Andrew accepts instructions in care and private law proceedings. Recently, he was instructed to act for the Local Authority at final hearing in applications for final care and adoption orders for serious neglect flowing from mental illness and substance abuse. Andrew has also been instructed to act in the final hearing of a Local Authority’s application for special guardianship orders and in a range of domestic violence trials.
In addition, Andrew accepts instructions in family property cases and has a particular interest in asset tracing and fraud related matters.
The Court of Appeal has found that a trial judge had misapplied Lucas in finding that a juvenile’s consciousness of guilt that he had sexually abused another child was the only reasonable explanation for his lies at trial.
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