Osbornes

Family Law

Senior Associate

Tom is a Senior Associate in the family law team at Osbornes.

He is a children’s law specialist, and his practice spans the full breath of public and private children’s law.

Tom has significant experience acting for parents and family members in care proceedings involving allegations of harm, whether physical harm, emotional harm, sexual harm or harm resulting from poor mental health. Tom also has experience dealing with cases involving non-accidental injury, fabricated and induced illness and cases featuring complex factual disputes.

In his private work, Tom is experienced in representing parents in disputes on arrangements for their children, including cases that involve parental conflict, allegations of harm, domestic abuse, parental alienation and those with an international element. Tom also has a growing practice representing parents and family members in Forced Marriage Protection Order cases.

In his adoption work, Tom represents birth parents and prospective adopters in adoption proceedings. His practice covers domestic and international adoptions.

Tom qualified as a solicitor in 2018, completing his training contract at a prominent specialist family law firm. Tom joined Osbornes in March 2020.Solicitor

English

Tom is an accredited Children Panel member by The Law Society and is able to represent children in family law proceedings, through a Children’s Guardian and directly.

As a member of the family law organisation Resolution, Tom works to resolve family disputes in a constructive and non-confrontational manner.

Tom is recognised in the Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners directories for his work. Outside of his practice, Tom is a member of the Executive Committee of The Association of Lawyers for Children and a member of the Children’s Committee at Resolution.