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Nicholas Anderson
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Nicholas Anderson was called to the bar in 1995 and has been at 1kbw for over ten years. Nicholas practises in the areas of ancillary relief and children proceedings.
Finance: All aspects of ancillary relief, enforcement proceedings and appeals. Experienced in disputes in relation to cohabitees under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 and in applications for financial provision for children under Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989.
Children: Advising and acting children proceedings including in the Court of Appeal. Cases include those involving an international element, both in relation to relocation applications and child abduction; the sexual abuse of children in a private law context and intractable opposition to contact. Nicholas has a background in public law work and has been involved in cases involving serious physical injury, ritual abuse and the death of a child and has acted for local authorities, parents and Guardians at all levels.
Mediation: Nicholas is a qualified mediator and accepts instructions to mediate in cases involving children, finance and cohabitees.
Recently reported cases include:
- M v M (Abduction: Settlement) [2008] 2 FLR 1884 where Black J refused to return children to Poland notwithstanding that they had been in the UK for more than 12 months and the children’s strong wish to remain in the UK.
- Re F (A Child) [2009] EWCA Civ 416 where the Court of Appeal approved the decision of the judge to decline to return a 7 year old child in abduction proceedings on the basis of the child’s own views. Thorpe LJ also gave guidance on how to resolve conflicts of expert evidence as to whether a parent has ‘rights of custody’ under foreign law in Brussels II cases.
