We can assist with the following Family Law applications:

(a) Disputes over child contact and residence

(b) Financial remedy

(c) Prohibited steps (An order to prevent a parent or person with parental responsibility from taking a particular action concerning a child or children, without the permission of the court)

(d) Specific issues (An order requiring the court to decide a particular issue where those with parental responsibility cannot agree)

(e) Non-molestation and occupation orders

(f) Declarations of parentage and parental responsibility

Experience

Extensive experience in disputes concerning child contact, residence, parental responsibility, specific issues, prohibited steps, non-molestation orders and occupations orders. A reasonable level of experience in financial remedy proceedings up to a certain value, with low to moderate asset complexity.

Small selection of notable cases

Various: Represented parents, local authorities and children’s guardians in a significant number of complex public law family proceedings involving extensive expert evidence, several of which were in the High Court.

Various: Successfully secured and opposed a number of applications for transfers of residence, disputes over child contact, specific issues, prohibited steps, non-molestation and occupation orders, representing mothers, fathers, ex-partners and other family members. Further specifics available on request.  

Various: Secured favourable financial remedy orders for both applicants and respondents. Further specifics available on request. 

Re B Led by King’s Counsel. Complex High Court hearing concerning the alleged non-accidental death of a baby, representing the local authority. Finding made against the father who had previously been found not guilty of murder in the criminal trial.

Re C Led by King’s Counsel. Dispute between parents concerning various specific issues, most significantly, the religion of the child. 

Re K Successful application on behalf of the mother for: (i) a no-contact order against the father (ii) removal of the father’s parental responsibility, and (iii) change of the child’s surname. Succeeded on all three applications. The father had been imprisoned for severe domestic violence perpetrated against the mother in front of the child.

Re N Application on behalf of the father during which the court was persuaded to go against the recommendation of Cafcass, and ordered the progression to overnight staying contact.  

Re J Successful application on behalf of the mother following a contested final hearing for permission to permanently remove the child from the jurisdiction to Croatia. 

Re T After several years of almost no progress, secured an order for a progression to overnight contact on behalf of the applicant father at final hearing.  

Re R Successful application on behalf of the mother for transfer of residence from the father’s care to her full time care, following findings against the father at a fact-finding hearing and a subsequent contested final hearing. Mother and child had been separated for approximately 18 months by the time of reunification. 

Please see the Legal Notices page for further information regarding the above notable cases.