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Raising the Bar: Kevin Gordon
Kevin appears in the latest podcast from Gray's Inn about routes to the Bar - in particular his previous professional background which makes him particularly suited to a career in family law, and his previous life as a professional ballet dancer. A great listen!
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Pupillage applications
Thank you to everyone who has applied for pupillage. We received a large number of excellent applications, and will be contacting those who have got through to the first interview in due course. First interviews will be taking place on 7, 8 and 9 April 2020.
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Military law success
Matthew Bolt has successfully represented an army sergeant who faced losing his rank (and significant pension benefits) through Major Administrative Action initiated following a conviction for ABH. Matthew has a specialist practice in military law, alongside his successful criminal law work.
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Applying Art 13(1) b) of the Hague Convention in domestic violence cases
Dr Onyoja Momoh is published in the Journal for Private International Law (Dec 2019 edition): 'The interpretation and application of Article 13(1) b) of the Hague Child Abduction Convention in cases involving domestic violence: Revisiting X v Latvia and the principle of “effective examination'. Read more here: https://doi.org/10.1080/17441048.2019.1684665
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CA success
In December 2019, Dr Onyoja Momoh and Kevin Gordon successfully defended an appeal against an SGO made in favour of a maternal grandmother in the case of Re FL (a Child) : [2020] EWCA Civ 20. The CA judgment has now been published setting out the reasons for the decision.
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Court Martial Appeal Court
In October 2019, Matthew Bolt succeeded in the Court Martial Appeal Court in relation to an important procedural matter for the Service Justice System. The case has now been reported: Regina v SH and another [2019] WLR(D) 584.
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Direct Public Access Barristers
5 Pump Court has 40 qualified Direct Public Access Barristers with expertise in the following areas of law: Employment & Discrimination, Family, Property & Landlord & Tenant, Business & Commercial, Construction, Professional Negligence & Liability, Crime, Personal Injury.
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5 Pump Court Seminar Program
So far in 2020, we have delivered in-house training to client firms on international adoption and Protecting Liberty in the Court of Protection. If you would like to invite our specialist teams to present a seminar to your firm, please contact our clerks or Chambers Director.
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5 Pump Court Legal 500
5 Pump Court is well known for its criminal and regulatory work but also has expertise across the family and civil spectrums. The clerks’ room consists of criminal clerk John Wooloughan, family clerk Jay Dorton, civil clerk Greg Piner, assistant practice clerk Stephen Bush and junior clerk Abbie Sperry.
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Equal Opportunities
Chambers’s Equality Policy is applied when considering all applications.
Tenancy Applications
5 Pump Court is a busy and long-established common law set with enviable financial stability.
Due to a significant surplus of work and a desire to expand, we are looking for high quality practitioners across all of our core areas of expertise: Civil, Crime and Family.
Applications are invited from established Civil practitioners, and across all levels of call from Criminal and Family practitioners.
Applications should be made by way of a CV and covering letter to recruitment@5pumpcourt.com
Alternatively please speak to our Chambers Director in confidence.
Twelve-month Pupillage
5 Pump Court is a successful common law set of chambers with three main practice teams: Criminal, Civil and Family. We are a friendly set and aim to make pupillage an instructive and enjoyable experience in which our pupils see a variety of work. To facilitate that, pupils will normally have three supervisors during the year.
Chambers is a member of the Pupillage Gateway. Please read the Pupillages Handbook or visit www.pupillagegateway.com. for further information about how to apply for a twelve-month pupillage at 5 Pump Court.
This year, 5 Pump Court seeks to recruit one pupil who can demonstrate a genuine desire to undertake pupillage in a common law chambers and one pupil who wishes to specialise in Crime.
Chambers will consider any application made for flexibility within pupillage. Applications are considered on an individual basis. If you wish to make an application for flexibility, please contact our Director on a confidential basis on 020 7353 2532 or at clarekelly@5pumpcourt.com
Third Six Pupillage
We are actively recruiting for one or more Third Six pupils to cover a surplus of family work in relation to public and private law children cases, matrimonial finance and domestic abuse injunctions. Third six pupils can expect to be in court every day.
Please apply by sending a letter of application to Rebecca Foulkes with a CV, copy of your last 3 months' work diary and any references that you may have available. Please use the following email address: rebeccafoulkes@5pumpcourt.com
Applications will be kept confidential.
Successful candidates will be selected on merit and in accordance with our equality and diversity policy.
This opportunity is also advertised at: https://www.barcouncil.org.uk/careers/third-six-vacancies-and-best-practice/
Mini pupillage
A maximum of four one-week mini-pupillages will be offered each year and will take place during the summer.
Applicants must be either an undergraduate or graduate.
The application form and equal opportunities monitoring form should be completed and submitted between the 1st and the 31st December each year either by post or email to rebeccafoulkes@5pumpcourt.com
Due to the volume of applications it is regretted that applications received outside this period will not be acknowledged or considered.
Successful applicants will be notified by the end of February.
A mini-pupillage is not a pre-requisite for pupillage but may assist a future application.
5 Pump Court
Temple, London
EC4Y 7AP
Document Exchange
LDE 497 Chancery Lane
Hours
8.30 am until 7.00 pm
Urgent out-of-hours
07976 368031
