Our work covers all areas of family law, with particular expertise in the following areas:
Ruth Cabeza was instructed by Bindmans for the Second Respondent Child, acting by his Children’s Guardian in Father v Mother & Anor [2024] EWHC 3332 (Fam); a complex international child contact dispute…
Justine Ramsden and Ben Woolstencroft talk about the Cafcass domestic abuse practice policy in their latest webinar with For Media Group.
In the webinar they delve into the rationale…
Mehvish Chaudhry, instructed by Dawson Cornwell, represented the mother in P (Re Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985 Incorporating the 1980 Hague Convention on Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction) (Rev1)…
‘Make do and Mend’: Practice Guidance on the use of Intermediaries
The views expressed in this paper are mine and mine alone. They are not to be taken as representing…
Andrew Leong, instructed by Reeds, for the children and Sian Cox, instructed by Fort & Co, appeared for the mother in CA, CB and CC (Fact Finding: Coercion and Sexual…
Craig Jeakings gives a personal account of his experience with press interactions in the family court.
Winston Churchill said of the press….
“A free press is the unsleeping guardian…
Jonathan Sampson KC led Alicia Collinson, they appeared on behalf of the Local Authority. Alex Forbes, instructed by Sills and Betteridge, represented the Third and Fourth Respondent children in R &…
What are nesting arrangements?
A ‘nesting arrangement’ describes a situation where a separated couple takes it in turns to look after their children in the family home whilst the…
Mehvish Chaudhry, instructed by Mills & Reeve, acted for J and B, the First and Second Respondents in F v J & Ors [2024] EWHC 2802 (Fam); an application by father…
In honour of International Women’s Day 2025, Martina Mikic and Freya Davies, of LexisNexisUK, invited Anna Yarde to take part in their YouTube video Recognising Women at the Bar this International…
Oliver Wraight, instructed by SBS Solicitors, acted on behalf of the Third Respondent by her Children’s Guardian in Buckinghamshire Council v Mother & Ors [2024] EWFC 338 (B); care proceedings concerning…
In Re K (Children) (Application for return orders: Concurrent asylum claims) [2025] EWHC 450 (Fam) and Re K (Children) (No 2) (Application for return orders: best interests decisions) [2025] EWHC 451 (Fam) the High Court…