Alex Verdan KC

Overview Alex specialises in complex and serious children cases across both private and public law. Formerly of 4PB, he is now a Partner and Head of the Children team at Stewarts. He has particular expertise in cases involving intractable child arrangements disputes; internal and external relocation and leave to remove from the jurisdiction; serious emotional abuse; child fatalities and significant injuries; and serious abuse where medical evidence is disputed, often alongside linked criminal proceedings. He is also highly experienced in allegations of sexual abuse, including false allegations, and cases involving factitious illness. He also has extensive experience in Public Inquiries, e.g. representing Lambeth BC and Leicestershire CC in the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA), representing Enfield LB in the Climbie Inquiry, being Counsel to the Isle of Man Commission of Inquiry into the Care of Young People. He was instructed by the children in reputedly the longest running care case in English legal history; the threshold hearing lasting for some 5 months. He has been in practice for over 35 years and in that time has built up extensive experience in all types of children cases. Although the majority of his practice is now in London, he travels regularly to courts across the country and to various International jurisdictions. Alex regularly lectures at family law conferences and at seminars and provides training for family justice professionals. · Stewarts Law LLP