application for a declaration of parentage (and the intersection with the HFEA