Cleo Perry KC

Cleo Perry is a specialist family barrister, collaborative lawyer and mediator, practicing at 4 Paper Buildings

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𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲: Judgment in S v F and M [2025] EWHC 439 (Fam), a case attracting widespread media attention has been handed down.

The case concerned a 13-year-old boy (now 14), ‘S’ born in the UK. In March 2024, he was taken to the Republic of Ghana by his parents. The parents and S each held both Ghanaian and British nationality.  In September 2024, S applied through his solicitor to make himself a ward of the High Court and for an order that he be returned to the jurisdiction of England and Wales.

The case concerned an examination of whether the parents’ decision to remove S to Ghana was within the ambit of their parental decision making, in circumstances where the parents alleged that S was at risk of peripheral involvement with gang culture. Mr Justice Hayden ruled that “the decision falls within what I regard as the generous ambit of parental decision-making, in which the State has no dominion.”

Deirdre Fottrell KC represented the young person, S, leading @Andrew_Powell1 on 18 February 2025, and Prof Rob George (Harcourt Family Law) on 26 -27 November 2024, instructed by @James_Netto28 of @iFLGUK.

@RebeccaFoulkes1 represented the father, instructed by @forum_shah01 from @Dawson_Cornwell.

Read the judgment and view the press coverage below:

𝗝𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: https://t.co/l5KJXNlqNL

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀: https://t.co/HcUkUmEkF0

𝗕𝗕𝗖: https://t.co/5kiaqKE1Oi

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀: https://t.co/ra8C6l1CXt

#FamilyLaw #ChildrenLaw

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We are delighted to invite you to the 4PB Annual Fundraising Quiz Night on Thursday, 3 April 2025.

With Team 4PB having raised nearly £10,000 for NSPCC last year, this year Greg Davies and Paul Hennessy will be taking on the London Landmarks Half Marathon (@LLHalf), fundraising for Support Through Court (@SupportTCourt).

Click the link below to register as an individual or a team and join us for a fun-filled evening of quizzing with friends and colleagues, all in support of this deserving charity!

Register: https://t.co/DDnQGzahdc

We hope you can join us on the night, but if you’re unable to, please consider making a donation via our JustGiving page to support this fantastic cause.

https://t.co/lwG7XzUQ9a

#LLHM2025 #Fundraising

[Cleo Perry KC @cleoperry]

Very proud to be part of this person’s team.

[4PB @4PBFamilyLaw]

We are delighted to see Barbara Mills KC (@bmillsbarrister), Vice-Chair Elect 2024 of the Bar Council and joint head of 4PB, on the cover of Counsel Magazine.

You can read Barbara's interview with Michael V Sternberg KC here:

https://t.co/uRQBJlUJhF

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@Andrew_Powell1 of 4PB will speak alongside Alberto Perez Cedillo, Jean-Charles Gardetto and Francesca Maria Zanasi at the upcoming STEP European conference in Budapest.

For more information or to register, click here: https://t.co/LO9tO644ky

#STEPEurope #FamilyLaw

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Full house this evening ! Thank you to all of our wonderful Public Law clients who joined us for the @4PBFamilyLaw seminar on 'Adoption, Domestic & Int'l Care, Planning and Placement'.

Plus drinks and canapés on the terrace, of course !
We look forward to the next time. 🍷🥤

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Many congratulations to our fabulous three members, Mark Jarman KC, Judith Murray KC and Dorothea Gartland KC who have been sworn in as King's Counsel in a ceremony at Westminster Hall today.
Your @4PBFamilyLaw team are so very proud. Bringing our total number of Silks to 23.🍾

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Congratulations to Baljinder Bath @Baljinderbath1
ranked #LeadingJunior in the 2023 edition of
@thelegal500 in Family: Children Law (Including Public and Private).
https://t.co/42ILtCzux3

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Congratulations to Andrew Powell @Andrew_Powell1
ranked #LeadingJunior in the 2023 edition of
@thelegal500 in Family: Children Law (Including Public and Private).
https://t.co/P3Zfd1YLQL

[4PB @4PBFamilyLaw]

Congratulations to @King_Barrister and @FrankieShama on the publication of their book: ‘A Practical Guide to Parental Alienation in Private and Public Law Children Cases’.

Published by @lawbriefpub. Available at
https://t.co/l1zkw2o3La and
https://t.co/76HZS0ncIn

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New case: Osborne v Arnold [2022] EWHC 1983 (Fam) 

Applications for revocation of an adoption order, declaration of parentage and claim for judicial review to quash initial birth registration. 

@Andrew_Powell1 represented the Registrar General.

https://t.co/zvWMJuARzg

[Cleo Perry KC @cleoperry]

@DrToniHo @UofGlasgow I love this. X

[Hardeep Matharu @Hardeep_Matharu]

This woman changed a part of me when I first saw this from @BylineTV. I will never forget her.

"I don't feel myself anymore. I'm a different person. I was a journalist, very proud of myself & glamorous. Now I'm a refugee"

Everything can become nothing.

[Cleo Perry KC @cleoperry]

Huge congrats to these guys. Pupillage is the hardest of years, even absent a pandemic!

[4PB @4PBFamilyLaw]

.@4PBFamilyLaw are delighted to welcome @klara_slater,
@FrankieShama and Anna Comboni to tenancy after successful completion of pupillage with Chambers. Click here to read more about them:
Klara:https://t.co/69AQyeNAS9
Frankie:https://t.co/SoKX7VGMWB
Anna:https://t.co/IAoGAcTbZm

[Cleo Perry KC @cleoperry]

Welcome Alexandra!

[4PB @4PBFamilyLaw]

@4PBFamilyLaw are delighted to announce that Alexandra Wilson, @EssexBarrister formerly of @5SAHLaw, has joined 4PB with immediate effect. Please join us in welcoming Alexandra to the team.

To read more about Alexandra, click here: https://t.co/Ds91RVqTIp

[Cleo Perry KC @cleoperry]

Huge congrats to the amazing @JoDelahunty ❤️

[4PB @4PBFamilyLaw]

Fantastic news @JoDelahunty has been awarded for her Outstanding Contribution to Diversity & Inclusion by @ChambersGuides 🙌🏽🙌🙌🏾. 🍾🥳🎉#ChambersUKBarAwards.

Incredibly proud of the work @JoDQC does, and her relentless drive for making positive change.

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Join us online or @middletemple on 5 November for an examination of race equality issues faced by the Bar. Featuring a keynote speech by @LeroyLogan999 and the launch of our Race at the Bar report, produced from discussions held with over 80 Bar leaders. https://t.co/ClRklHHQ64

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STOP PRESS – 4PB WILL BE MOVING HOME IN COMING MONTHS. Our new offices are in the heart of the City, in St Martin's Court, Paternoster Row. With some of the most spectacular views across London, these are exciting times as 4PB enters a new era . Read here:
https://t.co/Tqz4dYGr3t

[Cafcass @MyCafcass]

Our Together with children and families framework builds on our refreshed organisational values and how these values work in practice. https://t.co/9IZJ6aJ0bz

[Cleo Perry KC @cleoperry]

Me in the Court of Appeal: - don’t get bogged down in issues of dishonesty and - follow Peter Jackson LJ in Re S. YW (A Child) (Adequacy of Reasons) [2021] EWCA Civ 1174. https://t.co/OeIcrCMXzb @BAILII @4PBFamilyLaw