Court of Protection - Vulnerable Adult; Inquests and Inquiries; International Children Law; Private Children Law; Public Children Law; Direct Access

Sam’s main area of practice is in children’s law. She is regularly instructed in both private and public law cases. She represents all parties in complex cases involving allegations of sexual abuse or where there are psycho-sexual factors in issue, non-accidental injury, psychiatric ill-health, intractable contact cases and where shared residence is in issue.  Sam’s practice increasingly reflects her interest in the law relating to surrogacy, reproductive technologies and co-parenting arrangements.

She also appears in leave to remove applications and domestic and international adoption cases and is a member of chambers’ international movement of children group. Sam has an interest in forced marriage and the children’s law cases which arise in that context.

Sam often gives lectures and seminars to lawyers and other professionals. Her lectures include talks on the subject of evidence gathering in respect of sexual abuse (LexisNexis), recent developments in the area of private law (LexisNexis), adoption and placement orders (4pb and Family Law Week). She has recently given seminars on routes to parenthood under the HFEA 2008 (Resolutions London) and in respect of international adoption and surrogacy.

Year of Call: 1990 Year of Silk: 2018 Master of the Bench, Middle Temple 2019

Middle Temple FLBA

BA (Cantab) MA (Law) Selwyn College, Cambridge University Qualified for admission to the New York Bar 1989