New Park Court Chambers – ‘one of the leading criminal, regulatory and inquest sets in the UK’ – Legal 500, 2021
5th Oct 2020
New Park Court Chambers continues to develop a national reputation as once again, the Legal 500 recognises Chambers wealth of experience and expertise in multiple practice areas. Crime For crime...
Valerie Sterling: When and how can Hearsay Evidence be relied upon as evidence in the Family Court?
25th Sep 2020
Valerie Sterling, Head of the New Park Court Family Team, discusses hearsay evidence in the Family Court. Click here to read the article...
New Park Court retains Tier 1 ranking in the Legal 500
1st Oct 2019
The latest edition of the Legal 500 sees New Park Court retaining its status as a Tier 1 set on the North Eastern Circuit. Viewed as 'very highly regarded by clients: it works together to...
Family Briefing (Part 3) – Spring 2019
10th Apr 2019
Valerie Sterling, Head of the Family Team, discusses ex parte applications for female genital mutilation protection orders pursuant to Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003. ...
Family Briefing (Part 2) – Autumn 2018
5th Nov 2018
Valerie Sterling, Head of the Family Team, discusses applications to vary under section 31 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973. Click here to download....
Legal 500: New Park Court is ranked in the top tier of leading sets on the North Eastern Circuit
31st Oct 2018
New Park Court is delighted to announce that 17 members of Chambers have been listed in the latest edition of the Legal 500. Chambers collectively continues to be recognised as a leading set. ...
Family Briefing (Part 1) – Autumn 2018
29th Aug 2018
Valerie Sterling, Head of the Family Team, poses the question 'when can an unmarried father lose parental responsibility for his child?' Click here to download....
Members of New Park Court Chambers remain at the top in the latest legal rankings
3rd Nov 2017
The newly published Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners UK Bar Guide have cemented our status the leading set on the North Eastern Circuit and the home of many of the most eminent practitioners, and...
Radmacher and post nuptial agreements
12th Nov 2014
Valerie Sterling has recently drafted a post-nuptial agreement taking into consideration the Supreme Court decision in Radmacher (2010) UKSC 42. The need for a post-nuptial agreement arose because...