Rosie
Stewart
Senior Associate
Divorce and Family
+44 (0)20 7936 8117
Rosie specialises in children law and represents clients in a wide range of complex private family law matters including cross-border cases, contact disputes, international relocations, cases involving allegations of abuse and alienation as well as financial provision for children. Chambers UK says “Rosie is very hot on the detail, strategic and a high quality lawyer. She is a calming presence and is unflappable.”
Expertise
Rosie acts for clients in all areas of family law, with a particular specialism in complex children law.
Her children law work includes acting for clients in relation to disputes over contact and residence, international and domestic relocations, child abduction, adoption as well as applications to obtain and to terminate parental responsibility. Rosie also acts for clients in relation to applications for financial provision for their children. She has extensive experience in highly complex cases including those involving allegations of domestic abuse against the other parent.
Rosie works with a network of child-centred professionals who assist her clients in supporting themselves and their children during and after the legal process.
Rosie has extensive experience working with and supporting vulnerable clients, having received specialist training from accredited organisations and practitioners.
Recognition
Rosie is recognised by peers and clients as a leading children law specialist. She is recognised by Chambers UK as an Associate to Watch; the latest guide says “Rosie is really good at client management and also very tactically astute, thinking through legal arguments and getting the best outcomes.”
Accreditations and Memberships
Rosie is a member of Resolution and the Association of Lawyers for Children.
Personal
Outside of work, Rosie enjoys spending time with her family and friends.
Experience
- Acted within Supreme Court proceedings and has extensive experience in complex fact-finding hearings in cases involving allegations of abuse against the other parent and the children.
- Acts for mothers and fathers in cases involving allegations of substance abuse, as well as for applicants to adoptions and those seeking to terminate the other parent’s parental responsibility.
- Regularly advises clients in relation to contact arrangements for their children, as well as issues including schooling, travel and the relocation of children domestically and internationally.
- Recently acted for the successful respondent in an application by the father for the court’s leave to remove a child from England to Australia
Career
Rosie graduated with an MA (Hons) in History from the University of Edinburgh.
She was awarded a distinction in the Graduate Diploma in Law and Legal Practice Course, achieving the highest mark in her intake in Family Law.
Publications and Media
Rosie is a regular contributor of podcasts and articles to legal publications and the wider media, and has provided expert media commentary on children law issues to publications including the Financial Times and Luxury London.
Recent articles include:
- What can separated parents do if they disagree on their children’s education? (Luxury London)
- How does the family court approach disagreements between parents about Covid-19 vaccinations for children?
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