Our work covers all areas of family law, with particular expertise in the following areas:
Four members of Harcourt Chambers, Rob George KC, leading Mavis Amonoo-Acquah, Natasha Miller and Paige Campbell, instructed by James Netto of International Family Law Group, have been involved in a…
Victoria Flowers represented the local authority in Re C (OCD: Parental Obstruction of Care) [2025] EWFC 261, a highly unusual case in which a care order was granted for a…
Nick Goodwin KC was instructed by Vardags for the respondent father in X v Y [2025] EWFC 243 (B); private law proceedings concerning internal relocation, child arrangements, and children’s schooling.
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Doug Allen acted for the Applicant mother, instructed through the public access scheme, in MZA v FHB (No 4) (private law – supplementary welfare judgment) [2025] EWFC 277 (B) where Judge Vincent delivered…
Nick Goodwin KC, instructed by Roland Robinsons & Fentons Solicitors, for the Third Respondent Child R, led Heather Hobson of Deans Court Chambers, in R (A Minor) (Fact Finding) [2025] EWHC…
Nick Goodwin KC led Louise Higgins, of No.5 Barristers’ Chambers, they represented the First Respondent Local Authority in R v S [2025] EWHC 1791 (Fam); care proceedings concerning a child of…
James Dove acted for the Local Authority and Alison Williams acted for the Guardian, instructed by Oxford Law Group Ltd, in Oxfordshire County Council v M & Ors [2025] EWFC 256 (B).…
Professor Rob George KC, leading Sarah Dines of 3PB, acted for the respondent father in the Court of Appeal decision of Re S (Children: Transnational Marriage Abandonment) [2025] EWCA Civ 1058.…
Nick Goodwin KC was instructed by Vardags for the 1st Respondent father in AB v CD [2025] EWHC 1563 (Fam); an application by mother for one child to be returned from Egypt…
Mavis Amonoo-Acquah, instructed by Willis Croft Solicitors, represented the second respondent Paternal Grandmother in C (A Child: Summary Return to Pakistan) [2025] EWHC 1427 (Fam); an application by mother for summary return…
Emma Gatland appeared in the Court of Appeal today, led by Sam Momtaz KC, for directions in one of three conjoined appeals, dealing with legal parentage. The Court of Appeal…
Professor Rob George KC led Natasha Miller in a significant new Court of Appeal decision regarding habitual residence in child abduction proceedings. Re F (A Child) (Habitual Residence) [2025] EWCA Civ 911 concerned a child…