Family Law Week's Podcast
Family Law Week's Podcast, produced in partnership with Westgate Chambers, covers a wide range of family law topics. Hosted by barristers Elissa Da Costa-Waldman, Gayle Ashley, Nathanael Harding, and Catharine Langley, each episode features insightful discussions with family law professionals. The podcast aims to provide thought-provoking content for legal practitioners and anyone interested in family law.
Episodes
Family Law Week Podcast Season 10 Episode 6
In this episode, Catharine Langley, Barrister at Westgate Chambers, hosts James Evans, Head of Strategic Growth at Nova Law UK. In this episode, we discuss Artificial Intelligence; how this fast-paced technology is impacting the Family Law world and how tools such as Nova are being used to streamline work for professionals. This episode is produced by Stuart Taylor-Jones.
Family Law Week Podcast Season 10 Episode 5
In this episode, host Catharine Langley, Barrister at Westgate Chambers, hosts Amy Walpole, Partner and Head of Family, East Anglia and Karen Brennan, Partner and Head of Family, Leamington Spa, from HCR Law. In this episode, we discuss Nuptial Agreements; are they binding, the position post Radmacher, the issue of fairness and judicial discretion. This episode is produced by Stuart Taylor-Jones.
Family Law Week Podcast Season 10 Episode 4
In this episode, host Elissa Da Costa-Waldman MCIArb, Barrister at Westgate Chambers, hosts Clizia Motterle, Senior Associate at RWK Goodman. In this episode, we discuss religious divorce reform. Religious divorce reform aims to address the legal "limbo" faced by individuals whose civil marriage is dissolved, but whose religious marriage is not. The Divorce (Religious Marriages) Act 2002 allows co
Family Law Week Podcast Season 10 Special Episode
In this episode, host Elissa Da Costa-Waldman MCIArb, Barrister at Westgate Chambers, hosts Professor Jo Delahunty KC and Ian McArdle where they discuss their new book; Domestic Abuse and the Family Justice System: Law and Practice. This much needed new book looks at the legal framework governing allegations of domestic abuse from Statute and Rules to precedent and good practice. It assists th
Family Law Week Podcast Season 10 Episode 3
In this episode, host Elissa Da Costa-Waldman MCIArb, Barrister at Westgate Chambers, hosts Professor Jo Delahunty KC. In this episode, we discuss Jo's new book We Set the Bar - Fighting for Equality, Empowerment and Change within the Legal Profession. The Bar has a long-standing reputation for being the preserve of public-school educated, white men. Power and privilege can create abuses of pow
Family Law Week Podcast Season 10 Episode 2
In this episode, Elissa Da Costa-Waldman MCIArb, Barrister at Westgate Chambers, hosts Vanessa Gardiner, Partner at RWK Goodman, in a lively discussion about Weddings Law Reform. Marriage Law in England and Wales still largely regulates buildings rather than people, meaning where and how you marry is tightly controlled — and many argue it no longer reflects our diverse modern society In this epis
Family Law Week Podcast Season 10 Episode 1
In this episode, Nathanael Harding of Westgate Chambers is joined by Yasmin Khan-Gunns (Family Lawyer at Keystone Law) and Marcie Shaoul (Marcie Shaoul, author of The Co-Parenting Method and Director of The Co-Parent Way) to discuss the Separated Parenting Programme Directory (SPPD). SPPD is a newly launched (December 2025) UK Charity that provides parents and family professionals with a sing
Family Law Week Podcast Season 9 Episode 7
In this episode, Stuart Taylor-Jones hosts, Linda Lamb, (LSL Family Law), Felicia Munde (Stewarts), Lucie Bultitude and Keelan Shrimpton (RWK Goodman) who were all recent winners at Family Law Week's Private Law Recognition Awards 2025. Linda (Winner, Solicitor of the Year), Felicia (Winner, Highly Commended, Solicitor of the Year), Lucie (Winner, Young Professional of the Year) and Keelan (Winne
Family Law Week Podcast Season 9 Episode 6
