We represented a party within proceedings at first instance where a case management decision as to the use of an intermediary was successfully appealed. At the appeal the Family Law Bar Association and Association of Lawyers for Children both intervened due to the significance of the appeal.
Re E [2025] EWCA Civ 183 (27 February 2025)
The firm represented the children at first instance in a private law dispute where one party appealed to the Court of Appeal in relation to the costs decision at first instance.
Re LG [2025] EWCA Civ 60 (31 January 2025)
Lauren Baker represented a vulnerable mother in the successful appeal of a final order leading to a rehearing.
Re H
Angela Goodwin acting for a competent child in an international abduction case involving wardship proceedings in the High Court.
Re C
Angela Goodwin acted for a Portuguese father in a care proceedings where the father was successful in securing the placement of his child outside the jurisdiction with a family member.
Re M
Angela Goodwin acted for the child in an alleged non-accidental head injury. The case involved a complex medical investigation, including the instruction of a geneticist and paediatric neurosurgeon.
Re E
Andrew Humphries acting for father in rehearing of a fact finding case involving non-accidental injury. Andrew secured representation for the client by Paul Storey QC and Stephen Chippeck.
Re B
Andrew Humphries acting for learning disabled father who suffered from agoraphobia and had to take part in a lengthy fact finding hearing at home via video link. Andrew secured representation for the client by Paul Storey QC and Stephen Chippeck.
Re S
Angela Goodwin acting for learning disabled mother in a second set of care proceedings where threshold was challenged on the basis that any harm was as a result of the inaction of the Local Authority rather than parent. Angela secured representation for the client by Paul Storey QC and Stephen Chippeck
Re S
Andrew Humphries acting for father in a case involving death of a child. Andrew secured representation for the client by Paul Storey QC and Stephen Chippeck.
A v A [2016] EWCA Civ 72
Patrick Lawrence acted for the Wife in an appeal brought before the Court of Appeal in relation to the proper approach to setting the level of periodical payments following divorce.