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Care Proceedings at St Pauls Chambers
St Pauls Chambers child care barristers regularly represent parties in child care proceedings. We most frequently represent Parents, Local Authorities, Grandparents, Children and Carers. Our experienced family lawyers are often instructed to challenge and test all the evidence that arises in such proceedings to ensure that outcomes such as removal and adoption are achieved when absolutely necessary and only ever when in the child’s best interests.
It is the responsibility of local authorities to look out for and protect the welfare of children in need. Authorities work alongside parents to enable children to continue to be brought up at home, by offering the right support services to parents and children.
There are times however, when a Local Authority believes that some children may be safer, or better cared for, living away from their family home. For example, there may be allegations of neglect, sexual abuse or non-accidental injuries (NAI’s) which need exploring further. Sometimes this can be done by voluntary agreement between the Local Authority and the parents. On other occasions the Local Authority may need to go to Court and get a child care order.

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Joint Head of Chambers
Sam Green KC
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Silk: 2015
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Nigel Sangster KC
Call: 1976
Silk: 1998
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Richard Barraclough KC
Call: 1980
Silk: 2003
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Simon Myerson KC
Call: 1986
Silk: 2003
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Bryan Cox KC
Call: 1979
Silk: 2005
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Jane Bewsey KC
Call: 1986
Silk: 2010
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Simon Bickler KC
Call: 1988
Silk: 2011
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John Harrison KC
Call: 1994
Silk: 2016
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Jonathan Sandiford KC
Call: 1992
Silk: 2020
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Cameron Brown KC
Call: 1998
Silk: 2020
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Nicholas Worsley KC
Call: 1998
Silk: 2023
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Joint Head of Chambers
Denise Breen-Lawton
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Jeremy Barnett
Call: 1980
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Philip Standfast
Call: 1980
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Nikki Saxton
Call: 1992
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Robert Smith
Call: 1995
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David Hughes
Call: 1997
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Derek Duffy
Call: 1997
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Alasdair Campbell
Call: 1999
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Andrew Stranex
Call: 2000
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Jane Brady
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James Bourne-Arton
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Danielle Graham
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Hal Watson
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James Lake
Call: 2005
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Andrew Nixon
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Helen Chapman
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Voldi Welch
Call: 2008
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Hannah Hinton
Call: 2008
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Angus MacDonald
Call: 2009
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Sophie Mitchell
Call: 2010
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Hannah Lynch
Call: 2011
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Stephen Flint
Call: 2012
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George Hazel-Owram
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Kristina Goodwin
Call: 2013
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Stephen Elphick
Call: 2014
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Charlie Greenwood
Call: 2015
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Frances Pencheon
Call: 2015
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Jessica Heggie
Call: 2017
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Harry Crowson
Call: 2018
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Temitayo Dasaolu
Call: 2018
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Ayman Khokhar
Call: 2018
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Emma Handley
Call: 2019
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Matthew Moore-Taylor
Call: 2020
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