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Children private law

Our Children Private Law Team

Barristers in our children private law team represent all parties in proceedings, including parents, children and other family members, as well as those who may be intervening. We have wide-ranging experience of the issues involved, including:

  • Complex residence disputes
  • Intractable contact issues
  • Allegations of parental alienation
  • Serious allegations of sexual or physical abuse
  • Disputes concerning medical treatment
  • Education disputes
  • Applications for leave to remove children from the UK jurisdiction
  • Applications to relocate internally within the UK Jurisdiction
  • The international movement of children, including abduction
  • Wardship
  • Forced marriage
  • Adoption
  • Gay and lesbian co-parenting
  • Fertility
  • Surrogacy

 

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