Adam is a Senior Associate in the Child Care and Legal Aid Children department.
Adam holds a caseload of Legal Aid Public Family Law cases, dealing with connected work such as Special Guardianship and Adoption. Adam provides clients with continuity of representation and regularly undertakes his own advocacy in the Family Court.
Adam prides himself on giving legal advice which is straight-talking, but sensitive. He enjoys protecting his client’s position and deals effectively with a variety of public family law cases in the most emotionally challenging and urgent circumstances. Adam has particular interest in cases where parents wish to have increased contact with children in Local Authority care, or parents who have made positive changes since a Care Order was made and wish for their children to come home.
Adam is a member of the Law Society’s Children Law Accreditation scheme, and is certified to accept instructions from Children’s Guardians and from Children directly.
Adam has acted for parents and joined parties in complex fact-finding cases, and has litigated at all levels up to and including the Court of Appeal.
Adam was shortlisted for Young Family Law Solicitor of the Year for 2022.
Recently published cases:
Re A and B [2019] EWFC B10– Adam represented his client at the final hearing and was successful in advancing his client’s position that his client’s children should remain together in foster care and the youngest should not be placed for adoption.
Re H-B-S (Children: Discharge of Interim Care Order) [2020] EWCA Civ 1027 – Acting as litigator, Adam was involved in this appeal representing the Mother, which concerned the correct legal test to apply on an application to discharge an Interim Care Order.
Re X, T, A, E and S (Children) [2020] EWCA Civ 1680 – Acting as litigator, Adam was involved in this appeal where his client, the Mother, successfully appealed part of the findings made against her in a contested fact-finding hearing in Family Court.
