
Ranked in Chambers & Partners 2019
Chambers are thrilled to have 17 individual recommendations/rankings in the new Chambers & Partners 2019.
Published: 8th Nov 2018
Jonathan is a very experienced family practitioner, specialising mainly in public law care proceedings, but also practising in the field of adoption, special guardianship and private law proceedings. He is regularly instructed in complex care proceedings involving non-accidental injury, death of a child, emotional, physical and sexual abuse, cases with an international element, and adoption. He appears in all levels of court including the Court of Appeal and acts for all parties within the proceedings.
Jonathan has a very busy and comprehensive Family Law practice. In the last 3 years he has represented a local authority in an 8 day fact-finding hearing into injuries suffered by a baby, and continues to represent a local authority in a case before the High Court in which the mother and the children have fled overseas. He has represented a father initially in a fact-finding hearing into a child’s injuries, and then within the welfare part of the final hearing. He regularly represents parties within applications for Deprivation of Liberty orders and has represented a Children’s Guardian in a fact-finding/welfare hearing over 5 days.
Chambers are thrilled to have 17 individual recommendations/rankings in the new Chambers & Partners 2019.
Published: 8th Nov 2018
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