Damian Broadbent

Damian routinely acts for parents in complex private law disputes. He has had particular success in cases involving allegations of alienating behaviours and domestic abuse. Damian has experience dealing with cases involving:

• Child arrangements orders.
• Specific issue orders and prohibited steps orders, including using such orders to limit a parent’s exercise of their parental responsibility.
• Non-molestation orders and occupation orders.
• Fact-finding hearings.
• Domestic abuse.
• Alienating behaviours.
• Intractable hostility.
• Enforcement orders.
• Contempt and committal proceedings.
• Costs.
• Appeals.
• Cases involving a local authority or which become care proceedings.

Notable Private Law Children cases

The High Court clarifies the law and procedure to be followed when an accredited journalist applies for disclosure and permission to publish documents from private proceedings which they did not attend. 

Damian successfully argued for a mother that her child should be returned to her care notwithstanding findings of parental alienation having previously been made against her. The father, children’s guardian, and expert psychologist all opposed the application.