Isabella Thomas-Kelly
Isabella Thomas-Kelly is a current pupil barrister at 1 Hare Court. As paralegal at Sears Tooth, she was involved in financial remedy and private children work. Isabella studied family law at UEA at undergraduate level, and at Oxford on the BCL.
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Laura Stewart Harris
Laura Stewart Harris is a paralegal working at Carson Kaye, a criminal law firm. She is interested in family law, particularly financial matters, and will apply for pupillage next round.
Fergus Reilly
Fergus Reilly is a recent Bar Course graduate and Gray’s Inn Scholar. He is about to commence work as a paralegal at an international law firm.
Emma Brunning
Emma Brunning is a Partner at Birketts, a top 50 UK law firm, where she leads the Family Team in Essex. She specialises in family law, with a particular focus on complex financial disputes arising from separation and divorce. Her expertise includes matters involving family-owned companies, trusts, investment portfolios, and
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Laura Stewart Harris
Laura Stewart Harris is a paralegal working at Carson Kaye, a criminal law firm. She is interested in family law, particularly financial matters, and will apply for pupillage next round.
Fergus Reilly
Fergus Reilly is a recent Bar Course graduate and Gray’s Inn Scholar. He is about to commence work as a paralegal at an international law firm.
Emma Brunning
Emma Brunning is a Partner at Birketts, a top 50 UK law firm, where she leads the Family Team in Essex. She specialises in family law, with a particular focus on complex financial disputes arising from separation and divorce. Her expertise includes matters involving family-owned companies, trusts, investment portfolios, and
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As part of the computation stage of financial remedy proceedings great care is taken to ascertain the accurate net value of the family home and other property owned by the parties or in which they have an interest.
Helliwell v Entwistle: Some Troubling Aspects
Following King LJ’s judgment in Helliwell v Entwistle [2025] EWCA Civ 1055, Sir Nicholas Mostyn reconsiders his reasoning in Cummings v Fawn [2023] EWHC 830 (Fam) and concludes that some of his language needs to be modified.
A Divorce, Gaslighting, Lack of Transparency, and a Port
Emma Brunning and Dharshica Thanarajasingham (with Alexander Thorpe KC and Saima Younis) represented the wife in TF v SF [2025] EWHC 1959 (Fam). The judge had to untangle a web of hidden assets, misleading disclosures and a multi-million-pound port deal to determine a fair financial settlement.