Barristers

Aidan Vine KC

Aidan Vine KC

Position

Also Oxford (0844 561 7135). Deals with family, human rights and professional negligence.

Recent notable cases: 

The Child and Family Agency (Ireland) v M & Ors [2018] EWHC 1581 (Fam)

GP (A Child) [2017] EWCA Civ 1677 – Court of Appeal. 1980 Hague Convention. Article 13b. Grave risk of harm to child if abducting parent returned to home country to face imprisonment for child abduction.  

Re Z (A Child) [2017] EWCA Civ 157 (translation costs)

H (A Child) v Northamptonshire County Council and the Legal Aid Agency [2017] EWHC 282 (Fam) (human rights damages, the legal aid charge and costs)

Re: H (A Child) (International Abduction; Asylum and Welfare) [2016] EWCA Civ 988, [2017] 2 FLR 527 (child abduction, wardship, return orders and asylum)

Re D (A Child) [2016] EWHC 1154 (Fam) (child abduction and Brussels II Revised return orders)

Career

Called 1995, Middle Temple; Silk 2016.  Former Pegasus scholar and temporary lawyer at European Court of Human Rights. Publications: contributory editor, Butterworths ‘Family Law Service’ (jurisdictions and human rights).

Languages

French.

Education

St Edward’s School, Oxford; Lincoln College, Oxford University (1992 BA Hons); Cornell University (1993 MA Hons).

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