In this episode, Westgate Chambers' Barrister Elissa Da Costa-Waldman MCIArb, hosts, Rebekah Gershuny, Founder of Evolve Family Mediation. In this episode we explore the issue of What's the Difference between a Shared Care Arrangement and a Joint Lives With Order (if any) and what are the practical implications when focussing on the recent case of AZ v BX [2024] EWHC 1528 (Fam). Elissa and Rebekah
Family Law Week Podcast Season 9 Episode 5
In this episode, Westgate Chambers' Barrister Elissa Da Costa-Waldman MCIArb, hosts Laura Williams, Partner, Mediator and Joint Head of Family at HCR Law. In this episode we discuss; Cohabitation – How cohabitation law is still in the 19th Century, the lack of sensible provision for cohabitants, as well as the current government's manifesto promise to reform this area of law and whether Scotland o
Family Law Week Podcast Season 9 Episode 4
In this episode, Westgate Chambers Barrister Scott Sharp, hosts Jude Eyre, Associate Director at the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory, Anna Yarde from Harcourt Chambers as well as "Anne" a young person and member of the Family Justice Young People's Board. In this episode we discuss; the President of the Family Division's recently published resource for judges – Writing to Children – A Toolkit
Family Law Week Podcast Season 9 Episode 3
In this episode, Westgate Chambers Barrister Ayisha Robertson, hosts Andrew Pack, Lawyer at Brighton & Hove City Council and creator and author of Suesspicious Minds child law blog along with Dr Kate Hellin, Chartered Clinical Psychologist and expert witness in the family courts with a background in working with people with personality disorders in groups and therapeutic communities, and with staf
Family Law Week Podcast Season 9 Episode 2
In this episode, Westgate Chambers Barrister Ayisha Robertson, hosts Keeley Lengthorn, Partner, and Head of Public Law Children (London) at RWK Goodman, Emma Davies, Past President of CILEX and Associate at Everys and Elissa Da Costa-Waldman, Barrister at Westgate Chambers In this special episode, we explore and support our guests past and future. Keeley and her team of campaigners who have recen
Family Law Week Podcast Season 9 Episode 1
In this episode, Westgate Chambers Barrister Ayisha Robertson, hosts Keeley Lengthorn, Partner, and Head of Public Law Children (London) at RWK Goodman. Trigger warning. Today, on George's 3rd birthday, Ayisha and Keeley discuss baby loss and the proposed imminent changes to government legislation surrounding what is commonly known as 'Georges Law'. Keeley continues to campaign for statutory lea
Family Law Week Podcast Season 8 Episode 10
In this episode, Westgate Chambers Barrister John Hatton, provides our listeners with a recap on legal and newsworthy recent family law updates. This episode is produced by Stuart Taylor-Jones.
Family Law Week Podcast Season 8 Episode 9
In this episode, Westgate Chambers Barrister's Ayisha Robertson hosts Bob Greig, Angharad Rudkin and Marcus Hicks. Bob Greig is the co-Director of OnlyMums and Dads and the Family Separation Support Hub (FSSH), co-editor 'Separating With Children 101' (3rd edition), co-editor '(Almost) Anything But Family Court' as well as a co-founder of The Parents Promise. Angharad Rudkin is a Chartered Clinic
Family Law Week Podcast Season 8 Episode 8
In this episode, Westgate Chambers Barrister's Ayisha Robertson and Scott Sharp hosts Dr Kate Hellin Dr Hellin is a Chartered Psychologist with over 30 years' experience of working within the NHS, dealing with personality disorders, substance misuse and dependency. She has also worked as a psychotherapist as well as in forensic and community mental health services. For the last 15 years, she ha
Family Law Week Podcast Season 8 Episode 7
In this episode, Westgate Chambers Barrister, Scott Sharp hosts Jo O'Sullivan & Jacinta Gallant, where they discuss Non-Court Dispute Resolution. Jo, Present Chair of East Sussex Resolution, who specialises in helping clients, students and fellow family law professionals to avoid the family court; all in the hope that doing so will minimise the emotional damage of parental separation on children.
