Address / Contact
India Buildings Chambers
8th Floor, India Buildings, Water Street, Liverpool, L2 0XG
Telephone: 0151 243 6000
Fax: 0151 243 6040
DX 14227 LIVERPOOL
Chambers Team
Stephen John Bedford
Born: 25.04.52
Called: 1974
BA (Oxon)
Recorder (1999) (authorised to sit on criminal, civil and private family law cases)
Care/Adoption/Children Act
Stephen Bedford’s area of practice is family law, including all aspects of the law relating to children, both public and private law, dealing with issues relating to physical, emotional and sexual abuse as well as more standard disputes concerning arrangements for residence and contact.
In the area of public law he appears for local authorities, parents and other relatives, children (capable of giving their own instructions) and children’s guardians (including CAFCASS Legal).
His other area of specialism is matrimonial finance and property.
Notable Cases
- Paton v British pregnancy Advisory Service Trustees [1979]
Q.B. 276,
Sir George Baker
(Jurisdiction to grant an injunction to a husband to prevent wife having an abortion) - Redmond v Redmond [1986] 2 FLR 173
(Leave to appeal a consent Order on basis of fresh evidence, mistake, fraudulent misrepresentation and non-disclosure) - Cheshire County Council v M [1993] 1 FLR 463, Thorpe J
(Wardship proceedings) - Cheshire County Council v C [1995] 2 FLR 862, Douglas Brown J
(Disclosure of Scottish prosecution documents in care proceedings) - North Wales Child Abuse Tribunal of Inquiry 1996-1998,
Chaired by Sir Ronald Waterhouse: report ‘Lost in Care’ published in early 2000
(Representing a large group of complainants of abuse)
Relevant Memberships:
- FLBA
- Child Concern
- Lawyers’ Christian Fellowship