Aidan Vine KC in H and J (Placement Orders) [2024] EWCA Civ 429
Aidan Vine KC led Carolyn Bland of Deans Court Chambers in H and J (Placement Orders) [2024] EWCA Civ 429; an appeal by mother against placement orders made in respect of…
Simon Miller and Alana Hughes in Re D (Children: Interim Care Order: Hair Strand Testing) [2024] EWCA Civ 498
Simon Miller led Alana Hughes in the above case, they represented the local authority. ‘This appeal has brought into focus once again the science of hair strand drug testing – its…
Jonathan Sampson KC in Re W (A Child) (Inflicted Injury – Delay) [2024] EWCA Civ 418
Jonathan Sampson KC, instructed by Waldrons Solicitors, led Kristina Brown of No5 Barristers Chambers in Re W (A Child) (Inflicted Injury – Delay) [2024] EWCA Civ 418; an appeal by the…
Nick Goodwin KC in Nottingham City Council v AZ & Ors [2023] EWHC 3513 (Fam)
Nick Goodwin KC, instructed by Jackson Quinn solicitors, led Stephen Williams of St Mary’s Chambers in Nottingham City Council v AZ & Ors [2023] EWHC 3513 (Fam); a fact-finding in…
Mehvish Chaudhry in J (A Boy) and K (A Girl), In the Matter of (Re Children Act 1989 – Family Law Act 1996 Part IV) [2024] EWFC 77 (B)
Mehvish Chaudhry represented the appellant mother in J (A Boy) and K (A Girl), In the Matter of (Re Children Act 1989 – Family Law Act 1996 Part IV) [2024] EWFC 77…
David Marusza in Re C (A Child) (Adoption by Foster Carers) [2024] EWFC 87
David Marusza, instructed by Siobhan Murray of Reeds solicitors, appeared for the Father in Re C (A Child) (Adoption by Foster Carers) [2024] EWFC 87 in a final hearing before Mr Richard Harrison…
Nick Goodwin KC in A Council v An NHS Foundation Trust & Ors [2024] EWHC 874 (Fam)
Nick Goodwin KC was instructed by the Applicant local authority in A Council v An NHS Foundation Trust & Ors [2024] EWHC 874 (Fam); an application by a local authority for…
Matthew Brookes-Baker and Stephen Crispin in Bracknell Forest Council v Mother & Ors [2024] EWFC 68
Stephen Crispin appeared on behalf of the Joint Legal Team for the Applicant Council and Matthew Brookes-Baker was instructed by Griffiths Robertson Solicitors for the Second Respondent father in Bracknell Forest Council v…
Simon Miller and Alex Perry in Re Z (Infant Fatality) [2024] EWHC 618 (Fam)
In Re Z (Infant Fatality) [2024] EWHC 618 (Fam) Simon Miller, leading Alex Perry, was instructed by Jackson West for the mother in this fact-finding hearing in care proceedings issued following death of…
Edward Bennett appeared in an important international surrogacy case concerning the interrelationship between the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 and the Adoption and Children Act 2002
Re AB (A Child) [2024] EWHC 586 (Fam) concerned a child born through surrogacy in the USA. The parents sought to establish their child’s interest as beneficiary of family trusts…
Court of Appeal provides guidance on the application of s.31(3A-B) CA89 and primacy of the ACA 2002 welfare checklist in care proceedings where care plan is one of placement for adoption
In Re J (Care Plan for Adoption) [2024] EWCA Civ 265 Jonathan Sampson KC, leading Vicky Reynolds, was instructed by Shazia Rana of Duncan Lewis Solicitors for the Appellant mother…
Elisabeth Wickham and Oliver Powell in Luton Borough Council v R & Ors [2024] EWFC 52
Elisabeth Wickham, instructed by Family Law Group, represented the First Respondent mother and Oliver Powell, instructed by Hepburn Delaney Solicitors, represented the children’s guardian in Luton Borough Council v R &…