"Confident in dealing with expert and professional witnesses and clear and realistic in submissions made to the court." The Legal 500
Overview
Steven is a specialist children law barrister with a busy practice in public and private law matters.
Practice Areas
Steven represents Local Authorities, parents & guardians within public law proceedings and is often instructed in cases involving complex medical evidence and cases involving allegations of serious sexual abuse, non-accidental injury & fabricated illness. Steven is particularly sought after for contentious fact-finding hearings.
Steven represents parents and children in the most serious cases, involving domestic abuse, allegations of emotional harm, manipulation, parental alienation and issues relating to parental mental health.
Cases & Publications
Nottingham City Council v The Mother & Ors [2022] EWHC 2334 (Fam)
N (A Child) (No.3) (Content of Care Plan) [2020] EWFC B58
Re T (Children) – [2020] EWCA Civ 507
R, S and T (Children) [2019] EWFC B86
N (A Child) (No.2) (Psychological Assessment) [2019] EWFC B83
N (A Child) (No.1) (Fact finding: Induced Illness) [2019] EWFC B83
R, S and T (Children) [2018] EWFC B103
R, S and T (Children) [2018] EWFC B102
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