Henry Lamb
Year of Call: 2004
Education:
University College London, (LLB Hons) 1st Class
Degree Awards:
Andrews Prize and Medal 2002-2003, One Garden Court Family Law Prize 2002-2003, Dean's list of Excellence and Prize 2002-2003, Sweet and Maxwell Law Prize, Linklaters and Alliance Law Prize
Scholarships & Bursaries:
Hardwicke scholarship, Sir Thomas More bursary, Walter Wigglesworth scholarship
Practice Profile:
Henry specialises in all aspects of family law and related civil proceedings.
He is interested in academic contributions to family law and has provided legal research for "The Step-Parent's Parachute: The Four Cornerstones of Good Step-parenting" by Flora McEvedy.
Henry also provides lectures and legal updates to senior social work practitioners for their MA in Child Protection Studies.
Membership:
FLBA
Legal Charities Committee member
Specialist Practice Areas:
All aspects of family law including:
Children (both Public and Private law)
Divorce including ancillary relief
Financial provision for children
Trusts of land
Domestic violence and cohabitation disputes
Forced Marriages
Henry has a particular interest in intercountry adoptions, including non-Hague Convention country adoptions.
Henry also represents clients in related civil proceedings and in the Court of Protection
Notable Cases:
London Borough of Brent v S (2009) EWCA 1593 (Fam)
Wardship case concerning a 17 year old child's wish to travel to Pakistan.
http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed37157
The London Borough of Richmond-Upon-Thames v B (2011) 1 FLR 1345
The leading case on hair strand testing for the presence of alcohol.
See analysis of this case in an article written by Henry, "Hair Strand testing for alcohol: Hair today, gone tomorrow?"
http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed71707
Languages:
French
German
Practice Group(s):
Ancillary Relief, Private Law Children, Public Law Children, Vulnerable Adults
