Simon Rowbotham

Practice Areas

Court of Protection - Vulnerable Adult

Direct Access

Financial Remedies

International Children Law

Private Children Law

Direct Access

Career

Simon Rowbotham is an experienced practitioner with extensive expertise in private law, family finance, and the Court of Protection.

His children's work encompasses all areas of private law, including applications for child arrangements (both residence and contact), removal from the jurisdiction, relocation cases and issues of surrogacy and parental responsibility. He also acts in cases of international child abduction and wardship proceedings.

In the realm of financial remedies following divorce and civil partnership dissolution, Simon is a trusted authority and his clientele ranges from individuals of modest means to high-net-worth individuals, involving pensions, companies and trusts.

Simon is frequently sought after for cases involving allegations of abuse, controlling and coercive behaviour, as well as those concerning substance misuse and the welfare of vulnerable adults.

Simon sits as a Recorder on the Midlands Circuit and has been appointed to the Family Justice Council.

Professional Memberships

Family Law Bar Association

Resolution

Family Justice Council

Junior of the Northern Circuit of the Bar (Trinity Term 2015)

Vice-Chair of the Middle Temple LGBTQ+ Forum (2019 to present)

Treasurer of the Northern Circuit Middle Temple Society (2017 to present)