St John's Buildings

Family - Finance, Family - Children, Court of Protection

Daniel’s practice encompasses all aspects of family law and the Court of Protection.

In public law, Daniel represents parents, children (directly and via their guardian), intervenors and local authorities at all stages of proceedings. Daniel regularly drafts documents such as skeleton arguments and threshold documents. He has experience representing vulnerable clients with learning disabilities and mental health difficulties. Daniel appears in the High Court in his own right and as a led junior, and has drafted submissions filed in the Court of Appeal.

Daniel has acted in cases involving factual issues such as historic and ongoing sexual abuse of children (including fabricated allegations of the same), honour-based violence and non-accidental injuries, including brain injuries. He has acted in cases involving complex medical evidence, expert testimony, and phone records. Daniel has particular experience of proceedings involving international elements, including placement outside the jurisdiction.

Daniel has a developing practice in matters relating to deprivation of liberty and secure accommodation. He has acted in matters involving complex legal issues such as the exercise of the parens patriae jurisdiction of the High Court and is available to advise on matters of law.

In private law, Daniel represents all parties, including parents, grandparents, wider family members and children in private law matters, including before the High Court. He has conducted matters involving complex issues such as implacable hostility, improper retention of a child after contact, parental alienation, domestic abuse and sexual assault. Daniel has experience of cases with an international element, including child abduction and applications to remove a child from the jurisdiction and has recently delivered a seminar on the subject. He has an interest in matters involving the acquisition and termination of parental responsibility and has conducted and advised upon matters involving such issues.

Daniel acts in family finance and divorce matters. Daniel has represented parties within family finance proceedings of a range of complexity, from needs cases to cases involving multiple millions, both as sole counsel and as a led junior, including matters in the High Court involving non-disclosure, business interests and fraud.

Daniel has experience of Court of Protection matters in welfare and in property and finance. Daniel has assisted with complex cases relating to the capacity to consent to sexual relations and the use of the internet.

Daniel has conducted welfare matters such as section 16 and 21A MCA 2005 disputes. Daniel is instructed to act on behalf of local authorities, P and intervenors. Daniel has been instructed in matters involving complex capacity disputes and serious allegations against his client, including a matter in which his client was accused of attempting to murder P.

Daniel is available to advise upon matters relating to the Court of Protection. Daniel has advised upon disputes as to local authority designation and has drafted opinions in relation to property and finance disputes.

Daniel was called to the Bar by Gray's Inn in 2019, and joined St John’s Buildings as a tenant in October 2020.

Gray’s Inn Wales and Chester Circuit Family Law Bar Association (FLBA) Advocate

BA Law, University of Oxford Bar Professional Training Course, BPP University