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Children
(Public and Private Law)
Ancillary Relief
Cohabitee Property Disputes
Inheritance Act and Family Provision
Financial Provision for Children
Although originally practising in personal
injury, landlord & tenant and housing law
as well as family work, Jane Drew has for
some time specialised in the field of
children's law with an emphasis on public
law Children Act proceedings, in which she
acts for local authorities, parents and guardians.
She has particular expertise in cases involving
sexual abuse, non-accidental head injury in
babies and fabricated illness. In
private law children's work, she has wide
experience of intractable contact disputes
both as a barrister and as a Deputy District
Judge.
She is committed to representing parents with
mental health difficulties and those with drug
or alcohol problems.
She lectures on cohabitee law and related property disputes,
where her experience in the field is
invaluable.
She sits as a Deputy District Judge at the
Principal Registry of the Family Division.
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Haringey LBC v MA, JN, IA [2008] EWHC 1722
(Fam) [2008] 2 FLR 1857
Adoption – International adoption – Family
placement – Permission for child to live
abroad – Placement to assess prospects of
successful adoption by persons living abroad –
Whether in breach of Adoption and Children Act
2002 Re
B (Adoption: Father's Objections) [1999]
2 FLR 215
Adoption - Step-parent adoption - Natural father
objecting to adoption application
Re O (Minors) (Medical Examination) [1993]
1 FLR 860
Care - Family proceedings court - Justices giving
direction for medical examination on making interim care order
B v Derbyshire County Council [1992]
1 FLR 538
Care proceedings - Father of little boy convicted
of indecent assault on girl within family unit - Local authority applying for care orders
concerning the little boy and three other girls
M v Westminster City Council [1985] FLR
325
Care proceedings - Application on ground that
children's proper development being avoidably prevented or neglected - Evidence of neglect
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