Case Studies

Over the years our lawyers who have a wealth of experience have been fortunate to be involved in a number of interesting, albeit challenging cases which have not always ended in the manner anticipated but has nevertheless yielded a desirable outcome.

Here are a few of such cases which they have conducted:

Children Act (Private Law)

Represented a parent of two young children who felt it necessary to restrict the level of contact that the other parent had with them in order to protect the children from violence.

Care Proceedings II

Represented a parent in care proceedings initiated by a local authority in relation to their children who were in the care of the other parent at the time. The local authority was concerned

Homelessness

Represented a client who had been housed by a local authority in temporary accommodation which the client found to be unsuitable given her peculiar circumstances;

General Litigation

Successfully obtained a High Court injunction preventing removal of a corpse from the United Kingdom and permitting body samples to be taken from the corpse for DNA testing to determine children’s parentage.

Possession (Succession)

Represented a client whose local authority landlord was seeking to evict from their home, a property which this person had lived in for majority of their adult life with their parent, and would have succeeded to the secure tenancy,

Child Abduction

Represented the left behind parent of a child who was unlawfully removed from the UK during Section 8 Children Act proceedings.

Care Proceedings 1

Represented a parent who suffered with mental health problems and learning difficulties, faced with proceedings relating to their young child of 7 commenced by the local authority.