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✅ Free 30 mins Initial Consultation.

I offer practical, affordable support for parents who can't afford expensive solicitor fees. If you're on a tight budget and need help, I'm here to support you.

I am regarded as one of the most knowledgeable and experienced McKenzie Friends in the UK, with over 30 years' experience. in more than 3,000 children's cases.

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.

🧒 Child Arrangements

I can help you with:

• ➡️ 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

💡 Focus: child-centred, proportionate, and credible to CAFCASS and the court.

💷 Financial Remedy Proceedings

Support includes:

• ➡️ 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

💡 Focus: avoiding disclosure pitfalls and strengthening negotiating leverage.

🚨 Domestic Abuse Applications

I can assist with:

• ➡️-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

⚖️ Enforcement Proceedings

Including:

• Child arrangements breach applications

• Financial order enforcement (attachment, charging orders, judgment summons)

• Contempt / committal groundwork

• Variation applications based on material change in circumstances

• Strategic choice of enforcement route (cost vs effectiveness)

  
  

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  📞 Call: 07878 896044 or prefer WhatsApp, Wifi calling.