Simranjit Kamal

Simran’s practice includes acting for parents, grandparents and guardians in disputes concerning the following areas:

• Child Arrangement Orders (residence and contact)
• Specific Issue Order (including names, education and proposed relocation)
• Prohibited Steps Order
• Fact-Finding hearings

Recent Cases of Interest:

• H v H (2025) – Instructed by Father in his application for 50/50 shared care of the children. This case involves alienating behaviours, implacable hostility, a r.16.4 Guardian and a Part 25 application for expert assessment.
• R v R (2025) – Instructed by Mother in her application for internal relocation of a young child.
• A v R (2025) – Instructed by Mother in a 4-day fact-finding and subsequent hearings in proceedings revolving around the children’s allegations of harm made against the Father. This case involved allegations of physical harm perpetrated by the Father and allegations of alienating behaviour against the Mother. The children were joined as parties to proceedings, and a costs application was before the court.
• G v O (2025) – Instructed by the Mother in her application to relocate internally with the children and to change the children’s surname. This case involves international elements of procedure and potential expert evidence.
• S v S (2025) – Instructed by Father in proceedings involving allegations of harm made by the children against the Mother. This case involved ABE interviews, Re W considerations and joining the children as a party to proceedings.
• G v G (2025) – Successfully represented Father in his application against the Mother’s proposed internal relocation. The court made the final order as proposed by the Father.
• W v W (2025) – Represented Mother in the Father’s application in proceedings that involved CPPP (Cafcass Positive Co-Parenting Programme), a program designed to help families in conflict after separation.
• H v C (2024) – Represented Mother in the Father’s application for international relocation of the children. The Section 7 report supported the Mother’s position that the children shall remain in the jurisdiction and thereafter one of the children successfully made an application to be joined to the proceedings.
• D v H (2024) – Successfully represented Mother in opposing the grandmother’s application for permission to make an application for a child arrangements order to spend time with the child.
• K v M (2023) – Represented Mother in a 2 day final hearing where the court departed from Cafcass’ recommendation, in favour of Mother, and refused Father’s application to change the child’s school.
• H v B (2023) – Represented Mother in a 2 day fact-finding hearing where the issues centred around a covert recording.
• V v V (2022) – Represented Mother in a fact-finding hearing where Mother had made 21 allegations against the Father, including sexual assaults, controlling and coercive behaviour and criminal damage. All but 2 of the allegations were proven.
• R v R (2022) – Represented Father in a 3-day fact-finding hearing where there were cross-allegations between the parties, including allegations of serious physical harm to the Mother and child. This case involved legal argument on the use of legal judgments from another jurisdiction in the current proceedings. Many of the allegations were not proven.

Simran is often instructed in cases involving domestic violence and requiring injunctions. Simran is pragmatic and thorough when advising clients on options that would protect the client and reduce the need for further hearings. A sample of cases are referred to below:

• M v Y (2025) Represented the Applicant in non-molestation order proceedings that involved a ‘relevant child’ about to turn 18 years old, and a Respondent with convictions of sexual assaults against the Applicant’s child.
• B v B (2025) Represented the Respondent Husband in occupation order proceedings involving allegations of sexual, physical and verbal abuse
• W v W (2023) – Represented the Respondent in non-molestation order and occupation order proceedings where the matter was resolved by way of undertakings.
• Re JK (2022) – Instructed to represent the Second and Third Respondents in a case involving making a Forced Marriage Protection Order in respect of P and a final hearing regarding welfare in the Court of Protection.
• E v V (2022) – Represented the Claimant, who applied for an injunction under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 against her ex-husband’s new partner. The injunction was granted, and the Claimant successfully obtained a costs order.
• M v W (2022) – Represented the Applicant in a contested final hearing concerning her application for a non-molestation order against an ex-partner and successfully argued against a wasted costs order.
• B v M (2022) – Represented the Applicant in occupation order and non-molestation order proceedings resulting in a zonal non-molestation order being made.

Simran has a growing interest in inquests and accepts instructions from all parties.

• Re CH (2025) – Instructed by the Council in a pre-inquest review where Article 2 is engaged.
• Re TP (2024) – Instructed by the Police in a pre-inquest review.
• Re JW (2024) – Instructed by the Council in an inquest into a death involving a road traffic collision.
• Re FJ (2024) – Instructed by the Trust in an inquest into a death involving an accidental fall.
• Re LM (2022-2023) – Instructed by a care home in both the pre-inquest review and the subsequent 3 day inquest into a death involving Covid-19.