Care Proceedings 

At all stages - emergency protection, interim and final hearings and placement for adoption.

Adoption Proceedings

Contested or not.

Children-private Law

proceedings of all kinds: residence (interim and final), contact (interim and final), specific issue, prohibited steps, change of name, parental responsibility, leave to remove from jurisdiction etc.

Injunctions

Both occupation orders and non-molestation orders. Without notice and on-notice consequent Family Law Act provisions such as protection of property and payment of outgoings.

Ancillary Relief

At all stages- FDA, FDR and final hearing. Section 37 protection of assets. 

 

Court of Protection 

The Court of Protection deals with applications relating to people who lack mental capacity.  Cases before the Court of Protection can involve family law, mental health law, community care law and social housing law.
The Court of Protection can deal with matters relating to an individual’s personal welfare, becoming a deputy or to change an existing deputy order, deprivation of liberty, selling jointly owned property, making a statutory will or gift, cancelling an enduring power of attorney or to object to a lasting power of attorney
The New Walk Chambers Court of Protection team has barristers who are specialists in one or more of the linked areas of practice. Their extensive, specialist knowledge of a range of legal areas is crucial and barristers can draft applications, appear in court and provide advisory work. We are able to deal with cases under the High Court’s jurisdiction relating to vulnerable adults and matters under the Mental Capacity Act 2005.

Members of Chambers welcome instructions from Local Authorities, Health care bodies, the Official Solicitor, litigation friend or family members in all areas of England and Wales.

Court of Protection address: PO Box 70185, First Avenue House, 42-49 High Holborn, London, WC1A 9JA.

Areas of work

Advising Local Authorities in relation to safeguarding duties and on the community care law issues arising in cases in the Court of Protection.
Proceedings relating to 16 and 17 year olds, and the overlapping jurisdictions of the Court of Protection and Children Act 1989.
Applications in relation to serious medical treatment.
Emergency applications, such as the transfer to a new care setting of a person lacking capacity, requiring a transfer plan with potential deprivation of liberty, requiring advance authorisation by the Court.
Personal welfare applications. This may include whether it is in an individual’s best interests to live in a residential care or family home or another care setting. We can also deal with decisions on complex/interventionist care packages which may involve deprivation or restriction of liberty and with disagreements in relation to arrangements for contact with family members.
Section 21A applications under the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS), challenging authorisations of deprivation of an individual’s liberty in care homes or hospitals.
Dealing with contested applications for the appointment of deputies (in financial or welfare matters), and other property and affairs applications. These may include arrangements for the affairs of an individual necessitated by transfer to supported living or into long-term residential care. Also, matters under Lasting Powers of Attorney which may include applications to revoke the power by the Office of the Public Guardian.

Child Support Appeal Tribunals

Advices will be written and conference held upon request at any stage of any of the above proceedings.

PRE-NUPTIAL AND POST-NUPTIAL AGREEMENTS

Please see our Pre and Post Nuptial agreements page. 

Our family law barristers deal regularly with work in the following courts (among others):

• Leicester county court
• Leicester family proceedings court
• Nottingham county court
• Nottingham family proceedings court
• Coventry county court
• Coventry family proceedings court
• Northampton county court
• Northampton family proceedings court
• Peterborough county court
• Peterborough family proceedings court
• Derby county court
• Derby family proceedings court
• Lincoln county court
• Lincoln family proceedings court

If you wish to find a barrister in family law who can deal with you under the direct access scheme, then please contact the clerks by email.