Practice Areas

Public Law

We represent local authorities, parents and guardians.  We deal with a variety of matters, including judicial reviews, and appeal cases.  Our expertise can be summarised as follows:

• Serious non-accidental injuries, particularly head injuries.

• Shaken babies and cases where there are allegations of factitious illness and neglect. 

• We have specialist knowledge of emergency protection orders, care / supervision cases, learning disability, chronic neglect, emotional abuse, and sexual abuse.

In addition to these areas above we have also represented parents in the following:

• Parents with psychiatric illnesses or personality disorders, children and parents with HIV.
• Drug and alcohol problems.
• Fetal alcohol syndrome.
• Teenage parents, care vs. supervision orders, designated local authorities,
• Human rights, case management, identification and instruction of experts, s 38(6) assessments,
• Interim vs. final orders, contact/permission to refuse contact, exclusion applications.
• Applications by foster carers & involving foster care regulations, discharge of care orders, s. 37 reports, concurrent criminal proceedings.

• Public Interest Immunity, secure accommodation, appeals, nursery & child minding registration and regulations and publicity about children.