Grace Garrett-Sadler

Grace represents mothers, fathers and children in private law Children Act 1989 matters, including intractable contact disputes, applications for leave to relocate and cases involving serious allegations, including sexual offences and parental alienation. Grace takes a robust yet pragmatic approach to these proceedings.

T v M [2023] – representing the Mother in proceedings brought by the Father after spending no time with the child for nearly 10 years, securing an order for arrangements in line with the child’s wishes and feelings, instead of a fixed regime of overnight stays.

H v R [2022] – successfully resisting multiple applications by the Mother for a fact-finding hearing, and ultimately securing a full regime of spending time arrangements for the Father, where the Mother sought to delay overnight contact for 10 years.

M v J [2018] – securing a joint live order with full equal division of time for a Father, where the Mother had unilaterally reduced the child’s time with the Father and sought to enforce a new status quo when proceedings were issued.

Grace has a keen interest in financial remedy applications, dating back to her time working for an offshore law firm. She is regularly instructed to represent both applicants and respondents in financial remedy proceedings, TOLATA and Schedule 1 Children Act 1989 proceedings. Grace also has experience with applications under Part III MFPA 1984. Grace’s work often involves cases with an international element and allegations of third-party interests in matrimonial property.

H v S [2024] – representing the Husband in lengthy financial remedy proceedings, securing a finding that the Wife had failed to provide full and frank disclosure, namely that she retained a large sum of money in an account in another jurisdiction.

V v V [2023] – securing a finding that the Husband had forged documentation regarding alleged loans, leading to a very favourable outcome for the Wife, and a significant costs order against the Husband.

A v A [2020] – representing a Husband in financial remedy proceedings where the Wife’s Mother asserted an interest in the former matrimonial home owing to funds advanced by her, and securing a finding that the money advanced was a gift to the parties and that she did not have an interest in the property.

H v S [2024] representing the Husband in lengthy financial remedy proceedings, securing a finding that the Wife had failed to provide full and frank disclosure, namely that she retained a large sum of money in an account in another jurisdiction.

V v V [2023] securing a finding that the Husband had forged documentation regarding alleged loans, leading to a very favourable outcome for the Wife, and a significant costs order against the Husband.

T v M [2023] representing the Mother in proceedings brought by the Father after spending no time with the child for nearly 10 years, securing an order for arrangements in line with the child’s wishes and feelings, instead of a fixed regime of overnight stays.

H v R [2022] successfully resisting multiple applications by the Mother for a fact-finding hearing, and ultimately securing a full regime of spending time arrangements for the Father, where the Mother sought to delay overnight contact for 10 years.

A v A [2020] representing a Husband in financial remedy proceedings where the Wife’s Mother asserted an interest in the former matrimonial home owing to funds advanced by her, and securing a finding that the money advanced was a gift to the parties and that she did not have an interest in the property.

M v J [2018] securing a joint live order with full equal division of time for a Father, where the Mother had unilaterally reduced the child’s time with the Father and sought to enforce a new status quo when proceedings were issued.