Children (Private Law)
Richard is instructed on behalf of parents, children and extended family members in the full range of applications. These include difficult cases of implacable hostility, shared care arrangements, internal and external relocation, special guardianship and fact-finding hearings regarding domestic violence, sexual abuse and children giving evidence.
View full profile »Law Pod UK Ep.188: Vulnerable witnesses: Communication in the Family Courts - Aug 2023
Family law expert Richard Ager talks to Melissa Patidar about her intermediary service company, Comunicourt, which provides communication support between lawyers and witnesses in remote and face to...
Law Pod UK Ep. 179: Safe as Houses: depriving children of their liberty - Feb 2023
Applications for secure accommodation or deprivation of liberty orders, for children in the UK, have increased significantly in recent years. Lucy McCann talks with Richard Ager and Clare Ciborowska...
Law Pod UK Ep. 168: Psychology or pseudoscience? Parental alienation and the role of the psychologist - Sep 2022
Jim Duffy speaks to Richard Ager and Clare Ciborowska, of 1 Crown Office Row in Brighton. They discuss how the family court deals with allegations of ‘alienating behaviour’ by one parent against...
Law Pod UK Ep. 162: Reproductive Coercion and Control: allegations of abuse in child contact cases - Apr 2022
Clare Ciborowska and Richard Ager, both family law experts, talk about the difficult subject of reproductive coercion where such allegations arise in child contact cases. Fact finding hearings, Scott...
Law Pod UK : Family Law Series : Care Orders and Newborn Babies - Jul 2021
In the second of their series of family law podcasts, Clare Ciborowska and Richard Ager discuss the vexed area of care proceedings where it is considered necessary to take a baby away from its...
Law Pod UK : Family Law Series : First Podcast Episode Released - May 2021
We're delighted to announce a new series of Family Law focused episodes for our podcast Law Pod UK. Clare Ciborowska and Richard Ager join Rosalind English in the first of a series of discussions...
Richard Ager and Clare Ciborowska discuss Coercive Control and Abuse - Jan 2021
Join Richard Ager and Clare Ciborowska at 5pm on 3rd February for a discussion on Coercive Control and Abuse in light of F v M [2021] EWFC 4, and the conjoined cases in the Court of Appeal on 19 and...
Brighton Bar Society ‘First steps towards a career at the Bar’ with Richard Ager, Anogika Souresh and Hope Spalding - Dec 2020
On 17th December 2020 at 6.30pm Richard Ager, Anogika Souresh and Hope Spalding will remotely talk to Brighton University students about becoming a barrister. They will give their insights into the...
Open for Business! 1COR’s Richard Ager supports the University of Brighton’s Legal Clinic launch - Dec 2019
A new pro bono legal clinic at the University of Brighton, launched by senior lecturer Brontie Ansell (Follow her on twitter @brontieMaria) and supported by Richard Ager (Find him on twitter...
New Pro-Bono Law Clinic about to launch in Brighton – Podcast - Aug 2019
University of Brighton recognises 1 Crown Office Row's contribution in the creation of a soon to launch pro-bono law clinic. In this podcast Brontie Ansell, senior lecturer in law at the Brighton...
1COR’s annual Ghulam Hussain Volleyball Cup featured in The Argus - Aug 2019
We were delighted to read a feature focusing on our annual Ghulam Hussain Volleyball Cup in The Argus News Section (pg. 17). The tournament is named in memory of fellow barrister Ghulam Hussain and...
1COR’s annual Ghulam Hussain Volleyball Cup is here! - Jul 2019
Each year, 1COR raise money for the Rockinghorse Appeal and remember fellow barrister Ghulam Hussain. This hugely popular event is going from strength to strength in its 9th year with 15 teams...
1COR & Orbis Law present ‘Mental Capacity Act 2005 Training for Local Government Lawyers’ - Nov 2018
Orbis Law and 1COR are presenting a seminar aimed at providing an update on the Mental Capacity Act 2005 in relation to local government cases with talks on different topics from Martin Downs, Abha...
