Liam Kelly

Practice Areas

Liam specialises in family law with a busy practice focusing on financial remedy and private children work.

In financial remedy matters, he is recognised for meticulous preparation and pragmatic advocacy, acting in cases involving complex assets, business interests, pensions, property disputes, and issues over disclosure, non-matrimonial property, and third-party interests. He is valued for a strategic approach, combining firm negotiation with a clear focus on client objectives.

In private children matters, Liam represents parents and children in disputes concerning domestic abuse, coercive control, and sexual assault, as well as schooling, travel, immunisations, and relocation. He has appeared in the High Court in cases of international abduction and contested medical treatment.

Liam is a regular contributor to the Family Law Journal and is the current editor of the Summary of Summaries for the Financial Remedy Journal.

Career

Liam has appeared alone and as a junior in the High Court and Court of Appeal. His notable cases include:

V v V [2024] EWFC 380 (B)

Re T (Children: Publication of Judgment) [2024] EWCA Civ 697

Re T (A CHILD) (No.2) [2024] EWHC 161 (Fam)

Re T (A CHILD) [2024] EWHC 59 (Fam)

D (A Child) [2021] EWCA Civ 787

A Borough Council v E and Others (No.2) [2021] EWHC 2699 (Fam)

A Borough Council v E and Others [2021] EWHC 183 (Fam)

Professional Memberships

Liam is a member of the Family Law Bar Association (FLBA) and is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.