Timothy Bowe KC

Career

Timothy Bowe KC specialises in the law relating to children. He is a leading practitioner in complex public and private law family disputes and has a reputation as an effective and persuasive advocate. His expertise means he often appears in highly complex and sensitive children law cases and is well regarded for his forensic style and strategic approach in difficult cases.

Timothy acts for local authorities, parents and children as well as separately represented young people. He regularly appears in the High Court and the Court of Appeal.

Areas of interest include -

 Serious physical injury

 Allegations of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse

 Fabricated/Induced illness (FII) / Perplexing Presentations

 International jurisdiction

 Surrogacy and fertility law

 Intractable residence and contact disputes/contact costs

 Deprivation of Liberty

 Media/privacy law in the family court

Notable cases include: Tickle v Griffiths [2021] EWFC 3365 (Fam) in the High Court and Griffiths v Tickle [2021] EWCA Civ 1882 in the Court of Appeal as well as in Tickle v Herefordshire County Council & Ors [2022] EWHC 1017 (Fam) addressing privacy/publication in the Family Court as well as in Re W (A Child) (Inflicted Injury) (Delay) [2024] EWCA Civ 418 where he successfully represented the appellant.

Timothy is the Chair of the West Midlands Family Law Bar Association and often delivers seminars on key developments in the law to West Midlands and National Family Law Bar Association and Association of Lawyers for Children.

Timothy sits as Family Law Recorder.