Mckenzie friend Birmingham
Contact 07878 896044
Mckenzie friend Birmingham
Contact Number 07878 89 60 44
Birmingham Civil and Family Justice Centre
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Address
Priory Courts
33 Bull Street
Birmingham
B4 6DS
Mckenzie friend Birmingham Family Courts Mckenzie friend contact details.
Christopher James- Coutanche McKenzie's friends and support team
"I have maintained a strong record of success in highly complex cases, most notably securing a landmark Supreme Court ruling in 2012 known as the voice of the child " Judges' Comments as someone with life experience, and an Expert in his own right and an inspiration to helping others."
The judgment in this case materially advanced the legal framework governing the consideration of children's wishes and feelings in family proceedings."
🔴 Objective: Empowering and guiding you with the most complex child custody matters, across Private Law family court proceedings, I am an accomplished and highly experienced McKenzie Friend providing structured, knowledgeable, and professional assistance throughout every stage of the court process. including how to assist you with questions you may need for the opposing party or Cafcass in cross-examination on disputed allegations, and how to focus on the main area of contention.
🔴 Practical guidance in all areas of case preparation and courtroom support in Child Custody matters, assisting both mothers and fathers in navigating complex welfare and safeguarding issues. My extensive understanding of how the courts determine a child's living arrangements—and the challenges each parent may face—ensures that you, as a self-representing are always clear on the issues and always strategically and thoroughly prepared on your court documents.
➡️ completion (wording that aligns with welfare checklist + avoids red flags)
➡️ interview prep: likely questions, framing concerns credibly, do/don't guidance
➡️ coordination: structuring proof of parenting capacity (school, routines, health, stability)
➡️ schedule proposals: age-appropriate, realistic, court-friendly plans
➡️ Issue / Prohibited Steps Orders: legal tests, threshold, and persuasive framing
➡️ A & Form E completion (clear, consistent, defensible disclosure)
➡️ & liability schedules (property, business interests, debts, add-backs)
➡️ maintenance analysis (needs vs sharing vs compensation models)
➡️ valuation coordination (CETVs, when an expert is justified)
➡️ strategy: without prejudice positioning, open offers, and negotiation sequencing
➡️-molestation & occupation, and finding of facts
➡️ / without notice applications
➡️ preparation: police logs, GP notes, MARAC, screenshots, witness statements
➡️ analysis: what courts actually accept as sufficient evidence➡️
Safety-focused narrative that avoids exaggeration but demonstrates risk
Child arrangements breach applications
Financial order enforcement (attachment, charging orders, judgment summons)
Contempt / committal groundwork
Variation applications based on a material change in circumstances
Strategic choice of enforcement route (cost vs effectiveness)
Permission to Appeal: Strategic Assessment (Before You Draft Anything)
A. Identify a proper appeal point
Appeals succeed on error, not dissatisfaction. The viable categories are:
Error of law misdirection, wrong legal test, failure to apply case law
Procedural unfairness evidence not considered, improper refusal
Error of fact only where plainly wrong or unsupported by evidence
Wrong exercise of discretion (Matrimonial Causes Act / Children Act discretion cases)
🧒 Child Arrangements
I can help you with:
💡 Focus: child-centred, proportionate, and credible to CAFCASS and the court.
💷 Financial Remedy Proceedings
Support includes:
💡 Focus: avoiding disclosure pitfalls and strengthening negotiating leverage.
🚨 Domestic Abuse Applications
I can assist with:
⚖️ Enforcement Proceedings
Including: