Our work covers all areas of family law, with particular expertise in the following areas:
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…
Alex Forbes represented the applicant Local Authority in N (A Child) (Deprivation of Liberty Orders) [2025] EWHC 1690 (Fam); a final judgment in deprivation of liberty proceedings concerning a young woman who…
Elisabeth Wickham was instructed by Oxford Law Group on behalf of the Third Respondent, A (a child), acting through their Children’s Guardian, and Oliver Powell represented the Applicant Local Authority…
Matthew Brookes-Baker, instructed by Boardman, Hawkins & Osborne, represented the applicant prospective adopters in J, K and L (Application for Non-Agency Adoptions) [2025] EWFC 157 (B); an application by foster carers to…
This was a decision of Recorder Fiona Hay of Harcourt Chambers sitting as a s. 9 Deputy High Court Judge.
In a wide ranging judgment on financial remedies the learned…
Matthew Brookes-Baker was instructed by Daniel Woodman Solicitors for the child in Bristol City Council v B & Ors [2025] EWFC 121 (B); a fact-finding hearing in care proceedings where the…
Professor Rob George KC, acting alongside Deirdre Fottrell KC and Andrew Powell, both of 4 Paper Buildings, were instructed by James Netto of International Family Law Group to represent the…