Call date: 1987

Memberships:
New South Wales (Australia) Bar, PEBA, FLBA.

Pupilmaster

Teams:

Family

Land: tenure and interests

Planning, environment and local government

Employment

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Nicholas Elcombe LL.B (APU)

Nick's practise now predominantly encompasses all areas of family law.

He represents parents, local authorities and guardians in Public Law Children Act cases. He has experience of cases involving sexual abuse, physical abuse, neglect and mental health issues at all levels. He has been involved in High Court hearings following on from operation Orr. Nick has acted for a parent in seeking to prevent a local authority placing a child abroad for adoption.

Nick also has experience of international child custody disputes involving both Hague convention and non Hague convention countries. These have involved both temporary and permanent removal of children from England.

In private law Children Act proceedings Nick has acted in a wide variety of cases involving mental health issues as well as substance abuse. He has also dealt with cases involving allegations of serious violence including rape. Nick has recently acted for maternal grandparent against a father with residence of the two children who both suffered from Aspergers syndrome.

Nick's experience in financial aspects of family and quasi family work includes ancillary relief, Inheritance Act and Trusts of Land cases. He has experience of high capital "farming" cases. He was recently involved in the intervention by the CPS in ancillary relief proceedings before the Hight Court.

He has experience as a school governor and as a trustee of charities.

Nick's interests away from work centre on family life on a small livestock farm.

Interesting Cases

Wood v Collins [2006] EWCA Civ 743 - increasing sentence on complainants appeal - whether permission to appeal required.

Donahue v Ingram and Kirkup - judgement Mr Stuart Isaacs QC sitting in Chancery Division on 19 & 21 Januaray 2006. Section 335A on the Insolvency Act 1986.

RSPCA v Davidson (Div Ct) The Times 20 March 1997 - Animal Welfare;

R v Chief Constable of Suffolk ex parte K - Judicial Review of Police decision to caution in sexual assault on child;

N v B Coleridge J movement of child between England and Dubai - Mental health issues, substance abuse issues;                      

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