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Inquests and Inquiries; International Children Law; Private Children Law; Public Children Law; Arbitration; Mediation; Direct Access

Alex specialises in complex and serious children cases; both private law and public law. In particular those involving; intractable child arrangements disputes, internal relocations and leave to remove from the jurisdiction, serious emotional abuse, child fatalities and significant injuries and serious abuse with disputed medical evidence and often with linked criminal proceedings; allegations of sexual abuse; including false allegations; and factitious illness.

He also has extensive experience in Public Inquiries, e.g. representing Lambeth BC and Leicestershire CC in the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA), representing Enfield LB in the Climbie Inquiry, being Counsel to the Isle of Man Commission of Inquiry into the Care of Young People.

He was instructed by the children in reputedly the longest running care case in English legal history; the threshold hearing lasting for some 5 months.

He has been in practice for over 35 years and in that time has built up extensive experience in all types of children cases. Although the majority of his practice is now in London, he travels regularly to courts across the country and to various International jurisdictions.

Alex regularly lectures at family law conferences and at seminars and provides training for family justice professionals.

Private Children Law
Alex specialises in complex and serious children cases. In particular those involving; intractable child arrangements disputes, serious emotional abuse, internal relocations and leave to remove from the jurisdiction.

International Children Law
Alex specialises in complex and serious children cases. In particular those involving international families and leave to remove from the jurisdiction. He has extensive experience of relocation cases having specilaised in them for over 20 years and having been involved in more than 150 contested hearings.

Public Children Law
Alex specialises in complex and serious children cases. In particular those involving; serious emotional abuse, child fatalities and significant injuries and serious abuse with disputed medical evidence and often with linked criminal proceedings; allegations of sexual abuse; including false allegations; and factitious illness.

Public Inquiries
Alex has extensive experience in Public Inquiries e.g. representing Lambeth BC and Leicestershire CC in the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA), representing Enfield BC in the Climbie Inquiry, and being Counsel to the Isle of Man Commission of Inquiry into the Care of Young People.

Non-court dispute resolution
Alex is a very experienced and sought after mediator and arbitrator having qualified in 2012 and 2016 respectively.

Year of Call: 1987 Year of Silk: 2006 Deputy High Court Judge 2009 Recorder 2004 Arbitrator 2016 Head of Chambers 2012-2022 Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers 2010-to date

French.

Family Law Bar Association Association of Lawyers for Children Fellow of International Academy of Family Lawyers Barrister of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, British Virgin Islands Circuit

BA (Hons) Diploma Law