John Franklin

John has appeared in many private law children matters and has been instructed at all stages of private children disputes including at fact finding hearings. He is particularly adept at representing military clients and their families due his significant insight into the exigencies of service life. He is able to empathise with and understand the needs of families who have children with learning disabilities due to his own family experience.

John has represented parents and Children’s Guardians at interim and final contested hearings.

He has significant experience in domestic violence and injunction matters under Part IV of the Family Law Act 1996 and having previously volunteered for the National Centre for Domestic Violence knows how to deal sensitively with vulnerable clients. He accepts instruction in both a without notice and on-notice applications.

John accepts instructions for Applicant’s and Respondents and has appeared in many final hearings involving substantial assets, as well as routinely attending first directions appointments and Financial Dispute Resolution hearings. He has also appeared in final hearings under Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989 for financial provision for children.

He also has good experience of cross-over work including insolvency, commercial or familial intervening within proceedings. John enjoys the cut and thrust of advising and representing former marital partners in financial order proceedings and cohabitants in disputes under TOLATA and also has experience of advising family members, dependents, former marital partners and cohabitants in actions concerning the administration of estates.

John has acted and advised in many disputes over trusts and has substantial experience of all forms of TOLATA applications and disputes of the existence of constructive and resulting trusts and the extent of shares.

John has represented clients in a broad range of commercial disputes at both interim and contested stages and advised extensively. Recent instructions include advising on the enforceability of a joint venture agreement and whether the agreement fell foul of the FSMA 2000 and RAO.

John advises extensively in Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependents) Act 1975 where there is extensive cross-over with other aspects of his work e.g. family finance.