Atlantic Chambers

Family

Year of Call 1999

Private Children cases:

Seeking shared care;

Securing or increasing contact;

Bringing or defending a finding of fact application;

Specific issues: which nursery? which school? which GP? etc;

Police disclosure and representation the criminal Court;

Prohibited Steps Orders;

Non-molestation Orders;

Relocation inside or outside the UK;

Hague Convention cases;

Special Guardianship Orders;

Grandparents’ rights;

International movement and return of children;

Enforcement of Orders;

Contempt of Court hearings;

Varying Orders;

Parental alienation;

Coercion and Control cases;

Domestic abuse.

Financial Remedy proceedings: 

Farms (tenanted and partnerships);

Private companies, particularly family businesses:

Professionals, including sportsmen, city bankers, lawyers and accountants, medical professionals, teachers and industrialists;

Cases carrying a foreign element – one party being resident abroad – property abroad;

Add backs e.g. from gambling/stock market trades;

Conduct arguments;

Shareholdings;

Pensions;

Non-disclosure;

Arbitration;

Advice on Settlement Awards;

Offshore assets held in trust;

Worldwide freezing orders and applications to set aside transactions (section 37 MCA 173);

Drafting of and advice upon pre and post-nuptial agreements;

High value assets (including multi millions).

I specialise also in bringing or defending Costs claims in the Family Court