Bronwen Jones
Bronwen specialises in asylum and immigration and children family law.
In family law, Bronwen acts in cases concerning the care and safeguarding of children, applications under the Family Law Act 1986 and 1996, and matters concerning the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court. In private children law, she has experience of contested applications for temporary removal from the jurisdiction; jurisdictional disputes pursuant to BIIR; proceedings under the Hague Convention; fact-finding hearings; shared care arrangements; multi-party proceedings; and s. 10 applications for leave to apply for s. 8 orders, including in the context of post-adoption contact. Her experience in public law proceedings includes interim and final contested hearings for public law orders; s. 34(3) and (4) applications; secure accommodation; s. 8 and special guardianship orders as outcomes to care proceedings; private adoption; and application for permission to apply for the revocation of a placement order.
In immigration law, Bronwen acts for claimants and appellants in all matters concerning asylum, immigration, and nationality law. She appears frequently in asylum appeals in both the First-tier and Upper Tribunals and has also represented appellants at the Court of Appeal. She acts in judicial review proceedings both at the Upper Tribunal and the High Court. She specialises in protection appeals and cases involving asserted breaches of Convention rights. Her cross-expertise in family law is particularly useful in cases involving the best interests of children pursuant to s. 55 of the 2009 Act. She also provides expert opinions on immigration law in family proceedings.