Webinar: Adoption Reform: Contact with Birth Families

Fenners Chambers is pleased to share the recording from our latest webinar “Adoption Reform: Contact with Birth Families”.

The webinar covers a range of topics, including the current legal framework for contact in adoption cases and the challenges of balancing adoptive stability with birth family connections. Our speakers also discuss practical approaches to managing post-adoption contact arrangements.

This session features expertise from esteemed speakers:

  • HHJ Liza Gordon-Saker DFJ
  • Lisa Hannant, Barrister, Fenners Chambers
  • Jade Cullum, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Regional Adoption Agency
  • Tom Hey, Family Finding Manager

This webinar was hosted in collaboration with the Local Family Justice Board. Find the webinar and materials below.

 

Lisa Hannant – Adoption Reform Presentation

Jade Cullum and Tom Hey – Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Regional Adoption Agency Presentation

Webinar:  Assessing and Supporting Parents with Learning Difficulties in Care Proceedings

The inaugural webinar of our 2024 series is now available on demand, following the publication of research featured in the webinar initially,

This webinar focuses on the critical topic of “Assessing and Supporting Parents with Learning Difficulties in Care Proceedings”. Our expert speakers delve into the complexities of providing support to parents with learning difficulties within the context of care proceedings. Key themes addressed include the role of adult social care for parents with learning disabilities when a child is no longer in their care, and best practices for assessing parents with learning disabilities, featuring valuable insights on the PAMS and Parent Assess models.

Speakers:

HHJ Liza Gordon-Saker: Cambridge and Peterborough DFJ

Sarah Seekins: Independent Social Worker

Mary Baginsky: Researcher, Kings College, London

In collaboration with the Cambridgeshire Local Family Justice Board, this webinar is an invaluable resource for legal professionals, social workers, and anyone involved in care proceedings.

Welcoming the festive season at the Fenners annual Christmas Drinks

Fenners Chambers was delighted to host our annual Christmas Drinks on 12 December, a fantastic way to welcome the festive season.

Thank you to everyone who joined us—it was wonderful to celebrate together! A special mention to the carol singers, whose performances truly brought the event to life.

Wishing you all a joyful and festive holiday season!

Family Law Training Day 2024

Family Law Training Day 2024

 

We are pleased to share the materials from this year’s Family Law Training Day. Thankyou to all who attended!

This event would not be possible without the help from our speakers, who delivered fascinating presentations on numerous topics. Thanks to HHJ Chaudhuri and HHJ Rod Spinks, Sarah Foster and Rebecca Clarke (Regency Barristers ), Eleanor Lothian (Price Bailey) Geneen Bill and Mary Donoghue (the Bedfordshire Police), Patronella Kapora (Peterborough Children with Disabilities Team) and Noorel Haque (Forced Marriage Unit), as well as our own Richard Balchin and Penny Grewcock.

Embedded above is the video playlist of each presentation. To sort through the presentations, click the playlist button in the top right of the player.

You will find links to the presentations below:

Financial Relief Update

Financial Remedies Forensic

Private Law Update

Police Disclosure – the New Protocol

Public Law Update

Peterborough Children with Disabilities Team

The Forced Marriage Unit

Fenners Chambers Sponsors Cambridge Legal Walk

Fenners Chambers Sponsors Cambridge Legal Walk

Fenners Chambers were proud sponsors of this year’s Cambridge Legal Walk, which took place on the 6th of June in Cambridge.

Legal Walks are held by the Access to Justice Foundation (ATJF) to raise money to fund free legal advice in the form of grants to advise charities working in communities that need it most. With over a decade of Legal Walks behind them, the ATJF has raised over half a million pounds to promote access to justice.

You can read more about the initiative by clicking here. 

To donate to the Cambridge Legal Walk, click here.