She has represented Local Authorities, parents, guardians, children and interveners in care cases. She regularly deals with cases involving extremely severe allegations of neglect, sexual abuse and non-accidental injury, and is fully conversant with the complex medical evidence and expert testimony that arises in such cases. She is also experienced in dealing with cases involving adoption, special guardianship, long-term foster care placements, residential placements, secure units and cases involving parties with serious learning difficulties
Tracey has experience in dealing with Hague convention cases and Brussels II (Revised) in care proceedings in the High Court. More recently she has acted for a guardian where the children were removed from the jurisdiction by the parents to avoid local authority involvement where there were allegations of sexual abuse of one of the children by the father. There were lengthy arguments in respect of habitual residence and jurisdiction and also a fact find in the absence of the mother and the alleged perpetrator only attending to give evidence.
- Acts for local authorities, parents, children's guardians and interveners
- Experienced in particularly sensitive and complex care proceedings
- Experienced in alleged non-accidental injury cases and proceedings
- Sexual abuse
- Serious domestic violence between parents
- Experienced in detailed cross-examination of expert witnesses
- Particular experience of representing both vulnerable and aggressive clients
- Secure accommodation orders
