Sharon Love

Year of Call: 1997

Sharon is a family law specialist covering all aspects of proceedings relating to children, including private law disputes and international law.

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FAMILY LAW: CHILDREN'S LAW

Overview

Sharon has expertise in the following:

  • complex, non-accidental injuries
  • fabricated or induced illness
  • child sexual abuse including inter-generational abuse
  • chronic abuse and neglect
  • concurrent criminal and care proceedings
  • children cases with an international element including child abduction.
  • children cases involving immigration issues
  • forced marriage, honour killing and female genital mutilation
  • parents with mental health difficulties and mental health problems
  • Court of Protection

Notable Cases

Recently involved in an FGM case where the mother wished to remove her child and reside in Egypt. Awaiting judgment.

Re S (A Child: Care Order) [2014] EWHC 529 (Fam)

A local authority v DS [2012] EWHC 1442 (Fam)

Contact Sharon

Lucie Wibberley secures firearms possession acquittal for client under duress

The team secured relevant disclosure through carefully targeted requests and worked to secure a range of defence material and understand the defendant’s life story.

Friday 10 Jul 2026

Marc Willers KC leading in landmark EACOP case

Marc Willers KC has been instructed to represent four Ugandan farmers in an environmental case which has just been launched in the High Court of England and Wales against the UK registered company EACOP Ltd.

Friday 10 Jul 2026

High Court Clarifies Legal Standards for Age Disputes Affecting Child Migrants and Trafficking Victims

The High Court has today handed down judgment in a significant test case concerning how courts review decisions made by the Home Secretary to treat a young person as an adult rather than a child.

Friday 10 Jul 2026

Court of Appeal sets aside findings of non-accidental injury of children with complex medical presentation

In a careful but robust judgment the Court of Appeal has set aside findings of non-accidental injury of two small children each with rare genetic blood abnormalities with uncertain action on blood clotting and susceptibility to bruising.

Friday 10 Jul 2026

Upper Tribunal finds Home Office unlawfully operated secret policy affecting victims of trafficking and modern slavery

The Upper Tribunal has found that the Secretary of State for the Home Department unlawfully operated an unpublished practice affecting recognised victims of trafficking and modern slavery who required leave to remain in the UK to assist their recovery.

Friday 10 Jul 2026

Upper Tribunal accepts age of Eritrean refugee and quashes decision of National Age Assessment Board

The Upper Tribunal accepted the claimed age of BSB, an Eritrean refugee and victim of modern slavery, and quashed a decision of the Home Secretary, made by the National Age Assessment Board (NAAB), which found that the Applicant (BSB) was an adult at all material times BSB was born in Eritrea on 14 April 2007. […]

Wednesday 8 Jul 2026

Publications

A local authority v DS: an invitation to judicially review the legal services

Professional Memberships

  • Family Law Bar Association
  • CAFOD

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