Children (Public Law)

Pauline’s experience covers the full range of child protection cases including the most serious matters involving homicide within the family, sexual abuse, non-accidental injury, neglect, domestic violence, substance misuse and mental health difficulties. She has developed a particular expertise in the law relating to children, especially children and their families in the context of public law care and adoption proceedings.

In addition to her children’s work in the public law field, Pauline has considerable experience of the law arising from alternative family structures, especially in the gay community, and families created by surrogacy or donor insemination arrangements.

Selected Cases

  • Re H (a minor) (blood tests: parental rights) [1996] 4 All ER 28
  • Re C (Care: Consultation with Parents Not in Child’s Best Interests) [2006] 2 FLR 787
  • Re J (Child Giving Evidence) [2010] 2 FLR 1080
  • Sutton v Gray and Others (No 1) [2013] 1 FLR 833
  • Sutton v Gray and Others (No 2) [2012] EWHC 2763 (Fam), [2013] FLR 914, Hogg J
  • LB Sutton v Butler and Gray [2014] EWHC 15 Fam
  • CtL and CmL (Children) (Welfare Hearing: Expert Report), Re [2013] EWHC 2134 (Fam) (21 June 2013)
  • East Sussex County Council v SV, TG and AG [2017] EWHC 536 (Fam), MacDonald J
  • West Sussex County Council v K [2022] EWFC 170 (06 December 2022)
  • Re O (A Child) [2024] EWCA Civ 126
  • WSCC v Mother & Ors [2024] EWFC 147 (B) (19 February 2024)
  • Re J (A child) (Surrogacy: Adoption Order) [2025] EWHC 2960
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“Pauline Troy was absolutely brilliant, in terms of her understanding the case, and addressing the issues thematically, taking our instructions with grace and ease, and her submissions to the court were excellent. We would love to have her again.”

Social Worker

“Pauline communicated to the Judge on our behalf with such a high level of empathy and sensitivity to the mother’s circumstances and significant vulnerabilities and gave credit around the mother’s positive relationship with the children and the commitment of the extended family.”

Social Worker

“Pauline did a brilliant job of conveying our position in the best way for the children to understand if they were to look back on their records when they are older and in a way in which made it significantly less difficult for the mother to tolerate what is an upsetting and difficult outcome for her.”

Social Worker

“What you gave us, was our freedom and our safety. A gift, not afforded to all.”

Lay Client

““Thank you”, is all I have. I trust sharing this with you, will help you to know the impact you, and your work, has meant and still means.”

Lay Client

Appointments

Admitted as a Solicitor: 1989

Education

LLB Hons Law Degree – University of Exeter

Memberships

Membership of the Association of Lawyers for Children

Membership of the Family Law Bar Association (FLBA)

FLBA Anti Bullying Ambassador for Sussex

Member of CoPPA (Court of Protection Practitioners Association)

Member of CPBA (Court of Protection Bar Association)

UK and Ireland LGBT Family Law Institute

Committee Member of Resolution

Publications

  • Re H (a minor) (blood tests: parental rights) [1996] 4 All ER 28
  • Re C (Care: Consultation with Parents Not in Child’s Best Interests) [2006] 2 FLR 787
  • Re J (Child Giving Evidence) [2010] 2 FLR 1080
  • Sutton v Gray and Others (No 1) [2013] 1 FLR 833
  • Sutton v Gray and Others (No 2) [2012] EWHC 2763 (Fam), [2013] FLR 914, Hogg J
  • LB Sutton v Butler and Gray [2014] EWHC 15 Fam
  • CtL and CmL (Children) (Welfare Hearing: Expert Report), Re [2013] EWHC 2134 (Fam) (21 June 2013)
  • East Sussex County Council v SV, TG and AG [2017] EWHC 536 (Fam), MacDonald J
  • West Sussex County Council v K [2022] EWFC 170 (06 December 2022)
  • Re O (A Child) [2024] EWCA Civ 126
  • WSCC v Mother & Ors [2024] EWFC 147 (B) (19 February 2024)

 

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