Charmian

Barrister at St Ives Chambers. Specialist in Family Finance and Private Law children matters. Formula 1 fan; ballet beginner. Retweets not an endorsement.

[Family Law News @familylaw]

T v T & Ors (Disregard for Procedural Rules, Adjournment) [2025] EWFC 14 (B) (29 January 2025):
Judgment adjourning final hearing of financial remedies application due to the applicant's disregard for procedural rules in preparing for the hearing. https://t.co/hqLVu9uE0I

[Financial Remedies Journal @fr_journal]

WW v XX [2024] EWFC 330 (B). HHJ Hess. Final hearing involving valuation and matrimonial nature of business. Rare use of valuation method used by Wilson LJ in Jones v Jones [2011] EWCA Civ 41.Summary by @WFoulkes here https://t.co/1d0855NUJ2

[nazir afzal @nazirafzal]

I learnt of grooming gangs from @thetimes in Jan 2011
I became chief prosecutor May 2011
I authorised charging Rochdale gang June 2011
After convictions (May 2012) Keir put me in charge of national response
Far Right thugs attacked my home
1000s of rapists were brought to justice

[Andrew Day @AndrewDayLegal]

I’m very excited to be able to announce that, in addition to my long-standing tenancy at @stiveschambers in Birmingham, I am taking up a door tenancy at @29BedfordRow in London and so I am now able to accept instructions via two oustanding sets.

[Charmian @Charmian2016]

@talkaboutluck I’ve heard you can access a magical kingdom, a bit like Narnia

[Malvika Jaganmohan @MalvikaJaganmo1]

Celebrating the arrival of our 11 new members of chambers. This Leicestershire girl is glad to finally have some East Midlands backup! #JusticeforLeicester

[Charmian @Charmian2016]

It was a great evening! Very good of @MalvikaJaganmo1 not to post the winning margin

[Malvika Jaganmohan @MalvikaJaganmo1]

Thanks so much to @ResWestMids for a fabulous family law debate yesterday evening at @MillsandReeve. Matthew and I were flying the flag for @StIvesFamily, debating this very, very uncontroversial topic. 👀

[Charmian @Charmian2016]

@clhubes Absolutely. My 4yo watched Frozen, Frozen II and Beauty and the Beast back to back today as her chicken pox developed.

[Andrew Day @AndrewDayLegal]

I had the privilege of contributing to the discussions which fed into this ground-breaking and thought-provoking report from @ResFamilyLaw and of attending its launch this evening. I strongly encourage all who do FR work to read and consider it carefully.

[FLBA @FamilyLawBar]

We congratulate Ms Justice Harris on her appointment to the High Court (Family Division). https://t.co/3HFJZOBxYt

[Charmian @Charmian2016]

Exciting times for @stiveschambers!

[Malvika Jaganmohan @MalvikaJaganmo1]

Absolutely thrilled about this and about chambers expanding into the East Midlands!

[Andrew Day @AndrewDayLegal]

I enjoyed working with my @StIvesFamily colleague @Charmian2016 on this piece, published today on the @fr_journal blog:

[Charmian @Charmian2016]

Right back at you @AndrewDayLegal !

[Andrew Day @AndrewDayLegal]

I enjoyed working with my @StIvesFamily colleague @Charmian2016 on this piece, published today on the @fr_journal blog:

[Charmian @Charmian2016]

@GazWeetman Not all heroes wear capes

[Lucy Reed @Familoo]

As we continue to wait for guidance on covert recordings, let this stand as a(nother) warning that making such recordings can seriously backfire. Here as a basis for a finding of CCB. R (Children: Fact Finding: Audio Recordings : CCB) [2024] EWFC 201 (B) https://t.co/VzFNcIm3Ma

[Andrew Day @AndrewDayLegal]

Domestic abuse, s.25(2)(g) conduct and FR case management are very hot topics at present. I’ll be speaking about them at our @StIvesFamily seminar in November. This @fr_journal blog by @SamHillas, @OliviaPiercy2 and Anita Mehta is well worth reading now.

https://t.co/Un2NSJ9wgq

[Family Law News @familylaw]

N v J [2024] EWFC 184 (15 July 2024):
Judgment in financial remedy proceedings, dealing with issue of whether domestic abuse constituted conduct, so as to affect the settlement. Held that the conduct claim should be excluded from issues for consideration. https://t.co/IcoDDWCutC

[Charmian @Charmian2016]

@louisetickle The judgment makes clear the parties reconciled for 3 years after the assault, the father had a period of assessed supervised contact, he was risk assessed and psychologically assessed and found - 10 years later with no further violence in between - to not be a risk to the boys.

[Charmian @Charmian2016]

@louisetickle Hi. That link doesn’t work. Am I missing something?