Victoria Flowers in Re C (OCD: Parental Obstruction of Care) [2025] EWFC 261
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 in X v Y [2025] EWFC 243 (B)
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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Douglas Allen in MZA v FHB (No 4) (private law – supplementary welfare judgment) [2025] EWFC 277 (B)
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 in R (A Minor) (Fact Finding) [2025] EWHC 1977 (Fam)
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 in R v S [2025] EWHC 1791 (Fam)
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…
Alison Williams and James Dove in Oxfordshire County Council v M & Ors [2025] EWFC 256 (B)
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 in S (Children: Transnational Marriage Abandonment) [2025] EWCA Civ 1058
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 in AB v CD [2025] EWHC 1563 (Fam)
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 in C (A Child: Summary Return to Pakistan) [2025] EWHC 1427 (Fam)
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 in one of three conjoined appeals
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 F (A Child) (Habitual Residence) [2025] EWCA Civ 911
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 in N (A Child) (Deprivation of Liberty Orders) [2025] EWHC 1690 (Fam)
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…