Dominik represented the respondent father in care proceedings. Dominik was instructed to represent the client throughout most of the proceedings, including a five-day contested final hearing. The client was a very vulnerable individual and required a

Dominik represented the applicant father in private law proceedings. This was an unfortunate case where the children did not want to have contact with the applicant father at that time. At the final hearing, Dominik was

Abigail Bond represented a profoundly deaf mother in ‘highly unusual, if not unique’ care proceedings, where the mother, who had no recognisable or formal language, gave her ‘evidence’ in a series of pre-recorded interviews conducted by

Two local authorities disagreed about whether the two sisters (one placed in each of their care) should be placed together or separately for adoption. Lucy acted for Bristol City Council who sought placement together. Outcome: placement

Graeme (instructed by Jay Oberoi of Avon & Somerset Family Law) represented the maternal grandmother on her application for leave to apply for the revocation of a placement order made in February 2020 at the end

Lucy acted for prospective adopters intervening in care and placement proceedings in order to secure placement with them.

In this 5 day finding of fact hearing, Asha represented the mother who was in the pool of perpetrators in relation to significant bruising to an immobile baby.

Asha represented the father assisted by his intermediary in this final hearing in care proceedings. She submitted that in the interests of fairness and the need to consider parenting with adequate support, the father’s needs and

Asha acted for the local authority in this 4 day final hearing involving significant neglect over a number of years. The local authority was undergoing a serious case review in relation to this case following criticism

Asha acted for the children led by Susan Hunter in this 18 day fact finding hearing in the High Court. The case involved a number of allegations relating to physical and sexual abuse of children and

Asha represented the local authority in this 5 day final hearing in care proceedings concerning allegations of inflicted injury. She secured significant findings of physical and emotional abuse against both parents.

Dominik represented the respondent in a case where the applicant had applied for a Non-Molestation Order. Dominik was able to finalise these proceedings at the return date hearing as a result of the respondent accepting the