Caroline Kinloch-Jones

Caroline trained as a physiotherapist prior to being called to the Bar and gained invaluable insight working within NHS Trusts, to the world of medicine and in particular an ability to comprehend medical notes. Her knowledge of anatomy and physiology together with her experience in the fields of orthopaedics and paediatric chest physiotherapy has also proved relevant when preparing cases.

Caroline is regularly instructed to appear on behalf of Local Authorities, Respondents and Guardians in public law cases. She has particular experience and understanding of vulnerable parents, dealing with clients with mental health issues and difficulties giving instructions, cases requiring the Official Solicitor and non accidental injuries.

Caroline has a wide experience of all aspects of Private Law including child arrangements, injunctive relief and removal from the jurisdiction; issues of traveller culture within the context of Child Arrangement Orders.

Recent Notable Cases

Public Law Cases

• 2020 – BCP Council v KC & others (Care proceedings: Return to Poland: Child arrangements order) [2020] EWFC 20 (19 March 2020)
• 2019 – HCC v B – Care proceedings acting for the mother over 70 plus weeks, with an extensive Finding of Fact Hearing ruling mother out of the potential pool of perpetrators in relation to fractures of the skull in a ten-month old child. Children eventually return to the mother.
• 2018 – SCC v J – acting for the mother where the child is a teenager and will not accept the LA care plans
• 2018 – BCC v D & others – acting for the Local Authority in a final hearing involving neglect, substance misuse and mental illness
• 2018 – DCC v B & others – acting for the mother who faced allegation of sexual abuse of her children
• 2018 – DBC v D & others – Finding of Fact Hearing required relating to NAI and domestic abuse representing a father
• 2017 – PBC v D, C & others – Care Proceedings involving multiple medical experts following non accidental injuries, a lengthy Finding of Fact Hearing, acting for the intervener who was vulnerable with mental capacity issues. Involved the Official Solicitor, several psychologists and eventual instruction to be the junior to a QC
• 2017 – SCC v R&B – commenced as private law proceedings and following a s37 report the local authority issued, acting for a parent involved alcohol misuse and domestic abuse
• 2016 – ESCC v H & H – Care proceedings involving behavioral disorders, looked after mother and child and domestic violence
• 2016 – ESCC v M – Care proceedings involving mental health issues, domestic violence and long term neglect
• 2016 – SBC v F – Care proceedings involving mental health issues and domestic violence requiring 2 medical experts; one adult and one child and adolescent psychiatrist

Private Law Cases

• 2018 – Re C – internal relocation case acting for the respondent who successfully opposed the move on grounds of losing relationship with father
• 2018 – P v H – Acting for respondent mother who had internally relocated with child to escape physical and emotional abuse due to coercive and controlling behavior over many years. Issue of time spent with restricted to within a fairly local area to where the child lived
• 2017/18 – K v B – Acting for the father in his application to seek the whereabouts of his child and spend time with; involved Home Office as both parents awaiting deportation; mother claiming she had been trafficked, sexually, physically and emotionally abused potentially to aid her application to stay. All appeals exhausted. Finding of Fact Hearing, serious allegations against father found not proved
• 2017 – Q v Q – Acting for the father seeking reasonable contact with children after some time, serious safeguarding issues raised re coercive control
• 2016 –  B v M – Application for child to live with father following allegations of sexual abuse; finding of fact hearing
• 2016 – Y v W – Application for removal from jurisdiction

Inn: Inner Temple

Qualifications: BVC very competent; Post Grad Dip Law; Grad Dip Phys – Guy’s Hospital

Memberships: Family Law Bar Association, Western Circuit

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