Ms Philippa Morgan > Lyons Davidson > Bristol, England > Lawyer Profile
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43 Queen Square
BRISTOL
BS1 4QP
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Ms Philippa Morgan
Work Department
Family
Position
Head of Family and Divisional Manager of Consumer Legal Services
Career
Philippa is an experienced family lawyer who has been in practice for over 25 years. She was appointed partner at Lyons Davidson in 2013 and Head of Family in 2014. Her areas of expertise include:
- International parental abduction disputes under the 1980 Hague Convention;
- Parental abduction cases involving non-Hague Convention jurisdictions;
- Recovery of children abducted to overseas jurisdictions;
- Enforcement of foreign orders in relation to children;
- Wardship proceedings;
- Applications for collection orders, location orders and passport orders;
- International relocation;
- Applications for child arrangements orders;
- Applications for prohibited steps orders;
- Applications for specific issue orders.
- Philippa is a member of the International Child Abduction and Contact Unit’s list of specialist lawyers.
Philippa has acted in numerous reported authorities during her career including two cases concerning the 1980 Hague Convention to go to the UK Supreme Court, representing the NGO reunite International Child Abduction Centre in the 2013 case of Re KL [2013] UKSC 75.
Philippa is committed to providing an excellent service for her clients. She is noted for her intricate knowledge of a complex area of law, her sensitivity and responsiveness to her clients’ needs, as well as her tenacious approach to litigation.
In 2013, Philippa was voted the Bristol Law Society Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year and in 2018 she won the CILEx Legal Expert Award. In 2019 and 2020 Philippa was shortlisted for the Family Law Award in ‘Family Law Chartered Legal Executive of the year’ category. Philippa is ranked band 1 in Chambers and Partners and has been inducted into the Legal 500 ‘Hall of Fame’.
Memberships
Philippa is a Resolution Accredited Specialist in Private Law Children and Child Abduction.
Education
Philippa is a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives having qualified in 1995.
Lawyer Rankings
South West > Private client > Family
(Hall of Fame)Praised for being ‘incredibly committed to their cases’ and going ‘the extra mile’ for clients, Lyons Davidson maintain an impressive reputation for its work on international children matters. Its specialisms include child abduction matters, child and domestic abuse cases and divorce and financial remedy matters. The practice is jointly chaired by Philippa Morgan
and Iona Phillips; Morgan – who has extensive expertise handling international child abduction cases – has been described as ‘a leading practitioner in the field of international child abduction’, while Phillips is highly regarded for her work on child law cases.