Tim Donnelly

Re M (2023)

Representing the children’s guardian in a 2 week fact finding hearing regarding the cause of death of the child’s sibling.

Re S (2022-3)

Appearing against Kings Counsel, representing a solicitor alleged to have caused non-accidental shaking injuries to her child:  no findings made.

Re L (2022)

Leading Andrew Pike, appearing against Kings Counsel, representing the children in a 5-week fact finding hearing regarding alleged fabricated illness.

Re S/T (2022)

Leading Lindsay Webster, appearing against Kings Counsel, representing the local authority in a 3-week fact finding hearing regarding the nature and causation of non-accidental shaking injuries.

Re M (2022)

Led by Nicholas Stonor KC, representing a parent alleged to have caused non-accidental shaking injuries with life limiting consequences.

Re P (2022)

Representing the local authority in care proceedings concerning the causation of bruising in a baby subsequently found by treating clinicians to have Ehlers Danlos and resulting in the proceedings being withdrawn.

Re B (2021)

Representing a foster carer alleged to have sexually abused a child in their care.

Re B (2021-2)

Led by Kate Branigan KC, representing a teenager with severe Autism alleged to have sexually abuse their sibling.

Re M (2021)

Representing a parent alleged to have trafficked children to the UK from a Central African country

Re K (2021-2)

Leading Christopher McKee, appearing against KCs, representing a parent alleged to pose a risk of radicalisation to their children.

Re A (2021)

Representing the local authority seeking a declaration as to the lawfulness of withdrawing life sustaining treatment in respect of a child in their care.

Re M/A (2020-1)

Led by Barbara Connolly QC, representing children facing placement outside the jurisdiction in the USA and the Caribbean.

Re R/J (2020-1)

Led by Nicholas Stonor QC, representing a parent in a 4-week fact-finding hearing in respect of allegations of intra-familial trans-generational sex abuse; the case involved two local authorities and 11 other parties; the allegations were found to be false memories induced by the other parent.

Re H (Interim Care: Scottish Residential Placement) [2020] EWHC 2780 (Fam) (Cobb J)

Representing the local authority in a case used to provide guidance as to the legal framework for achieving, authorising and recognising the placement of an English child in a  Scottish residential care home. [2020] EWHC 2780 (Fam)

Re H/P (2019-20)

Representing a parent alleged to have fabricated illness in their children, the case also considered the interface between clinical negligence and public law proceedings as the allegations questioned the legitimacy of an earlier negligence claim.

Re R/M (2019-20)

Representing the children in a case involving non-accidental shaking injuries and involving consideration of the relevance of surgical intervention in response to the injuries.

Re A (2020-1)

Representing the local authority in care proceedings arising the parents’ involvement in an attempted murder linked to organised crime; the case involved repeated public interest immunity issues.

Re W (2019)

Representing the local authority in care proceedings regarding injuries to a non-verbal 9 year old child who suffered from severe epilepsy carrying risk of fatal seizures; involved calling the child’s teenage sibling to give evidence in respect of their parents’ behaviour.

Re M (2018-19)

Representing the local authority in respect of allegations of inter-sibling and parental sex abuse involving a serving police officer; also involved deprivation of liberty and cross-border jurisdictional issues.

Re C (A Child) [2018] EWHC 3332 (Fam) (Cohen J)

Representing a teenage mother seeking to relinquish her baby without the father being notified of the child’s existence; involved the rarely used ‘alternate dispute procedure’ and built upon the line of existing authorities in respect of non-notification of birth fathers. Re C (A Child)

Re B/S (2018)

Representing the children where the mother introduced bacteria into the child’s via their central venous catheter whilst in hospital; involved evidence from a number of diverse areas of medical expertise including nephrology, microbiology, immunology and infectious diseases.

Re C (2017)

Representing the local authority in respect of the nature and causation of a numerous injuries discovered post-mortem to a 15-week old baby; involved complex evidence from three radiologists, two pathologists and a histopathologist.

Re S/G (2016-18)

Representing the local authority in establishing causation of a femoral fracture to a 8-year old child with an extremely rare brain disorder and complex health needs (including significant seizure activity and reduced bone density); included consideration of a further fracture sustained in the midst of proceedings and the relevance of subsequently hospital interventions, the child’s increased immobility and a further reduction in bone density consequent upon the initial injury.