Richard Clough

Areas of expertise care & supervision child abduction child arrangement court of protection family relocation internal and abroad civil , 33 Bedford Row

Work Department

AREAS OF EXPERTISE Care & Supervision Child Abduction Child Arrangement Court of Protection Family Relocation Internal and Abroad civil

Position

Richard is a practitioner of family law, including private and public law children’s cases. His specialist areas include all aspects of care proceedings and adoption, acting for parents, children (children’s guardians), adopters and other family members as well as local authorities. Richard has undertaken cases involving all areas of child abuse and neglect including Munchausen syndrome by proxy, sudden infant death syndrome (cot death), non-accidental injuries and child sexual abuse. He also has experience in adoptions with a foreign element. He regularly has to deal with expert witnesses from the fields of paediatrics, radiology, orthopaedics, psychiatry and psychology. Reported cases: Re A and D (Children) [2011] EWCA Civ 265; Richmond LBC v B, W, B and CB [2011] 1 FLR 1345; Newham LBC v AG [1993] 1 FLR 281; Croydon LBC v A (No.1-3) [1992] 2 FLR 341, 348 and 350; Re K (A Minor) (Wardship: Adoption) [1991] 1 FLR 57.

Education

Sutton Valence School, Kent; Inns of Court School of Law (Bar Finals Parts I & II).