Louise has wide experience in a full range of Children Act proceedings including public law applications, private law applications and adoption cases and has successfully appeared in the High Court and Court of Appeal.
- Within her public law practice Louise is regularly instructed to represent parents and other family members and has considerable experience representing children through their Guardians.She is frequently instructed to advise and represent local authorities in complex public law cases.
Louise deals with cases including those involving:
- Complex or conflicting medical evidence
- Child death
- Non accidental injury
- Chronic neglect
- Allegations of serious sexual and/or physical abuse
- She also has experience in dealing with cases involving Brussels II Revised (BIIR).
Louise is regularly instructed in lengthy and complex finding of fact hearings and has successfully represented parents in applications for revocation of a placement order.
Louise has busy and varied private law practice. Her experience covers the full range of Children Act applications such as:
- Protracted contact cases including those where one parent is implacably hostile
- Cases involving allegations of sexual abuse or domestic violence
- Applications to permanently remove children from the jurisdiction
- Cases involving families in same sex relationships and sperm donors
- Specific issue applications in relation to schooling, names and religious practice.
