Liam has a broad practice across Family Law, Housing and Community Care Law and Inquests and Inquiries. He is particularly interested in the overlap between these areas and is available to advise in relevant cases.
He has been praised by instructing solicitors for his “ability to get to grips with complex and serious cases” and for his pleadings, which have been described as “first class”. He is known to “go above and beyond for his clients” and has significant experience representing vulnerable individuals.
Family
Liam practises across private children and care work.
In his private children practice he is regularly instructed in complex multi-day fact-finding and final hearings. He has particular experience in cases involving allegations of coercive and controlling behaviour, honour-based abuse and parental alienation. He is known for his thorough approach to challenging cases to get to grips with tricky cases and secure excellent outcomes for his clients.
In his care practice, Liam represents parents and children. He has been instructed up to and including final hearings. He has been praised for working on cases above his year of call, including those involving allegations of serious sexual abuse and physical harm.
Housing and Community Care
Liam’s housing practice encompasses both possession proceedings and homelessness. He has represented clients in cases involving rent arrears, ASB and other grounds for possession. He has particular experience of Equality Act 2010 issues arising in possession cases.
He is currently co-authoring a book with Jamie Presland for Law Brief Publishing entitled: “Housing Law for Family Lawyers”. Given this expertise, he welcomes instructions on community care cases involving section 17 and section 20 of the Children Act 1989.
Court of Protection
Liam is developing a practice in the Court of Protection. He has been instructed in Court of Protection matters, and by the Official Solicitor in housing cases where his client has been found to lack capacity. He welcomes instructions in this area.
Inquests and Inquiries
Liam has been instructed to represent families and NGOs at pre-inquest review hearings and at inquests. He was instructed in a complex inquest into the death of a 29-year-old who took their own life outside the entrance to A&E hours after a Mental Health Act assessment deemed them not detainable under s.3 MHA. Liam represented a charity who were interested persons and provided support to the deceased, a non-binary autistic individual, prior to their death. The Senior Coroner made two PFDs, relating to the unsuitability of A&E for those requiring a mental health bed, gaps in psychosocial support service provision for TNBI adults, and a shortage of beds, particularly for autistic and transgender people. Further information can be found here.
Prior to the Bar
Before joining chambers, Liam worked as a Committee Specialist at the Joint Committee on Human Rights, a Research Assistant at the Law Commission and a Judicial Assistant to Lord Justice Henderson.
He has volunteered at Lawyers in the Soup Kitchen, a community pro-bono organisation in Brixton which provides assistance to members of the public. He also previously volunteered at North London Coroners’ Court, where he assisted the Coroner and Inquest Manager by preparing case files for inquests.
Family Law Bar Association
The Association of Lawyers for Children
Housing Law Practitioners Association
INQUEST
Young Legal Aid Lawyers
Baroness Hale of Richmond Scholarship, Gray’s Inn
William Wade Prize for Civil Liberties and Human Rights, University of Cambridge
Gareth Jones Prize for the Law of Restitution, University of Cambridge
Rebecca Flowers Squire Scholarship, Clare College, Cambridge
University of Law, Bar Training Course (Very Competent), 2024
University of Cambridge, LLM (First Class, 3rd in cohort), 2018
University of Cambridge, BA Law (First Class, 5th in cohort), 2017
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