Park Square Barristers

Children Law and Court of Protection & Adult Care

Children Law

Natalia Perrett specialises in private and public children law.

Ranked in The Legal 500 (2025) for Family and Children Law. Natalia Perrett is the Deputy Head of our Family Team and has specialised in public and private children law for approaching 20 years with a particular emphasis on complex care and adoption proceedings.

Public law

Natalia has extensive experience of representing children, parents and local authorities in complex family law cases.

She has advised and represented parties on cases involving the following issues:

• Complex genetic history, including Ehlers-Danlos Osteogenesis Imperfecta and Marfan Syndrome
• Female genital mutilation
• Forced marriage
• 'Honour' abuse
• International law and complex jurisdictions disputes
• Inherent jurisdiction
• Parental death at the hands of the other parent
• 'Resolutions' Approach
• Poisoning
• Serious non-accidental injury and child death
• Serious sexual abuse involving multiple historical allegations and grooming
• Representation of vulnerable individuals including children, teenage mothers, those with significant learning disabilities and mental health problems
• Wardship
• Private law - children

Private law

• Alienating behaviours
• Domestic abuse and coercive control
• Implacable hostility
• Sexual abuse
• Removal from the jurisdiction

Approach

With approaching 20 years’ experience, Natalia acts in many of Yorkshire’s most significant and complex cases. Natalia is highly regarded for her forensic cross examination and skilled skeleton arguments on the law. Natalia dovetails this successfully with an empathetic and pragmatic approach to client management and is routinely requested to represent those with additional needs.

Natalia has acted in a number of matters involving the application of international law in which she has a particular interest. This has included:

• Successfully arguing lack of jurisdiction in the High Court with respect to a child born in Ireland to an English mother and father
• Successfully arguing on behalf of the mother for a transfer of proceedings under Article 15 Blla to Hungary
• Successful junior representation of M who argued that there was no ongoing court proceedings in Poland and that the court should decline to make an Article Blla request to Poland. Led by Marcus Scott-Manderson KC
• Successfully prevented a child being permanently removed from the jurisdiction acting for the father where the mother had gone on to marry a well-known sportsperson
• Represented CAFCASS legal in forced marriage proceedings in relation to a 13-year-old girl abducted to a non-Hague Convention Country in the midst of civil war

Lecturing

Natalia frequently lectures on topical issues within both Family Law and the Court of Protection.

Court of Protection and Adult Care

Ranked in The Legal 500 (2024) for Family and Children Law. Natalia Perrett is the Deputy Head of our Family Team and has specialised in public and private children law for approaching 20 years with a particular emphasis on complex care and adoption proceedings.

Natalia led a junior member of chambers in a complex matter which involved an examination of the rights and legislative provisions surrounding the safeguarding of vulnerable adults living in children’s homes and residential special schools. This led to the preparation of complex legal submissions within the Re X and Others (Deprivation of Liberty) [2014] EWCOP 25 litigation, in which the President of the Court of Protection, Sir James Munby, provided guidance on the practical and procedural implications for the Court of Protection following the Supreme Court’s decision in Surrey County Council v P [2014] 2 WLR 642.

Natalia has acted for clients in mental health review tribunals, including a particularly complex matter concerning the detention of a 36-week pregnant client with an unspecified eating disorder.

Natalia has also appeared for the local authority in Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council v GS and Another [2014] EWCOP 46, where Holman J determined that relevant legislative provisions (regulation 17A of the Children’s Homes Regulations and para 3.19 National Minimum Standards for Children’s Homes) did not, in the case of GS, prevent the court from authorising a deprivation of liberty where such deprivation of liberty pursued a legitimate aim and was necessary, proportionate and in GS’ best interests.

She also successfully contested the appointment of a health & welfare deputy, and advised and acted in contested issues concerning the residence of ‘P’ and restriction of contact.

Call 2004

North Eastern CircuitFamily Law Bar AssociationCommittee member of the Court of Protection Practitioners’ Association Yorkshire & the Humber

2002 University of Birmingham, LLB (Hons)

2004 Nottingham Law School, BVC (‘Very competent’)