Private Children Law
Members of Chambers undertake work in the following areas
- Contact and Residence Disputes
- Specific Issue and Prohibited Steps Orders (dealing with, amongst others, schooling, religion and domicile)
- Applications to remove children from the jurisdiction
- Parental responsibility agreements and orders
- Child abduction
Public Children Law
Members of Chambers represent local authorities, parents and guardians in public law Children Act proceedings.
- Care proceedings involving complex medical issues or allegations serious sexual abuse
- Care proceedings with parallel criminal proceedings
- Members' experiences in dealing with clients with learning difficulties
- Adoption
- Special Guardianship proceedings
Matrimonial Proceedings
Members of Chambers act in
- Contested divorce and dissolution of civil partnerships
- Judicial separation and nullity proceedings
Financial Proceedings
Members act in all areas of ancillary relief on the breakdown of a marriage or civil partnership. Further we have particular experience in
- Cases including trusts, partnerships, inheritance claims and bankruptcy
- Proceedings pursuant to the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996
- Cases dealing with financial provision for children of unmarried parents under Schedule One of the Children Act 1989
Domestic Violence
Our barristers have much experience at representing both applicants and respondents in cases involving injunctions
- Family Law Act 1996
- Protection from Harassment Act 1997
Social Law Proceedings
Members have experience in
- Education. We have in Chambers with expertise in education law, including a Chair of a Special Educational Needs and Disabilities tribunal
- Dealing with vulnerable adults. Many members have experience of dealing within wardship proceedings. We have members who have also provided training on the implementation and consequences of the Mental Capacity Act 2005, to be implemented in 2007.
- Both within these types of proceedings and in all proceedings, Members of Chambers have frequently been instructed on behalf of the Official Solicitor to act for those who lack capacity.
Civil and Administrative Law
Members of Chambers practice in the following areas
- Housing Law
- Immigration Law
- Contract Law
- Trust Law
- Judicial Review
