Katie Stephens
Katie Stephens is a family barrister at St Philips Chambers. She has a varied family law practice encompassing financial remedies, TLATA, private children and care proceedings. She has a growing interest in TLATA proceedings where she has acted at trial and early neutral evaluation, as well as drafting pre-proceedings documents. Katie regularly writes case summaries for the Financial Remedies Journal.
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Delaying Departure? Domicile in Divorce Cases
[2026] 1 FRJ 16. In Ramana v Kist Ramana [2025] EWCA Civ 1022, [2025] 4 WLR 120 the Court of Appeal was concerned with the question of how a domicile of choice may be lost. This article explores the arguments made at the hearing, the court’s decision and reasoning, and the likely implications.
Stop! In the Name of the LSA: Why Your Favourite Legal Exec Can’t Touch That Form A after Mazur and XX v GH
HHJ Farquhar was confronted with the practical consequences of Mazur for family law cases. The issue arose when Family Law Partners, a highly respected specialist family law firm, sought an exemption permitting their senior Chartered Legal Executive, Ms Lisa Burton Durham, to conduct litigation.
Book Review: Financial Remedies Handbook 2025
[2026] 1 FRJ 74. Rhys Taylor reviews the 15th edition of Financial Remedies Handbook 2026, by District Judge Sophie Harrison, published by LexisNexis, and says every financial remedy lawyer should have it by their side.