One Pump Court

Dispute ResolutionDirect Access

Call: 2004
Linklaters residential volunteer, Toynbee Hall, becoming assistant co-ordinator of its legal advice centre, 2002-04; called to the Bar 2004, Lincoln’s Inn (Hardwicke Scholar); pupil 1 Pump Court 2004; taken on as ‘exceptional pupil’ 2005.

Stephen is an experienced advocate specialising in childcare (particularly public law), court of protection, financial remedies and chancery work.

He has particular experience of cases with—

care cases with complex medical features or forensic evidence (including murder of parents or children, non-accidental injuries, serious domestic violence, historic abuse, mental health/disability issues, forced marriage, FGM, and radicalisation

international elements (including transfer of care cases abroad or cases where habitual residence is in dispute, child abduction in both care proceedings and private law contexts, and permanent leave to remove). complex financial remedy/property and affairs cases, including where trust or company issues arise. court of protection matters or cases in the family court acting for clients who do not have capacity or where capacity/deprivation of liberty is in issue.

appeals, including those where another advocate may have appeared in the court below (regularly appearing before the Court of Appeal and having advised on matters before the Supreme Court). Seminars and teaching

Stephen gives practitioner seminars on child abduction, financial remedies and cohabitation, the court of protection and childcare matters.

English (Native).French (Fluent).German (Conversational).Degree-level Latin and Ancient Greek.Some Welsh, Bangla and Hindi.

MCIArb – Arbitrator Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators IFLA – Institute of Family Law Arbitrators AICFAcct – Institute of Certified Forensic Accountants ADRg – Alternative Dispute Resolution Group FLBA – Family Law Bar Association CBA – Criminal Bar Association RCO – Royal College of Organists

Currently reading for an MSc in Forensic Accounting. MA (Oxon): Literae Humaniores (Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford) PgDL – Common Professional Examination (City University of London) DipLaw (Bar Finals) – Inns of Court School of Law