Our work covers all areas of family law, with particular expertise in the following areas:
Nick Goodwin KC, instructed by Boardman, Hawkins & Osborne, led Dorian Day and Samantha Smith, both of 3PB, acting for the Appellant AM.
Rob George KC, instructed by Hunters Law,…
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…
Edward Kirkwood acted for the Applicant Local Authority, Elisabeth Wickham, instructed by Boardman, Hawkins & Osborne, represented the First Respondent Mother, Oliver Wraight, instructed by the Oxford Law Group, represented…
Eleanor Howard was instructed by Reeds Solicitors for the Fourth Respondent Child C through his Guardian in K (Adoption Order: Final Hearing) [2025] EWFC 320 (B); an application for adoption, following…
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…
Hannah McSorley, instructed by Gemma Bound of Oxford Law Group, represented the children in Re P, W and M [2025] EWFC 93 B. This was a final hearing in long…
Nick Goodwin KC was instructed by the Appellant Local Authority and Jonathan Sampson KC, leading Rachael Banks, represented the Third Respondent maternal grandmother in A (A Child) [2025] EWCA Civ 424; an appeal by a local authority against the…
Secrets are the StonesThat sink the boatTake them out, look at themThrow them out and floatLemn Sissay, ‘My Name is Why’1
The Family Court’s approach to post-adoption contact is shifting.
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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…
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 &…
Family Law barrister, Ruth Cabeza, has recently been named Editor of the Adoptions with an international element section of the Butterworths Family Law Service (BFLS).
Ruth is a specialist family…
Sara Granshaw, instructed by BH&O, represented the First Respondent Mother, Oliver Wraight, instructed by Truemans, represented the Child and Vicky Reynolds represented the Applicant Local Authority in Oxfordshire County Council v…