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Nicholas Stonor KC

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Work Department

Family: Children Law; Medical Treatment and ‘End of Life’; Court of Protection

Position

Nicholas Stonor KC is an approachable and dedicated silk specialising in cases concerning children (private and public law) and vulnerable adults.

He sits as a Deputy High Court Judge, lectures at the Judicial College and is a Bencher at Middle Temple. He is an approved facilitator of vulnerable witness advocacy training.

Family: Children Law

Private Law Children – Nick represents family members across the spectrum of private law disputes including complex relocation cases (domestic and international) and cases involving serious allegations of abuse (sexual abuse, domestic abuse, parental alienation and other forms of emotional abuse).

Public Law Children – Nick represents local authorities, adult family members and children in complex care proceedings, including cases involving suspicious death, sexual abuse, radicalisation, factitious and induced illness, shaking. He has a particular interest in cases involving cultural/religious issues, the inherent jurisdiction and interfaces between the Family Court and the Court of Protection.

Medical Treatment and ‘End of Life’

Nick provides advice and representation, often at short notice, for NHS Trusts, local authorities and family members where the treatment plan for a child or vulnerable adult is in dispute.

Court of Protection

Nick represents vulnerable adults (by litigation friends including the Official Solicitor), local authorities and family members. He has a particular interest in cases where the Court of Protection jurisdiction overlaps with the care or forced marriage jurisdictions. In 2015, Nick chaired the annual conference for the COPPA (Court of Protection Practitioners Association).

Career

• Bencher (Middle Temple) 2021; member of Education Committee; mentor.
• Deputy High Court Judge 2019.
• Family Court Recorder 2016.
• BSB Professional Conduct Committee: 2014 to 2020.

Lectures and Seminars

• Nick has been a lecturer at the Judicial College (public and private law children) since 2020.
• Nick regularly gives seminars for lawyers and safeguarding professionals, either on his own or in collaboration with other speakers. Recent topics have included ‘Advocacy and the Vulnerable’, ‘When Cultures Collide – When is Ever should the State Intervene?’, ‘Re W and Nothing Else Will Do’, ‘Jurisdiction Issues in Public Law, Private Law and Financial Remedy Cases’.

Memberships

• Family Law Bar Association.
• North Eastern Circuit.

Education

• 1993 Inns of Court School of Law
• 1992 University College London, LLB (Hons)
• 1982-1989 St Cuthbert’s High School, Newcastle Upon Tyne.