St Ives Chambers

Greg Rogers is a Barrister specialising in public and private family law. He is also Deputy Head of Chambers, Treasure and a Pupil Supervisor.   

Greg is a specialist family lawyer who practices exclusively in cases concerning children.   He has extensive experience of both private law proceedings and, public law proceedings regularly acting for Local Authorities, parents and children at all levels of the Family Court and before the Court of Appeal. 

The majority of his practice is public law children work including cases involving sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse, alleged non-accidental injuries to children, child death and child sexual exploitation.

Year of Call: 1992

For over 25 years Greg has focused upon work involving children and is motivated to secure the best outcomes for the children and families that find themselves before the Family Court.  Recognising that such cases are inevitably challenging and stressful for the parties concerned, he seeks to bring a pragmatic and solution focussed approach to matters.  Not only an experienced advocate in court, but a skilful negotiator, he recognises that more favourable outcomes, often outside those available to the court may be achieved through compromise.

 Greg prides himself on his sensitive and careful attitude towards clients whilst offering realistic advice and firm representation.  Taking time to understand clients’ anxieties and worries, setting out strengths and weaknesses but not afraid to give robust advice enables clients to make informed and hopefully child focussed decisions.

“He is standout and an absolutely class act. He is really well prepared and focuses on the issues without getting bogged down in the details. He is a very good advocate; he has a very appealing style in court and is good at cross-examining.” Chambers and Partners 2016.

 Notable Cases:

RE H (A child) (Interim Care Order) [2002] EWCA Civ 1932, AllER (D) 183

RE R (A child) [2006} EWCA Civ 1748 – at first instance

RE T (Children: Placement Order) [2008] EWCA Civ 248, 1 FLR 1721, All ER (D) 279

SMBC v PR (SR Intervening) (Care Proceedings: Children’s Evidence) (No.1) [2012] 1 FLR 842, 2011 Fam Law 1332

SMBC v PR (SR Intervening) (Care Proceedings: Children’s Evidence) (No.2) [2012] 1 FLR 852, 2011 Fam Law 1332

RE W and Others [2019] EWFC 27 (Fam)

Recommendations:

Chambers & Partners 2021:   "He is very good with agitated clients. His knowledge is second to none and he brings a certain calmness to a case."

Chambers & Partners 2019: “Clever and measured.” “A calm and confident advocate.”

Legal 500 2018:“Regularly acts in public law children cases.”

Chambers & Partners 2018: “A superb barrister whose legal knowledge is brilliant. He gets to the core of the issue and fights for his clients in court.” “He is a great matrimonial finance lawyer and is very good on the child law side.”

Chambers & Partners 2017: “Excellent advocate, very diplomatic and good with clients. A well-respected barrister in court.”

Chambers and Partners 2016: “He is standout and an absolutely class act. He is really well prepared and focuses on the issues without getting bogged down in the details. He is a very good advocate; he has a very appealing style in court and is good at cross-examining.” 

Lawyer Rankings

(Leading Juniors: Child Law (Public and Private)) Ranked: Tier 3

 ‘Extremely experienced and knowledgeable, he presents his cases diligently, calmly and extremely effectively.’

English

Family Law Bar Association

BA (Hons)