James Turner KC (1952–2025): An Obituary

James Turner KC, who has died aged 72, was a titan of the bar. In an increasingly specialised legal world, he had a uniquely broad practice for a family barrister: financial remedies, child abduction, divorce, crime, judicial review, medical disciplinary work and administrative law.

• Blog

• Obituaries

• Alexander Chandler KC

!24/01/2025 10:42

SM v BA (Legal Services Payment Order) [2025] EWFC 710 January 2025

Nicholas Allen KC sitting as a deputy High Court judge. Application for a legal services payment order within high net worth financial remedy proceedings.

• Cases

• Financial Remedies Court (FRC)
• Maintenance Pending Suit
• Legal Services Payment Orders

• Katie Stephens

XY v XX [2024] EWFC 387 (B)8 November 2024

HHJ Hess. Application brought by H to set aside on the basis of a ‘mutual mistake’ of the parties which presented the court with inaccurate computational figures.

• Cases

• Setting Aside Orders (Including Barder Applications)

• Albert Gibbon

WW v XX [2024] EWFC 330 (B)11 October 2024

HHJ Hess. Final hearing involving valuation and matrimonial nature of business.

• Cases

• Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
• Experts
• Companies
• Valuations

• William Foulkes

MB v CD [2024] EWHC 751 (Fam)2 April 2024

Judd J. This case concerned an application by the mother for an LSPO in respect of both financial remedy and Children Act 1989 proceedings.

• Cases

• Housing Need
• Costs
• Legal Services Payment Orders
• Needs

• Stephanie Coker