Alexandra Halliday

𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗼 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗞𝗖 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗟𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝗡𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮-𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 @cleoperry KC and @Alex__Halliday were invited to host a webinar for @LexisNexisUK exploring mental health and family justice, with particular focus on trauma-informed approaches in the courtroom and borderline mental capacity issues. During the webinar, they addressed: - What it means for the Family Justice System to be trauma-informed - Why this matters - What practitioners can do to ensure their approach is trauma-informed - What happens when a party’s decision-making ability is impaired A preview of the webinar can be viewed here: youtube.com/watch?v=ugmERK… To purchase the webinar on demand, please follow the link below: lexisnexis.com/university/cou… A 20% discount is available by contacting webinars@lexisnexis.co.uk and quoting the code WF012620.

The 𝟒𝐏𝐁 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐰 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 – 𝐀 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 edition is now available. Click the link and download your copy: 4pb.com/news/the-4pb-p… 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 1. Necessity and proportionality of a fact-finding hearing: Re G (A Child: Scope of Fact-finding) [2025] EWCA Civ 1044 2. Transparency: Tickle & Anor v The BBC & Ors [2025] EWCA Civ 42 3. Post-Adoption Contact: Re S (Placement Order Contact) [2025] EWCA Civ 823 4. Conclusion of proceedings at IRH: Re H (Final Care Orders at IRH) [2025] EWCA Civ 1342 5. Risk assessments: K-H (Children)(Care Orders: Proportionality) [2025] EWCA Civ 1368 Editors: @ImogenMellor2 and @Alex__Halliday #FamilyLaw #ChildrenLaw #PrivateChildrenLaw #CareProceedings

The 𝟰𝗣𝗕 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗟𝗮𝘄 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 – 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗺𝗻/𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 edition is now available. Click the link and download your copy: 4pb.com/news/the-4pb-p… 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 1. The End of the Presumption of Parental Involvement: Substantive Reform or a Symbolic Shift? 2. Internal relocation 3. Costs in Private Law Children Cases - Are the Times A Changin’? 4. Departing from Cafcass 5. Criminal Solicitor as QLR Contributors: @mani_basi, @4pbMiriambest, Rhiannon Lloyd MCIArb, Jonathan Evans, @Alex__Halliday, @BurleySusannah and Isabella Hibbert-Robinson. #FamilyLaw #ChildrenLaw #PrivateChildrenLaw

The @LexisNexisUK Family Law Awards take place this evening, and we are proud that 4PB has been shortlisted for 10 awards, including Chambers of the Year and Clerking Team of the Year! Congratulations to all of this year's finalists, and good luck to all our members and staff who have been shortlisted for an award this evening. - Family Law KC of the Year - Professor Jo Delahunty KC (@JoDQC) - Family Law Junior Barrister of the Year - Mai-Ling Savage(@mpcsavage) and Mani Singh Basi (@mani_basi) - International Family Lawyer of the Year - Mani Singh Basi - Family Law Commentator of the Year - Mani Singh Basi - (Family Law Week, Managing Editor) - Family Law Community Interaction Award - Harry Gates and Samantha Woodham (@WoodhamSamantha) – The Divorce Surgery Online Divorce Courses Family Law Case of the Year: - S v F & Anor [2025] EWHC 439 (Fam) and subsequent appeal - Charles Hale KC (@twitbarrister), Deirdre Fottrell KC, Michael Gration KC (@MGration51), @Andrew_Powell1, @RebeccaFoulkes1, @CharlotteNBaker and @HarryLangford. - Re C (A Child) (Change of Given Name) [2024] EWCA Civ 1582 - Mani Singh Basi and @Alex__Halliday. - Clerking Team of the Year: Michael Reeves, Paul Hennessy, Kenny Martin, Jamie Byrne, Denise Fallon, Glenn Bennett, Olivia Tanner, Rebecca Galbraith and Holly May. #FLA2025 #FamilyLaw #ChildrenLaw #InternationalChildrenLaw

The 𝟰𝗣𝗕 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗟𝗮𝘄 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 – 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 edition is now available. Click the link and download your copy: 4pb.com/news/the-priva… 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 1. Family Justice Council Guidance on Covert Recordings in Family Law proceedings concerning children 2. Limiting parental responsibility 3. Recitals regarding findings 4. Section 37 Directions in Private Law Proceedings 5. Transparency and publication 6. Principles applicable to fact-finding hearings including sexual allegations 7. Weight to be given to children’s wishes and feelings Editors & Authors:@mani_basi, @4pbMiriambest, Laura Morley, Julia Townend (@barristerjulia), @Alex__Halliday, Susannah Burley(@BurleySusannah) and Isabella Hibbert-Robinson. #FamilyLaw #ChildrenLaw #PrivateChildrenLaw

𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲: 𝗠 𝘃 𝗔 (𝗡𝗼. 𝟮: 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗲𝘁 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗢𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿) [𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱] 𝗘𝗪𝗛𝗖 𝟭𝟯𝟰𝟰 (𝗙𝗮𝗺) Jacqueline Renton KC (@Jaxbarrister), leading Alexandra Halliday (@Alex__Halliday), successfully secured the set aside of a 1980 Hague Return order in complex and unusual circumstances, where the mother said she would not return with the children to Poland. Read the judgment here: caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2025/… #FamilyLaw #InternationalChildrenLaw #ChildAbduction

