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Family Law​​

Children​​

Over the years Lee has built up significant and wide-ranging family law practice. He accepts instructions across both private law and public law children matters as well as applications for non-molestation and occupation orders. He works sensitively with vulnerable clients with additional needs.

 

In public law care proceedings, involving adoption, foster care and special guardianship, Lee receives instructions for Local Authorities, Children’s Guardians, Respondent parents and various intervenors (such as extended family members). Cases have involved complex issues with multiple siblings as well as serious allegations of harm of all types, including non-accidental injury and chronic neglect. 

 

In private law, Lee has acted for both parents and r16.4 Children’s Guardians in contested contact and residence applications, including multi-day fact finding hearings involving domestic abuse of all types and parental alienation. His work has specifically encompassed relocation matters both within England and Wales and international relocation, including removal to non-Hague Convention States. 

 

Notable Cases:

IH v FA [2024] EWHC 2432 (Fam) (Sir Jonathan Cohen)

Lee appeared for the Appellant Father, challenging the first instance decision as to the overseas relocation of the Mother with the children, in particular as to the lack of weight given to the impact upon the Father’s contact.

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K v K [2020] EWFC 96 (Mr Justice Mostyn)

Lee appeared for the Respondent Mother, successfully opposing the Father's application for the continuation of an ex parte Prohibited Steps Order seeking to prevent the Mother from removing the children from the jurisdiction to a non-Hague Convention country during the Covid-19 pandemic.

 

Fertility & Surrogacy Law​

Lee has a practice in fertility and surrogacy law with emphasis on advisory work involving intended parents and surrogates alike, as well as fertility clinics. He also accepts instructions for Court representation for parental order applications and if complex issues arise from surrogacy and fertility arrangements.

 

Civil & Commercial Litigation​

Lee is able to provide a wide range of expert legal advice and assistance to both businesses and individuals in civil and commercial disputes and litigation as well as on a range of additional contentious and non-contentious legal areas. As well as Court representation and advocacy, Lee provides pragmatic specialist legal advice, consultation and assistance to his clients.

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Civil Litigation

Lee has a strong and longstanding practice in civil litigation ranging from interim applications to complex multi-track trials. His general civil litigation work includes debt recovery, contract and tort cases. 

 

Notable Cases:

Orchard Investment Properties Ltd v Violante [2013] EWHC 2558 (Ch)

Lee acted for the successful Respondent. The case has been a leading authority in establishing the Court’s jurisdiction and discretion to grant security for costs beyond standard CPR Part 25 procedures. The case continues to feature in the White Book (25.13.13) as a leading authority on this point.

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Business and Property​

With an academic background in commercial law, this lends itself to Lee’s practice in this area and he regularly appears in the Business and Property Courts on a range of business and property matters.

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Property

Lee has broad experience in a range of property disputes and litigation, and including both residential and commercial landlord and tenant, mortgage litigation, TOLATA, and boundary disputes. His residential and commercial landlord and tenant practice is well honed and he has acted in a variety of possession and forfeiture cases ranging from local authority, anti-social behaviour matters and general evictions to cases involving high net worth and high profile individuals. His work has comprised injunctions, evictions, enforcement and stay applications.

 

Company and Commercial​

Lee’s practice includes extensive expertise in company law and corporate work, particularly in limited company Court Order restoration applications as well as shareholder disputes, upon which he also advises clients extensively.

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Court of Protection

Office of the Public Guardian

The Office of the Public Guardian has instructed Lee as Crown Counsel (outside of the Attorney General panel) to appear on various occasions in disputed matters involving issues of capacity in relation to Lasting Powers of Attorney.

 

Crime

Road Traffic

Lee has acted for clients in motoring and road traffic offences criminal matters including before Magistrates and in the Crown Court.