Our work covers all areas of family law, with particular expertise in the following areas:
Following findings of serious sexual abuse, coercive control and intimidation of an older sibling, the court considered the profound implications for her younger sister’s contact with their father, including long-term…
Following findings of serious sexual abuse by her stepfather, the court considered whether a young person approaching seventeen should remain in foster care despite her clear and determined wish to…
Following a Crown Court acquittal, the Family Court considered afresh a teenager’s allegations of serious sexual abuse by her stepfather and the resulting risk of harm to both her and…
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…
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…
Matthew Brookes-Baker was instructed by the Applicant local authority and Mavis Amonoo-Acquah was instructed by Dawson Cornwell for the Respondent mother in Child A & Ors [2024] EWFC 385; care proceedings…
Matthew Brookes-Baker, instructed by Makin Dixon Solicitors, represented the Second Respondent Mother in M (A Child) (Placement Order) [2025] EWCA Civ 214; an appeal by aunt and uncle against making of…
Matthew Matthew Brookes-Baker, instructed by Bower Bailey Solicitors, represented the father in F v M & Ors [2024] EWFC 355 (B); a final hearing in a complicated and protracted private law matter…
Matthew Brookes-Baker, instructed by OLG Solicitors, represented the Third to Fourth Respondent children by their Children’s Guardian and Vicky Reynolds represented the Applicant Council in C1 and C2 (Children: Fact Finding) [2024]…
The Local Government Lawyer reported Matthew Brookes-Baker and Stephen Crispin’s recent case Bracknell Forest Council v Mother & Ors [2024] EWFC 68.
This case concerned fact-finding hearings and medical…
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…
Save the Date. 21st June 2024 at the Ashmolean, Oxford.
We would like to announce our upcoming Infant Head Injuries in Child Protection Proceedings Conference 2024.
Join us for crucial…