Philip McCormack
UK Bar Guide 2025
Band 3 : Family: Children
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Band 3
About
Provided by Philip McCormack
Practice Areas
Family - Public Children Law
Career
Philip's practice is almost totally public law children and has become more and more focused on representing the children themselves in long running complex final hearings. These proceedings tend to have parallel criminal proceedings or a background where there have been previous criminal proceedings. Increasingly also many of his cases concern complex medical evidence and substantial amounts of written material to be analysed and assessed.
Selected Cases:
• Z, Re (Fact Finding, Fatal Head Injury, Domestic Abuse) [2021] EWFC 92
• LC (A Child - Placement Order) [2020] EWCA Civ 787
• B-T (A Child: Threshold Conditions) [2020] EWCA Civ 697
Professional Memberships
FLBA
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Philip McCormack is a public law specialist with experience in civil and criminal proceedings. He mainly represents children in complex proceedings across a range of matters including those relating to infant death and abuse. McCormack represents all parties to proceedings, including children.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"An excellent barrister with strong advocacy and client care skills."
"Philip is great with clients and very dedicated. He makes sure he has done all the groundwork, something which is the key to the preparation of a good case."
"He has a nice, calm, underrated advocacy style."
"An excellent barrister with strong advocacy and client care skills."
"Philip is great with clients and very dedicated. He makes sure he has done all the groundwork, something which is the key to the preparation of a good case."
"He has a nice, calm, underrated advocacy style."
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