Our work covers all areas of family law, with particular expertise in the following areas:
Emily Rayner was instructed by RWK Goodman Solicitors for the Applicant mother in DE (A Child: Inward Return Order From India), Re [2026] EWHC 1099 (Fam); an application by a…
Martha, instructed by Jones Myers, acted for the applicant father in D v M & Anor (Art 13(b) Alleged Murder of Parent) [2026] EWHC 731 (Fam); Hague Convention proceedings concerning…
Chloe Wilkins acted for the Applicant Local Authority, Alex Perry, instructed by Jackson West Solicitors, acted for A the Third Respondent, Elisabeth Wickham, instructed by Oxford Law Group, acted for B…
Harcourt is delighted to announce that the King has appointed Emma Gatland as a Recorder on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, The Right Honourable David Lammy MP, and the…
Harcourt Chambers is pleased to announce that Ruth Cabeza will be delivering an online training session on International Children and Child Abduction Matters in collaboration with Cambridge & West Suffolk…
Rob George KC, Mavis Amonoo-Acquah, Natasha Miller and Paige Campbell are instructed by James Netto of iFLG in a landmark declaration of parentage case which now forms the basis of…
Aidan Vine KC, instructed by Charles Strachan, led Alex Forbes for the First Respondent mother in Confidential Prospective Adopters v BM & Ors [2026] EWHC 907 (Fam); an adoption application…
Aidan Vine KC, instructed by Stephensons Solicitors for the Respondent mother, led Naima Asif of Pump Court Chambers in H v O (Fact-Finding) [2026] EWHC 715 (Fam); a fact-finding in child contact…
Daniel Sheridan’s article ‘Dispensing with Notice to Father in Child Protection Proceedings: Navigating the Threshold of Exceptionality’ has now been published by Local Government Lawyer under the title ‘Dispensing with notice to father’.
Nick Goodwin KC led Damian Broadbent in KCC v M & Ors [2026] EWFC 60 (B). They acted for the Applicant Local Authority in an eight-day fact-finding and welfare hearing which concerned…
We are pleased to announce that our pupils, Ashika Singh and Iona McNeill, are now accepting instructions.
Ashika Singh comes to law following an academic career and has previously worked…
An increasingly common issue before the Family Court is whether a local authority can be relieved of its duty to notify or consult a father with parental responsibility in care…