Rebecca Davies

Rebecca Davies focuses on private and public children law.

Her caseload typically includes:

Public law family proceedings- making and discharge of care and supervision orders, special guardianship orders, placement orders, secure accommodation orders, adoption orders and applications to oppose said orders, and deprivation of liberty orders in the High Court and the Court of Protection, along with cases involving complex points of international law and serious allegations made by children;

Private law family proceedings- contact and residence, proceedings involving parents/ wider family members/ guardians, prohibited steps orders, specific issue orders, relocation proceedings, and child abduction proceedings.

She volunteers as an assisting barrister for Not Beyond Redemption.

M v F & Anor [2024] EWFC 371 (B) – acted for a child with significant needs through guardian in proceedings concerning living arrangements -characterised throughout by high parental conflict and acrimony.

M v F & Anor [2024] EWFC 34 (B) represented child with significant needs through guardian in fact-finding about allegations made in context of Children Act proceedings.

Re C (Child: Ability to Instruct Solicitor) [2023] EWCA Civ 889 – represented local authority supporting mother’s successful appeal against order granting her 14-year-old son separate legal representation. (Findings of severe parental alienation had been made during previous care proceedings).

CV (A Child) (Placement Order) (Rev1) [2022] EWCA Civ 930 – acted for local authority in appeal against a placement order made under Adoption and Children Act 2002 concerning a 3-year old girl.

FLBA (Family Law Bar Association)

ALC (Association of Lawyers for Children)

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