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Paul Hopkins QC
Position
Barrister specialising in family law. Covers all aspects of family law and related areas, with particular specialisations in complex care cases. Recent significant cases include: Re R (Children) [2015] EWCA Civ 167; Re MW (Care management) [2010] 1 FLR 1093; Re N (Jurisdiction) [2007] EWHC 1274, [2007] Fam Law 901; Re EN [2007] EWCA 264, [2007] Fam Law 452 (adoption: special guardianship); Re C [2006] 1 FLR 589 (adoption: disclosure to father); Re R [2006] 1 FLR 483 (care: plan for adoption: best interests); Re Y [2004] 2 FLR 330 (removal from the jurisdiction).
Career
Called 1989, Gray’s Inn; Recorder 2006; QC 2009; Bencher Gray’s Inn 2013; Director of Family Contact, Cardiff 2001-2013. External examiner BPTC Cardiff University 2011-13; approved counsel to Welsh Assembly Government 2009-12.
Languages
Welsh.
Memberships
Family Law Bar Association; Association of London Welsh Lawyers.
Education
University of Birmingham (LLB).
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > Wales and Chester Circuit > Family and children law
(Leading Silks: Child Law (Public and Private)) Ranked: Tier 2Paul Hopkins QC –9 Park Place ‘Complex care cases are the key facet of his practice.’