Mr Michael Keehan Q.C.

Qualifications: LLB (Hons.) Birmingham University
Called: 1982 (Middle Temple)
Joined Chambers: 1982
Silk: 2001
Assistant Recorder: 1999
Recorder: 2000
Head of Chambers: 2005
Deputy High Court Judge: 2002

Practice Details :
Family and Child Care Law, Ancillary Relief.

Additional Details:

Contributing author to the Family Court Practice (‘the Red Book’) and to Jordan’s Family Law Precedents Service.

A regular speaker at Jordan’s family law conferences and  at national & regional seminars.



Email : michael.keehan@stiveschambers.co.uk
Clerk Enquiries : clerks@stiveschambers.co.uk

Notable Cases and Other Work :
Re L (Care: Assessment: Fair Trial) [2002] 2 FLR 730

Re B (Appeal: Lack of Reasons) [2003] 2 FLR 1035 (CA)

Re A (Adoption: Placement Outside Jurisdiction) [2004] 2 FLR 337 (CA)

Re P-B (Placement Order) [2007] 1 FLR 1106 (CA)

Re W (Care: Threshold Criteria) [2007] 2 FLR 98 (CA)

Re F [2007] EWHC

AP v. Vale of Glamorgan & Othrs [2007] EWCA Civ 1265

Re  T (Children: Placement Order) [2008] EWCA  542

Articles :

Avoidance of Discrimination in Maintenance Pending Suit Cases. By Michael Keehan QC & Beverley Morris Partner, Divorce & Family Law Practice, Birmingham.

Specialisms :
Family and Child Care Law
Ancillary Relief

Professional Memberships :
Family Law Bar Association - Chair of the West Midlands FLBA
British Agency for Adoption and Fostering

What the directories say about Michael Keehan:
Legal 500 - "Michael keehan QC, is universally respected and has a generous approach"

Legal 500 - St Ive's Chambers’ universally respected head Michael Keehan QC is a Midlands leader in care cases.

Chambers & Partners 2006 - "Regarded as a 'legend in the midlands" noted as a 'superb' practitioner who is highly respected for his care practice."


Chambers & Partners 2008 - "Still in Birmingham, St Ive’s Chambers has a plethora of counsel practising different aspects of family law. Towering over them is Michael Keehan QC, who is “just superb for public law family cases - the one you'd want if it was your family,” according to one senior source. He sits part-time as a deputy high court judge and has a national profile for shaken baby cases. He also undertakes some private children law cases and ancillary relief work."


Special Law Groups :
Family
Ancillary Relief


 

 

 

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