Private Law Children
Our specialist Private Law team offers a wide range of expertise and experience relating to children including child arrangements, contact and residence disputes, prohibited steps and specific issue orders, international and national relocation, child abduction, surrogacy, same-sex parenting issues and adoption.

Our Private Law Team members also regularly represent clients in Family Law Act applications including Non-Molestation Orders, Occupation Orders, Forced Marriage Protection Orders and FGM Protection Orders.

Private Law Silks

Our specialist family law silks, Elizabeth Isaacs KC and Timothy Bowe KC, both have a wealth of experience in all aspects of private law proceedings relating to children and are committed to providing an efficient approach within the dynamic and challenging field of private law practice. They both have a formidable reputation for excellence and are highly regarded for their persuasive oral and written advocacy skills at all levels of court.

They both prioritise a collaborative approach with solicitors and clients, providing clear leadership within the team to deliver the best outcomes in the case. They regularly act for parents, interveners, children and the Official Solicitor. Particular areas of expertise and interest include –

·        Children’s living and contact arrangements

·        Disputes about habitual residence

·        Domestic and international relocation

·        Disputes about education, religion and medical issues

·        Surrogacy and parental order applications

·        Special guardianship

·        LGBTQ and Modern Families parenting issues

·        Media/privacy law in family proceedings

·        Intractable welfare disputes

 

Recommendations

Chambers & Partners 2019:  St Ives is “an excellent chambers, with a deserved reputation for excellence in family law”

Legal 500: “St Ives Chambers’ family practice has ‘great strength and depth’, with members active across the spectrum of family law matters……”

Legal 500:  “The St Ives Chambers family group is ‘one of the best in the region’, with ‘high-calibre advocates’ handling family finance and children law. Members have expertise in difficult cases of abuse, serious injuries, child deaths, and fabricated/induced illnesses, while fertility law is a growing area of practice…..”

Legal 500: “With ‘an excellent mix of barristers at all levels’, St Ives Chambers has a national reputation for family law; it is ‘more than a match for the Magic Circle chambers in London’.”