Simon Miller represents Bristol City Council in Child Abduction Case
Simon Miller represented Bristol City Council in A & B & Bristol City Council [2023] EWHC 3041 (Fam) – an interesting child abduction case. You can read the full Judgement…
Matthew Brookes-Baker in reported Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards case
Matthew Brookes-Baker represented the Children’s Guardian in a Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards application before Lieven J.
The case attracted national press interest and was reported in the Guardian newspaper…
Alex Perry and Emma Gatland in A Local Authority v The Mother & Ors [2023] EWFC 90
Alex Perry appeared on behalf of the Applicant Local Authority and Emma Gatland, instructed by Reeds Solicitors, appeared on behalf of A (a child) the Third Respondent acting through their…
Rob George in Article 39 v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] EWHC 1398 (Fam)
Professor Rob George was one of three counsel representing children’s rights charity Article 39 in Article 39 v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] EWHC 1398 (Fam) a…
John Vater KC and Aidan Vine KC in A Council v H & Ors [2023] EWFC 47
John, instructed by Pardoes, represented the 1st Respondent and Aidan, instructed by Daniells Family Law Company, represented the 4th and 5th Respondents in A Council v H & Ors [2023] EWFC 47 (29 March 2023…
Martha Gray, successful in the Court of Appeal in N (Refusal of Placement Order) [2023] EWCA Civ 364
Martha, instructed by HRS Solicitors, represented the mother in the local authority’s appeal of a judge’s refusal to grant a placement order in respect of a 2 year old who…
Aidan Vine KC, Nick Goodwin KC and Mavis Amonoo-Acquah in the Court of Appeal in A (Children) (Pool of Perpetrators), Re [2022] EWCA Civ 1348
Aidan Vine KC represented the Appellant Father and Nick Goodwin KC and Mavis Amonoo-Acquah represented the first Respondent Local Authority in the Court of Appeal in A (Children) (Pool of…
Harcourt Chambers ranked as a leading set by the Chambers UK Bar
We are delighted to have been ranked as a leading set in Chambers UK Bar where Harcourt is described as a set which has ‘excellent senior and junior counsel with…
Somerset County Council v NHS Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group & Ors [2022] EWFC 31
Nick Goodwin QC appeared on behalf of the Applicant, Somerset County Council, and Damian Garrido QC on behalf of the Clinical Commissioning Group for Somerset, in protracted High Court litigation…
James Dove has co-authored an article which explores a current lacuna in our law
James Dove has co-authored an article which explores a current lacuna in our law, which means that the state is unable to assume parental responsibility for such an orphan unless…
Jonathan Sampson QC and Matthew Brookes-Baker appeared in Re: GC [2020] EWCA Civ 848
Jonathan Sampson QC and Matthew Brookes-Baker appeared in Re: GC (A Child) (withdrawal of care proceedings) [2020] EWCA Civ 848 in the Court of Appeal remotely on behalf of the…
Martha Gray has published an article on coronavirus guidance for local authorities
Martha Gray has published an article on the coronavirus guidance for local authorities on children’s social care in the June 2020 edition of the Family Law Journal.
To read the…