Family Law Week Podcast Season 8 Episode 6
In this episode, Westgate Chambers Barrister, Laura Buchan hosts Lucy Barnes (Co-Founder & CEO, Future Pupil Barrister at East Anglian Chambers), Kate Aubrey-Johnson (Co-Founder, Barrister at Garden Court Chambers) and Gemma Creamer (COO) of Lawyers who Care. We dive deep into who Lawyers who Care are and what the future holds. We discuss how to become a mentor/mentorship organisation, which has b
Family Law Week Podcast Season 8 Episode 5
In this episode, Westgate Chambers Barrister, Scott Sharp hosts Mani Singh Basi from 4PB. Mani specialises in family law disputes relating to children, particularly cases with an international element. He has published two books in 2023, the first being 'A Practical Guide to Stranded Spouses in Family Law Proceedings' and more recently, 'A Practical Guide to Exercising the Inherent Jurisdic
Family Law Week Podcast Season 8 Episode 4
In this episode, Westgate Chambers Barrister, Ayisha Robertson hosts, CILEX President, Emma Davies and Registrar, Linda Ford along with Emma Taylor, Partner at GoodLaw Solicitors LLP. This episode digs deep into the recent wins for CILEX, and why training with CILEX has many benefits when compared with the traditional route. Emma Taylor goes on to explain her education through CILEX and promoti
Family Law Week Podcast Season 8 Episode 3- Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress
This special episode, in support of International Women's Day, see's Westgate Chambers Barrister, Ayisha Robertson host; Her Honour Judge Sarah Earley, Elizabeth Isaacs KC MCIArb (Head of St Ives Chambers), Mary Prior KC (Head of 36 Crime and Vice Chair of the Criminal Bar Association) and Karen Dovaston (Founder of Dovaston Law and Chair of The Law Society Family Law Committee). In this episode c
Family Law Week Podcast Season 8 Episode 2
In this episode, Westgate Chambers Barristers, Laura Buchan and Scott Sharp host James Evans, Head of UK Professional Education at OurFamilyWizard to discuss the platform, its benefits and to confirm two new features for 2024 which are a new Parenting Plan written in conjunction with NACCC and the ability to use in-app voice and video calls. This episode is produced by Stuart Taylor Visit the Fami
Family Law Week Podcast Season 8 Episode 1
In this episode, Westgate Chambers Barristers, Ayisha Robertson and Scott Sharp host His Honour Stephen Wildblood KC and Dr Freda Gardner about their joint works and how writing has become a large part of their collaboration. John Hatton also provides a news and case law update. This episode is produced by Sean Gould and Stuart Taylor Visit the Family Law Week website for more episodes.
Family Law Week Podcast Season 7 Episode 6
Rachel Cooper is joined this week by Diana Hamade, an international renowned lawyer based in the UAE.
Family Law Week Podcast Season 7 Episode 5
Rachel Cooper is joined by Susan Baldock and Jacqueline Marks of The Mediation Space to discuss their new dispute resolution offering in family law, as well as discussing their lives and careers.
Family Law Week Podcast Season 7 Episode 4
Rachel Cooper is joined by Ayesha Vardag of Vardags. Ayesha discuss her life, career, and 3 of what Ayesha considers to be her most important cases.
Family Law Week Podcast Season 7 Episode 3
Rachel Cooper is joined by Alexis Campbell QC, joint head of chambers at 29 Bedford Row.
Family Law Week Podcast Season 7 Episode 2
Rachel Cooper is joined by Karin Walker of KGW Family Law and Dr Supriya McKenna
Family Law Week Weekly Podcast Season 7 Episode 1
Rachel Cooper is joined by Marilyn Stowe, Founder of Stowe Family Law.
Family Law Week Weekly Podcast Season 6 Episode 3
Rachel Cooper is joined this week by Dr S Chelvan, Head of Immigration and Public Law at 33 Bedford Row
Family Law Week Weekly Podcast Season 6 Episode 2
Rachel Cooper is joined in this episode by Andrew Powell of 4PB and by Natalie Sutherland, partner at Burgess Mee solicitors.
Family Law Week Weekly Podcast Season 6 Episode 1
Rachel Cooper is joined by Elizabeth (Liz) Isaacs QC, member of St Ives Chambers and door tenant at Coram Chambers in London, Atlantic Chambers in Liverpool and 18 St John Street Chambers in Manchester
Family Law Week Weekly Podcast Season 5 Episode 4
Rachel Cooper is joined this week by Edward Devereux QC of Harcourt Chambers.
