Andrew Bainham
Year of Call: 2009
Education:
Newport HIgh School, South Wales
University of Wales (LLB)
Pembroke College Cambridge (LLM, PhD)
Fellow of CHrist's College Cambridge
Reader in Family Law and Policy, University of Cambridge
Practice Profile:
After a short spell as a solicitor, Andrew has been a family law academic for many years, specialising in the law affecting children. He is now practising primarily in the sphere of public and private children law.
He was co-founder and first chair of the Cambridge Socio-Legal Group. For over a decade he was editor of the International Survey of Family Law, the flagship publication of the International Society of Family Law. Largely through this he has developed links with family lawyers in every continent. He has presented papers to international audiences in many countries including Australia, Brazil, Japan and South Africa.
He has written, edited or contributed to over 40 books in family law and is a regular contributor to academic journals. At Cambridge he teaches two undergraduate family law courses and an LLM course in Comparative Family Law and Policy.
Membership:
Middle Temple
Society of Legal Scholars
International Society of Family Law
Associate of the National Family and Parenting Institute
Associate of the Centre for Family Research, University of Cambridge
Brazilian Institute of Family Law (IBDFAM)
Specialist Practice Areas:
All aspects of children work including public and private law matters
Family Law Act matters
Publications:
Children: The Modern Law (3rd edition, Jordans, 2005)
Parents and Children (Ashgate, 2008)
The International Survey of Family Law (Jordans) (11 volumes edited between 1996-2006)
‘Rowing Back from Re G? Natural Parents in the Supreme Court (2010) Family Law 395
‘Is Legitimacy Legitimate?’ (2009) Family Law 673
‘Arguments about Parentage’ (2008) 67 Cambridge Law Journal 322
‘What is the Point of Birth Registration?’ (2008) 20 Child and Family Law Quarterly 449
Languages:
Some French and learning Mandarin
Practice Group(s):
Private Law Children, Public Law Children
