13 March 2023

OC v CD [2023] EWHC 530

Andrew Venables, instructed by Duncan Lewis, appeared in the High Court for the respondent in OC v CD [2023] EWHC 530

09 March 2023

B & Anor v D & Ors. [2023] EWFC 18

Tom Wilson, instructed by Goodman Ray, appeared for the applicants, the case concerned legal issues arising from an international adoption of two children, including the differences between the court recognising a foreign adoption or making a fresh domestic adoption order.

Y v Z [2022] EWFC 157

Deirdre Fottrell KC and Melissa Elsworth appeared in this case where they successfully argued that the Court should make a Declaration of Parentage, for the first time, in circumstances where the intended parents had not signed Forms WP and PP, and neither had they signed any kind of internal consent form which contained explicit parenthood provisions.

28 February 2023

Re S (Inherent Jurisdiction: Transgender Surgery Abroad) [2023] EWHC 347

Six members of chambers acted in this case before the President in which Guidance was given on the use of the inherent jurisdiction by local authorities. The case involved an application by a local authority to prevent a young trans person from travelling out of the UK to obtain ‘top surgery’ in another jurisdiction. 

27 February 2023

Re P, H-L (Children) (Mobile Phone Extraction) [2023] EWCA Civ 206

Sam Momtaz KC appeared for the father in this case in which the Court of Appeal gave guidance on the correct procedure for extracting relevant social media evidence in care proceedings.

21 February 2023

Re C (‘Parental Alienation’; Instruction of Expert) [2023] EWHC 345

The President of the Family Division handed down judgment in the case of Re C (‘Parental Alienation’; Instruction of Expert) [2023] EWHC 345 (Fam). Andrew Bagchi KC, Jessica Lee and Luke Eaton appeared for the expert.