Family Law Week Weekly Podcast Season 5 Episode 3
Rachel Cooper is joined in this episode by Rachael Kelsey of SKO solicitors
Family Law Week Weekly Podcast Season 5 Episode 2
James Stewart is known for his top-level work on international financial matters. He is a fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers and is on the Consultation Board of Practical Law. He is a recognised expert in the field of Anglo-Russian family law, is the general editor of 'Family Law Jurisdictional Comparisons' (third edition, 2015) and 'Practical Law Company's Multi-Jurisdictional
Family Law Week Weekly Podcast Season 5 Episode 1
Rachel Cooper is joined by Natasha Shotunde of Garden Court Chambers
Family Law Week Weekly Podcast Season 4 Episode 5
Rachel Cooper is joined by Sir Paul Coleridge to discuss his career at the bar, on the bench and his work with the Marriage Foundation.
Family Law Week Weekly Podcast Season 4 Episode 4
Rachel Cooper is joined by Andrew Bagchi QC for a discussion on having confidence as a family lawyer. They also discuss the Court of Protection with specific reference to LB Tower Hamlets v NB v AU [2019] EWCOP 17 and A Local Authority v JB [2020] EWCA Civ 735, and the issue of how the Court of Protection should approach capacity to consent to sexual relations.
Family Law Week Weekly Podcast Season 4 Episode 3
Rachel Cooper is joined by Ruth Henke QC to look at devolution in law and look at the cases of Re C (Children) (Care: Change of Forename) [2016] EWCA Civ 374 and T-S (A Child) [2019] EWCA Cov 742.
Family Law Week Weekly Podcast Season 4 Episode 2
Rachel Cooper hosts a parental alienation special with Martha Cover
Family Law Week Weekly Podcast Season 4 Episode 1
Rachel Cooper of Coram Chambers is joined by Carolina Marín Pedreño, partner, and Sulema Jahangir, Senior Associate, both of Dawson Cornwell solicitors for an International Children Law special. They look at a range of international family law issues but specifically, two Hague Convention cases: (1) The Rachael Neustadt case; and (2) LC (Children)(No 2) [2014] UKSC 1. They also look at the iss
Family Law Week Weekly Podcast Season 3, Episode 5
Rachel Cooper of Coram Chambers is joined by Barbara Mills QC of 4PB.
Family Law Week Weekly Podcast Season 3 Episode 4
Rachel Cooper of Coram Chambers is joined by Alex Laing, also of Coram Chambers to discuss Deprivation of Liberty safeguards and the interrelationship between the inherent jurisdiction and s.25 CA 1989 / s.119 Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014; and Villiers v Villiers [2020] UKSC 30.
Family Law Week Weekly Podcast Season 3 Episode 3
Rachel Cooper of Coram Chambers hosts a Costs Special looking specifically at the amendments to the FPR 2010 on costs in financial remedy proceedings which took effect from 6 July 2020. Nick Allen QC, Charlotte Trace and Emily Page of 29 Bedford Row join her to look at where we have come from on costs, where we are now and where we are going. Cases considered in depth: WG v HG [2018] EWFC 84 MB v
Family Law Week Weekly Podcast Season 3 Episode 2
Rachel Cooper of Coram Chambers is joined by Charles Howard QC of 1KBW to discuss Imerman v Imerman [2010] 2 FLR 814 and issues of non-disclosure by parties in financial proceedings, and the decision of Williams J in DN v UD [2020] EWHC 627 (Fam) on Schedule 1, the significance of that decision and Sch 1 CA 1989 claims generally.
Family Law Week Weekly Podcast Season 3 Episode 1
Rachel Cooper of Coram Chambers is joined by Jenny Beck of Beck Fitzgerald
Family Law Week Weekly Podcast Season 2 Episode 8
Rachel Cooper of Coram Chambers is joined by Lucy Maxwell at 1GC to discuss the complications brought about by the Coronavirus Covid-19 and the opportunity to move forward with paperless working.