1COR speakers at the West Sussex Resolution AGM & Family Law Day - Nov 2018
Richard Ager, Adam Smith and Anita Mehta have been invited to speak at the West Sussex Resolution AGM & Family Law Day, along with other notable speakers. Adam Smith: Vulnerable Witnesses - PD...
Richard Ager and his son Sam fundraising for Multiple Sclerosis Society - Aug 2018
Richard Ager and his son, Sam, completed the Hadrian's Wall Walk on Saturday 18th August for the Multiple Sclerosis Society charity. After 6 hard walking days Richard said "it was great fun, hard...
1COR host Public Law Seminar with East Sussex Resolution - Mar 2018
1 Crown Office Row & East Sussex Resolution Public Law Seminar Crown Office Row Chambers 119 Church Street, Brighton BN1 1UD Programme: Inherent Jurisdiction of the High Court of Justice,...
Richard Ager successfully represents a mother accused of parental alienation - Mar 2018
The children, aged 9 and 11, refused to see their father alleging that there had been aggressive behaviour on his part and treating them differently. The father says the children have been alienated....
1COR hosts Local Government & Education Law Conference - Sep 2017
A conference was held on 14th September in Brighton for local authority lawyers practicing in the field of education. The main speaker at the event was Amelia Walker who gave a case update and then...
1COR Hosts 2017 Court of Protection Conference - Sep 2017
Chambers hosted a conference in Brighton on 14th September on recent developments in the Court of Protection with Local Government Lawyers from the Orbis Group covering Surrey, East & West Sussex...
Crown Office Row Judge the Junior Debating Competition at Sussex University - Apr 2015
David Lewis-Hall and Richard Ager recently visited Sussex University to present the 1Crown Office Row debating trophy to the two winners of this year's closely-fought competition, Oke Omoniyi and...
Richard Ager and Clare Ciborowska appointed as Associates of the University of Sussex - Mar 2015
Building on Chambers' many links with the University, we are pleased to announce that Richard Ager and Clare Ciborowska have been appointed Associates of the School of Social Work and Social Care at...
Court service required to fund litigation in family proceedings - Jan 2015
Adam Smith and Richard Ager comment on Re K and H (children: Unrepresented father: Cross-Examination of a Child) 2015 (HHJ Bellamy Sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge). A landmark case supporting the...
Seminar: Article 15: Determining in which country to hold care proceedings - Nov 2014
How does a UK court considering care proceedings involving EU Nationals decide which European country is best placed to determine care proceedings and what case management steps are necessary if a...
Seminar: The Court of Protection, A gilded cage is still a cage - Apr 2014
Crown Office Row Brighton is hosting a Seminar on the Court of Protection on Wednesday 7th May. On 19 March, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Cheshire West concerning the issue of...
New Magistrate Court Appeals Guide incorporating upcoming rule changes - Mar 2014
Martin Downs and Richard Ager and pupil, Sophie Evans, have previously drafted two guides on how to appeal against care and placement orders. In anticipation of rule changes which come into effect...
Martin Downs and Richard Ager and 1COR pupil Sophie Evans have drafted two guides on how to appeal against care and placement orders - Jan 2014
Following the Supreme Court decision of Re B and the Court of Appeal decisions in Re B-S and Re W, appeals against care and placement orders have increased. Members Martin Downs and Richard Ager...
Case Comment: Bristol City Council v A Mother & Ors - Sep 2012
Richard Ager comments on the case of Bristol City Council v A Mother and ors and the use of hair strand testing. In Bristol City Council v A Mother & ors 2012 EWHC 2548 (Fam), Baker J was...
Government announces new definition of Domestic Violence - Sep 2012
Richard Ager comments on this new definition. Following pressure from Police and those working with the victims of domestic violence, The Government has today announced a broadening of the...
President’s guidance on applications for prior authority in care proceedings - May 2012
Richard Ager analyses the recent guidance given by Sir Nicholas Wall, President of the Family Division, on the instruction of experts in care proceedings. In a case decided on the 31st May 2012,...
Family Justice? The Family Justice Review & The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders - Nov 2011
