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Provided by Sally Stone KC
All aspects of children law.
Acts in private law proceedings on behalf of parents and on behalf of children in Rule 16 cases (particularly where there is a significant fact-finding element) but the main focus of her work is care proceedings and adoption, acting for Local Authorities, parents, children and other interested parties.
Frequently instructed in cases where there is conflicting and/or complex medical evidence involving non-accidental injury to or death of a child, cases involving FII, sexual abuse, significant domestic abuse including death of a parent, honour-based violence, where there are multiple potential perpetrators and where there are concurrent criminal proceedings.
Appeared in Re T (Costs: Care Proceedings: Serious Allegation Not Proved) [2012] UKSC 36 [2013] 1 FLR 133[2013] 1 FLR 133 (where the Supreme Court considered the costs of intervenors where allegations against them were not proved) and in Re U (L) (A Child) (2) B (L) (A Child) [2004] EWCA Civ 567 [2004] 2 FLR 263 (where the court considered the standard of proof in Children’s Cases). More recently, appeared in Re C (Children: Covid 19: Representation) [2020 EWCA Civ 734] and Re K (Threshold – cocaine ingestion – failure to give evidence) [2020] EWHC 2502 (Fam).
BA (Hons) University of Kent. Called 1994 (Inner Temple). Silk 2021.
Tenant at Francis Taylor Building 1995-1999, then 1GC Family Law to present.
Family Law Bar Association
Association of Lawyers for Children
Enjoys travelling, skiing and watching cricket and rugby.
Provided by Chambers
Sally Stone KC mainly acts in public adoption and care proceedings, representing local authorities, children and parents. She specialises in cases concerning injured children and those surrounding issues of mental health and technical medical evidence. The quality of her written work attracts great praise.
Provided by Chambers
She is incredibly analytical, knows all of her papers and has the ear of judges.
She is able to master the most complex of cases and present them in a clear and decisive way that fills her clients (both professionals and lay) with absolute confidence.
She is incredibly analytical, knows all of her papers and has the ear of judges.
She is able to master the most complex of cases and present them in a clear and decisive way that fills her clients (both professionals and lay) with absolute confidence.
