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Valentine Le Grice QC
Valentine Le Grice QC has specialised in family law since 1979. Throughout his career he has done mainly financial work, but always combined with some private law children's cases. Val has a particular interest in cases which also engage trust law.

Whilst he is always keen to find a negotiated settlement he realises that settlement is not always possible. He sees advocacy as central to his practice. He is also a qualified arbitrator.
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Katherine Dunseath

Katherine Dunseath is a leading junior in complex high net worth matrimonial finances (particularly involving complicated maintenance issues) and private children law. She has appeared in all levels of Court in the UK. Recent cases include: 

Des Pallieres v Des Pallieres [2021] 4 WLR 96 
M v P (the Queen’s Proctor Intervening) [2019] 2 FLR 813 
Mills v  Mills [2018] 4 All ER 612, [2018] UKSC 38 

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Children in need: new DfE data highlights scale and complexity of sexual abuse and exploitation
Children in need: new DfE data highlights scale and complexity of sexual abuse and exploitation
New figures published by the Department for Education on 11 December provide a detailed picture of how child sexual abuse (CSA) and child sexual exploitation (CSE) feature in children in need...
Article 16 DEC 2025
New national Child Protection Authority to be created under government reforms
New national Child Protection Authority to be created under government reforms
The government has announced plans to establish a new national Child Protection Authority (CPA), intended to strengthen England’s child protection system and improve national oversight of safeguarding...
Article 16 DEC 2025
Family legal aid barristers at breaking point, Bar Council report warns
Family legal aid barristers at breaking point, Bar Council report warns
A new Bar Council report has warned that family legal aid is becoming unsustainable, with many barristers saying they would leave publicly funded work “in a heartbeat” if they were able to do so.The...
Article 16 DEC 2025
World Congress on Family Law & Children’s Rights 2025: key topics, themes and insights
World Congress on Family Law & Children’s Rights 2025: key topics, themes and insights
Sylvie Armstrong, Barrister, 1GC Family LawThis article explores some of the key themes of the 9th World Congress on Family Law & Children’s Rights, which took place in Cambridge in July. The...
Article 16 DEC 2025
Late abortion or neonatal death – a time for empathy, a time for reform
Late abortion or neonatal death – a time for empathy, a time for reform
Mary Welstead, Visiting Professor in Family law University of BuckinghamAn analysis of recent cases involving abortion and infanticide reveal the antiquated approach on which the current...
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