Mr Jeremy Ford > Cambridge Family Law Practice > Cambridge, England > Lawyer Profile

Cambridge Family Law Practice
33 PARKSIDE
CAMBRIDGE
CB1 1JE
England

Work Department

Family Law

Position

Partner

Career

Jeremy comes to CFLP from a background of representing children in the High Court on behalf of Cafcass Legal. Jeremy has 15 years of post-qualification experience, mainly practicing in highly complex children disputes in London. Jeremy brings a unique wealth of experience in representing and advising clients on the whole spectrum of family law issues, including complex children matters, international and domestic relocation disputes, surrogacy and assisted conception cases, medical treatment, recognition of foreign adoptions and financial disputes for married or unmarried couples.  He acts for the child in the ground-breaking case of R (McConnell) v General Registrar for England & Wales [2020] EWCA Civ 559 and represented the mothers in the leading case of Osborne & Anor v Cambridgeshire County Council [2022] EWHC 1982 (Admin) (25 July 2022).  His backlog of reported cases and unique experience makes him a first port of call in complex legal cases involving children.

Jeremy is in high demand as a mediator and Arbitrator for children disputes which makes up a large proportion of his work.

Lawyer Rankings

East Anglia > Private client > Family

Cambridge Family Law Practice is a boutique firm with six partners who exhibit ‘refreshingly collegiate approach with deep experience of family law’. Clients remark upon the ‘care, empathy and honesty’ shown by the partners. ‘The intelligence and humour which he brought to our meetings made a huge difference’, said one client of Jeremy Ford, whose practice includes surrogacy law, child abduction, and the medical treatment of children disputes. Tricia Ashton is ‘excellent both in the strategy phase and its implementation’. Simon Bethel has ‘a pragmatic approach and an ability to cut to the nub of the issue‘. Adam Moghadas, Gail Marchant-Daisley, and up-and-coming partner Kathryn Evans, who ‘combines detailed and practical knowledge of relevant case law with genuine compassion for her clients‘, are also highly recommended.