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33 Bedford Row Offices
LONDON
WC1R 4JH
England
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Melanie Nazareth
Work Department
Family.
About
Position
Melanie commenced practice in common/criminal law but has specialised in Family law since 1991, representing children, parents and local authorities in care and adoption proceedings.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Adoption
- Care & Supervision
- Child Abduction
- Child Arrangement
- Divorce
- Family
- Forced Marriage
- Molestation & Occupation
- Public Inquiries
- Relocation Internal and Abroad
Career
Call 1984.
Notable Cases
Examples of the range of Melanie’s recent cases include:
G v G
Representing intervening vulnerable young adult with mental health issues in a private law dispute between her parents in relation to a younger sibling where her Article 2, 3 and 8 rights were engaged.
Re F
Representing a local authority in proceedings where the mother who wished to retain care of her child had longstanding mental health issues.
Re A and SP
Representing a mother with significant learning disability.
Re K
Representing a local authority where the mother, deceased in the course of proceedings, had made serious allegations of domestic violence against the father who sought to care for the child.
Re P
Representing a local authority where there was extensive contested medical evidence in relation to a baby that had suffered life-threatening physical injury and malnutrition.
Re B
Representing a mother facing allegations of failing to protect her sons from familial and intergenerational sexual abuse where her son was additionally alleged to be a perpetrator.
Memberships
Inner Temple, 1984
Family Law Bar Association
Education
BSc (Econ) LSE; Dip Law.