Family Law Week Weekly Podcast Season 2 Episode 7
Rachel Cooper of Coram Chambers is joined by Dr Rob George of Harcourt Chambers.
Family Law Week Weekly Podcast Season 2 Episode 6
Rachel Cooper of Coram Chambers is joined by Suzanne Kingston from Mills & Reeve
Family Law Week Weekly Podcast Season 2 Episode 5
Rachel Cooper of Coram Chambers is joined by Nkumbe Ekaney QC to discuss diversity at the bar and in the legal profession generally, use of s.43 CA orders in radicalisation cases, FGM cases and the relationship between findings in the criminal and family courts.
Family Law Week Weekly Podcast Season 2 Episode 4
Rachel Cooper of Coram Chambers talks to Harry Gates and Samantha Woodham of The Divorce Surgery about Family Law reform, financial remedies, the Child Arrangements Programme and mediation. Cases discussed: JK v MK [2020] EWFC 2
Family Law Week Weekly Podcast Season 2 Episode 3
Rachel Cooper of Coram Chambers is joined by Laura Naser of Pennington, Manches Cooper LLP. Cases discussed: HR v DS [2019] EWHC 2425 AB v CD [2019] EWHC 3381
Family Law Week Weekly Podcast Season 2, Episode 2
Rachel Cooper of Coram Chambers is joined this week by Nigel Dyer QC of 1 Hare Court discussing online divorces, Part 3 financial claims after a foreign divorce, and detection and preservation in financial remedy claims Cases discussed: Agbaje v Akinnoye-Agbaje [2010] UKSC 13 CB v KB [2019] EWFC 78 XW v XH [2019] EWCA Civ 549
Family Law Week Weekly Podcast Season 2 Episode 1
Rachel Cooper of Coram Chambers is joined by Zoe Bloom, partner, Keystone Law. Cases discussed: TT v CDS [2019] EWHC 3572 (Fam) Neil v Neil [2019] EWHC 3330 (Fam)
Family Law Week Weekly Podcast Episode 7
Rachel Cooper is joined by Joint Head of Coram Chambers, Mark Twomey QC. Cases discussed: Re A (A child) [2018] EWCA civ 2240 In the matter of NY (A child) [2019] UKSC49
Family Law Week Weekly Podcast Episode 6
Rachel Cooper of Coram Chambers is joined by guest Eleri Jones to discuss international law. Cases discussed: C v C [2019] UKPC 40 Re I-L (Children) (1996 Hague Child Protection Convention:Inherent Jurisdiction) [2019] EWCA Civ 1956
Family Law Week Weekly Podcast Episode 5
Rachel Cooper of Coram Chambers is joined by guest Anarkali Musgrave to discuss Parental Alienation Cases discussed: Re L [2019] EWHC 867 (fam) Re H (Parental Alienation) [2019] EWHC 2723 (Fam) Re A (Children: Parental Alienation) [2019] EWFC B56
Family Law Week Weekly Podcast Episode 4
Rachel Cooper of Coram Chambers is joined by guest Hannah Markham QC of The 36 Group. Cases discussed are: Re X (FGMPO No. 2) [2019 EWHC 1990 (Fam) In the matter of TT and YY [2019] EWHC 2384 (Fam)
Family Law Week Weekly Podcast Episode 3
Rachel Cooper of Coram Chambers is joined by guest Cyrus Larizadeh QC of 4PB. Cases discussed are: AA & 25 Ors (Children) [2019] EWFC 64 Re S (A Child: Adequacy of Reasoning) [2019] EWCA Civ 1845
Family Law Week Weekly Podcast Episode 2
A round-up of family law news from the past week and an in-depth look at recent cases hosted by Rachel Cooper, counsel, Coram Chambers.
Family Law Week Weekly Podcast Episode 1
A round-up of family law news from the past week and an in-depth look at recent cases hosted by Rachel Cooper, counsel, Coram Chambers. Cases looked at this week: 1. In the matter of NY (A Child) [2019] UKSC 49 2. CASE OF J.D. AND A v. THE UNITED KINGDOM (Applications nos. 32949/17 and 34614/17) 3. C (A Child) (Judicial Conduct) [2019] EWFC B53 4. AR v ML [2019] EWFC 56
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