𝐔𝐩𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭: 𝟒𝐏𝐁 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 Join 4PB's international children law experts at our Annual International Seminar 2025 on Thursday, 26th June 2025 at 30 Euston Square, to celebrate 40 years of international children law since the inception of the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985. This year, we are delighted to welcome Lord Justice Peter Jackson as our Keynote speaker, as well as guest speakers Dr Ratnam (Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist), Judith Jones (Independent Social Worker) and @DianaHamade (UAE lawyer). 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐬: Michael Gration KC (@MGration51) and Jacqueline Renton KC (@Jaxbarrister). 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬: Christopher Hames KC , Mark Jarman KC (@Loftybarrister), Charlotte Georges (@Charlot86555666), Indu Kumar, @CharlotteNBaker, @mani_basi, @HarryLangford, @lucylogangreen, @OliviaGaunt123, @FrankieShama and Nadia Campbell-Brunton (@N_CampbellBrunt). Limited spaces available. Click the link below and register now! 4pb.com/news/4pb-annua… For more information, please email events@4pb.com.

We are proud to celebrate 24 members of 4PB who have been recognised on the 2025 Pro Bono Recognition List of England and Wales. The list acknowledges individuals who have dedicated 25 hours or more to pro bono work over the past year. Their recognition reflects 4PB’s ongoing commitment to championing access to justice and supporting vulnerable individuals and community initiatives. Congratulations to all those recognised. probonorecognitionlist.org.uk/Recognition-Li… #ProBono #AccessToJustice #FamilyLaw

In a blog for the @fr_journal, Nicholas Fairbank and @Alex__Halliday pick up where Nicholas Allen KC and Philip Tait's, 'Ma v Roux: Can You Strike Out a Set Aside Application?' (25 September 2024) left off and explain as counsel in the case, that the answer is actually as the blog title says: "𝗠𝗮 𝘃 𝗥𝗼𝘂𝘅: 𝗬𝗲𝘀, 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗢𝘂𝘁 𝗮 𝗦𝗲𝘁 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻". Read the blog here: financialremediesjournal.com/content/em-ma-… #FamilyLaw #FinancialRemedies

@mani_basi, leading @Alex__Halliday, appeared in the #CourtofAppeal in the appeal of Re C, which dealt with the legal issue of a forename change of a child identifying as non-binary. Click the link below to read the judgment: caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewca/civ/2024/… #FamilyLaw

@Alex__Halliday has been instructed to represent the MOD in the Afghanistan inquiry, which is looking into allegations of extra-judicial killings by UK Special Forces in Afghanistan in the period 2010 -13. iia.independent-inquiry.uk

@mani_basi, leading @Alex__Halliday, appears in the Court of Appeal today in the case of C (A Child). The appeal raises an important point of clarification in respect of the law concerning name changes. #FamilyLaw #CourtofAppeal #FamilyProceedings

Alexandra Halliday (@Alex__Halliday), writes for the @lawsocgazette, a case review of Roux v MA, looking at whether or not the court has the power to strike out an application to set aside financial remedies consent orders. Read the September Issue, P.25 bit.ly/4emIIHm

8 members of 4PB appeared in the case of A v M & Ors [2024] EWHC 2020 (Fam), where a stepfather from New Zealand applied for parental responsibility for 2 children after their mother unlawfully removed them to the UK, breaching his custody rights. bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/…

We are delighted to announce the inimitable, Deirdre Fottrell KC has joined @4PBFamilyLaw with immediate effect. Deirdre needs almost no introduction; specialising in children law, she is very highly regarded at the family bar. Read press release here: bit.ly/3T4VAtH

Thrilled to be joining 4PB as a tenant. Shout out to my brilliant supervisors @greghuwdavies, Nick Fairbank and @mani_basi!

Delighted and proud to announce all THREE of our 2022/23 Pupil Barristers, Nadia Campbell Brunton, Kieran Ball and Alex Halliday, have today at our AGM been offered and accepted tenancy @4PBFamilyLaw, starting 1st October 2023. Congratulations and welcome to the @4PBFamily. 👏

.@4PBFamilyLaw are so incredibly proud and absolutely delighted to announce, Joint Head of Chambers, Barbara Mills KC @bmillsbarrister has been elected 2024 Vice Chair of the Bar of England and Wales, of which she will be Chair in 2025. Press release here: bit.ly/3Mtzw7v

@FionaFMFamily I’m a pupil based in London. Happy to help if you still need someone - feel free to drop me a message!

Hello Twitter friends in Surrey. Finance barrister needed for FDR. Party is SRP and of limited funds - is overseas helping the Turkey earthquake rescue. Any pupils or just called to bar who can help for a modest fee. I’ve been helping probono but need local counsel. 🙏🏻

To mark International Women's Day 2023, Jacqueline Renton (@Jaxbarrister) interviews Alison Grief KC and Indu Kumar in an inspiring article about their journey to the Bar unearthing the struggles they each faced. Read article here: bit.ly/3ZM02Oj #InternationalWomensDay