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Summary Of Practice

Family barrister, financial relief, child law relief and especially international child law relief.

Jeremy is ranked by Chambers and Partners 2010 as a leading junior in the category of Family / Matrimonial, wherein it is said:

 “a barrister who always comes up with the goods.” He is an eloquent advocate with particular strength in cross-jurisdictional issues.

Professional Memberships

FLBA International Law committee member

Selected Cases

Over fifty reported cases including Al Habtoor v Fotheringham (Court of Appeal) 2001 establishing case law on habitual residence, Zaffino V Zaffino (Court of Appeal) 2006 and Klentzeris V Klentzeris (Court of Appeal) 2007 establishing considerations of the law on the objections of children returning to their place of habitual residence. AF v MBF 2008 (The President of the Family Division) establishing the English court's approach to children's objections to a return to their place of habitual residence in the face of the requirements under EU law of Brussels 11 (Revised).

Education

LLB (London School, of Economics); University of Nice; Asser Institute of International Law, the Hague; Lincoln Centre for Psychotherapy (Psychodynamic Therapist).

Publications

Author of International Child Abduction (Sweet and Maxwell) International Adoption (Sweet and Maxwell) Children and Immigration (Cavendish) International Treaties Concerning Children (Kluwer Law International).

Other Information

Accredited CPD trainer for the Bar and Solicitors.

Listed in the Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners Directories.