COUNSEL PROHIBITED FROM ACTING FOR A PARTY: APPEAL UPHELD: A VERY RARE POWER EXERCISED

In  Ahmed v Iqbal (Order Preventing Counsel from Acting) [2020] EWHC 2666 (Fam) Mr Justice Macdonald upheld a decision preventing counsel from acting for a party in family proceedings.

THE CASE The father and mother were involved in proceedings under the Children Act.  The father's counsel had prev...