Nigel has expertise in both children and money cases.
In financial cases he brings his specialist fraud, money laundering and confiscation experience to bear with a robust but clinical approach. He specialises in cases where there is a potential criminal or fraudulent aspect to ancillary relief proceedings and has appeared for intervenors in both the criminal and family jurisdictions when their assets are at risk in litigation in which they are not directly involved. He has a wide range of It skills and was described in the 2019 edition of Chambers and Partners as “… a pugnacious performer … his client service and preparation of documentation are of the highest level.”
In May 2018 he appeared for the Maternal Grandmother in a two-week contested finding of fact of fact hearing involving allegations by the local authority that the child had suffered deliberately inflicted injuries to the brain, as well as a number of rib fractures and other injuries. His client was completely exonerated of all allegations and the child was returned to his parents after a delay of nearly 18 months.
More recently in December 2020 he represented an Albanian mother in a finding of fact hearing in which she made allegations of forced prostitution and modern slavery. Unusually, he persuaded the Court to admit into evidence a Home Office Report into Country Policy in Albania on domestic abuse and violence against women
Nigel also has experience in actions against local authorities for negligence and/or under the Human Rights Act and has recently advised a parent in a complex long-running case of local authority neglect in relation to the flawed execution of a number of Care Plans.
For further information about instructing Nigel directly please email him directly or call 0845 450 0707 and ask to speak to John Killgallon, Nigel’s Practice Director. You will be able to discuss the facts of your case and find out what fees may be charged and when, if your case is not publicly funded.