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1GC | Family Law Offices
1GC | Family Law
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Tom Wilson
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Tom’s practice encompasses all areas of the law relating to children, including public and private law proceedings, adoption, child abduction, and cases concerning donor-conceived children. He regularly appears in complex or groundbreaking cases, including those with international elements, and has been instructed at all levels of court, including the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court.
Tom was shortlisted for the Bar Pro Bono Award in 2016, Young Family Law Barrister of the Year in 2017 and as Junior Barrister of the Year in 2020. He is described by Chambers and Partners as ‘a rising star and silk of the future’ and ‘an experienced champion of alternative family work. His preparation is excellent’.
Notable Cases:
Re AZ (A Child) (Recusal) [2022] EWCA Civ 911
G (Adoption; Notice Under s35 ACA 2002; Revocation of Placement Order) [2021] EWFC 93
AX v BX & Ors (Revocation of Adoption Order) [2021] EWHC 1121 (Fam)
Re H-N And Others (Children) (Domestic Abuse: Finding of Fact Hearings) (Rev 2) [2021] EWCA Civ 448
Newman v Southampton City Council & Ors [2021] EWCA Civ 437
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum v Her Royal Highness Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein [2021] EWCA Civ 1216
Re Al M (Fact-Finding) [2021] EWHC 1162 (Fam)
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum v Her Royal Highness Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein [2021] EWCA Civ 129
Re Al M (Non-Molestation) [2020] EWHC 3305
Re Al M (Foreign Act of State) [2020] EWHC 2883 (Fam)
Z v X (Declaration of Parentage) [2020] EWFC 67
Prospective Adopters v Sheffield City Council [2020] EWCA Civ 1591
Re C (A Child: Parental Order & Child Arrangements Order) [2020] EWHC 2141 (Fam)
Re C (A Child: Parental Order & Child Arrangements Order) [2020] EWHC 2474 (Fam)
R v P (Children: Similar Fact Evidence) [2020] EWCA Civ 1088
R (Leave to Oppose The Making of an Adoption Order), Re [2020] EWFC 97
Re X (Revocations of Testamentary Guardianship) [2020] EWFC 33
Re Al M (Assurances and Waiver) [2020] EWHC 67 (Fam)
Re Al M (Publication) [2020] EWHC 122 (Fam)
Re Al M (Children) [2020] EWCA Civ 283
Re Al M (Fact Finding) [2019] EWHC 3415 (Fam)
PQ v RS and Others (Legal Parenthood: Written Consent) [2019] EWFC 65
LR v A Local Authority & Ors (Application to Terminate Appointment of Guardian) [2019] EWFC 49
A Local Authority v M & Ors (Placement Order) [2019] EWFC 50
ZH v HS & Ors (Application to Revoke Adoption Order) [2019] EWHC 2190 (Fam)
Re RP (A Child) (Foster Carers Appeal) [2019] EWCA Civ 525
Re ST (A Child) (Surrogacy: Iran) [2018] EWHC 3439
AB v CD [2018] EWHC 1590 (Fam)
In the Matter of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (Case K) [2017] EWHC 50 (Fam)
F v M & Others (Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants intervening) [2017] EWHC 949 (Fam)
Re H (A Child: Surrogacy Breakdown) [2017] EWCA Civ 1798
Re TG (A Child: Future Care Arrangements) [2017] EWFC 85
Re K (A Child) [2016] EWCA Civ 931
In the Matter of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (Case O) [2016] EWHC 2273 (Fam)
In the Matter of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (Case L) [2016] EWHC 2266 (Fam)
Career
Year of Call: 2013
Memberships
Association of Lawyers for Children
Bar Pro Bono Unit
Family Law Bar Association
The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn
Resolution
Education
LLB, First Class (Hons), Durham University
BPTC, Very Competent, Kaplan Law School
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Family: children and domestic abuse
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Tom Wilson – 1GC | Family Law ‘Tom is a fantastic court advocate who treats everyone with grace and respect. He is always thoroughly prepared, his cross-examination is well thought out, and he gets to the core of the issues.’