Family

Our team has extensive experience of representing Parents, Local Authorities, Guardians and Interveners in the full range of Public Law Children matters from EPO stage through to multi-day Finding of Fact and Final Hearings.

The team regularly appear in cases involving;

• Non-accidental injuries to children;
• Parental addictions;
• Mental illness;
• Physical and emotional abuse;
• Neglect;
• Special Guardianship;
• Contact with a child in care;
• Contact with a child under a placement order;
• The Official Solicitor.

The team represent individuals and Local Authorities in Courts across the Western Circuit, South Wales and the West Midlands.

Members of the team regularly act for applicants and respondents in cases across the Western Circuit, South Wales and the West Midlands involving;

• Contact Applications
• Residence applications
• Removal from the jurisdiction and Child Abduction
• Applications for a Prohibited Steps Order
• Applications for a Specific Issue Order
• Enforcement applications
• Section 4 guardians

The team represent clients on both a privately funded and legally aided basis.

We often handle cases involving domestic violence and other forms of abuse, representing victims as well as alleged perpetrators. We always appreciate how important it is to deal with these cases in a tactful but nevertheless proactive way.

• Non-molestation Orders under Family Law Act 1996
• Occupation Orders under Family Law Act 1996
• Protection against forced marriage Orders under Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007