William Tyler KC is a specialist family law Silk appearing throughout the country in the most high profile or complicated private and ​public law children cases with a particular emphasis on cases raising difficult international issues.

William has huge experience of cases in the Court of Appeal and the UK Supreme Court.

Key cases & testimonials

Re RR (Fact Finding, Retrial, Fatal Poisoning) [2021] EWFC 97, Williams J

Re M (A Child) [2021] EWHC 3225 (Fam), Judd J

Re X (Children) (Article 61 BIIa) [2021] EWCA Civ 1305, Court of Appeal: Moylan, Newey & Baker LJJ

Re S (Children) (Inherent Jurisdiction: Setting Aside Return Order) [2021] EWCA Civ 1223, Court of Appeal: Moylan, Baker & Stuart-Smith LJJ

Re H-D-H (Children); Re C (A Child) [2021] EWCA Civ 1192, [2021] 4 WLR 106, Court of Appeal: King & Peter Jackson LJJ & Sir Patrick Elias

Re A and S (Children) [2021] EWHC 2492 (Fam), Holman J

AA v BB [2021] EWHC 890 (Fam), Holman J

GC v AS [2021] EWHC 14 (Fam), Mostyn J

2020

Wakefield MDC v HR, IG and a Child [2020] EWFC 100, Cohen JRe K (Threshold: Cocaine Ingestion: Failure to Give Evidence) [2020] EWHC 2502 (Fam), [2021] 2 FLR 349, Williams J

Re A (A Child) [2020] EWCA Civ 1230, [2021] 1 FLR 815, Court of Appeal: King, Davies & Philips LJJ

Re S (Parental Alienation: Cult: Transfer of Primary Care) [2020] EWHC 1940 (Fam), [2021] 1 FLR 1126, Williams J

Re S (Parental Alienation: Cult) [2020] EWCA Civ 568, [2020] 2 FLR 263, Court of Appeal: McCombe, Eleanor King & Peter Jackson LJJ

Re D (A Child) (Appeal Out of Time) [2020] EWHC 1167 (Fam), [2020] 2 FLR 869, Francis J

Re A Local Authority v The Mother & Ors [2020] EWHC 1233 (Fam), [2020] 2 FLR 1093, Williams J

Re C (Children) (Covid-19: Representation) [2020] EWCA Civ 734, [2020] 2 FLR 1137, Court of Appeal: Peter Jackson, Eleanor King and Asplin LJJ

2019

Re M (Children) [2019] EWCA Civ 1364, [2019] 4 WLR 115, [2020] 1 FLR 50, Court of Appeal, McFarlane P, Simon & Davies LJJ

Re M (Children) (Disclosure to Police) [2019] EWCA Civ 1364, [2019] 4 WLR 115 [2020] 1 FLR 50, Court of Appeal, McFarlane P, Simon & Davies LJJ

2018

Northants. County Council & AW v The Lord Chancellor (via The Legal Aid Agency) [2018] EWHC 1628 (Fam), [2019] 1 FLR 169, Francis J

Re F (A Child: Placement Order: Proportionality) [2018] EWCA Civ 2761, [2019] 1 FLR 779, Court of Appeal: Longmore, Jackson & Asplin LJJ

Re B (A Child) [2018] EWCA Civ 20, [2018] 2 FLR 1, Court of Appeal: Sir James Munby P, Davis & Underhill LJJ

Re F (A Child: Placement Order: Proportionality) [2018] EWCA Civ 2761, [2019] 1 FLR 779, Court of Appeal: Longmore, Jackson & Asplin LJJ

2017

Re H (A Minor: Hair-Strand Testing) [2017] EWFC 64, [2017] 4 WLR 179, [2018] 1 FLR 762, Jackson J

Re H (A Minor) v Northants. County Council & The Legal Aid Agency [2017] EWHC 282 (Fam), [2018] 1 WLR 5912, [2018] 1 FLR 499, Keehan J

Re M (A Child) [2017] EWFC B79, HHJ Booth

East Sussex County Council v SV, TG and AG [2017] EWHC 536 (Fam), MacDonald J

2016

Re RA (Baby Relinquished for Adoption: Case Management) [2016] EWFC 25, [2017] 1 FLR 1610, Cobb J

Re N (Children) (Brussels II Revised: Article 15) [2016] UKSC 15, [2016] 2 WLR 1103, [2016] 1 FLR 1082, Supreme Court: Baroness Hale, Lords Neuberger, Wilson, Kerr & Carnwath

Re B (A Child) [2016] UKSC 4, [2016] 2 WLR 557, [2017] 1 All ER 899, [2016] 1 FLR 561, Supreme Court: Baroness Hale, Lords Clarke, Wilson, Sumption & Toulson

Re E (A Child) [2016] EWCA Civ 473, [2017] 1 FLR 1675, [2016] Crim LR 649, Court of Appeal: McFarlane, Macur & Gloster LJJ

Re K (Children) [2016] EWHC 1606 (Fam), Hayden J

Re U (Children: Residence Order) [2016] EWCA Civ 1332, [2017] 4 WLR 1, [2017] Med LR 37, (2017) 153 BMLR 152, Court of Appeal: McFarlane & Lindblom LJJ, Henderson J

Re JS (Disposal of Body) [2016] EWHC 2859 (Fam), Peter Jackson J

Re W (A Child) (Secure Accommodation Order) [2016] EWCA Civ 804, [2016] 4 WLR 159, Court of Appeal: Moore Bick & Macur LJJ

2015

Re S (A Child) [2015] UKSC 20, [2015] 1 WLR 1631, [2015] FLR 208, Supreme Court: Baroness Hale, Lords Kerr, Wilson, Hughes & Toulson

M v LA [2015] EWHC 2082 (Fam), Hayden J

Re B (A Child) (Habitual Residence) (Inherent Jurisdiction) [2015] EWCA Civ 886, [2016] 2 WLR 487, Court of Appeal: Sir James Munby P, Black & Underhill LJJ

Re A (Fact-finding) [2015] EWFC 68 (Fam), Russell J

Aidiniantz v Aidiniantz [2015] EWCOP 65, [2015] COPLR 643, Jackson J

Re T (A Child) (Early Permanency Placement) [2015] EWCA Civ 983, [2017] 1 FLR 330, Court of Appeal: Sir James Munby P, Black & Bean LJJ

Re N (Children) (Adoption: Jurisdiction) [2015] EWCA Civ 1112, [2016] 1 All ER 1086, [2016] 1 FLR 621, Court of Appeal: Sir James Munby P, Black LJ & Sir Richard Aikens

X County Council v AB & CD [2015] EWFC 98, Keehan J

2014

Re E (Brussels II Revised: Vienna Convention: Reporting Restrictions) [2014] EWHC 6 (Fam), [2014] 1 WLR 2670, [2014] 2 FLR 151, Sir James Munby P
Re R (Children: Temporary Leave to Remove from the Jurisdiction) [2014] 2 FLR 1402, HHJ Bellamy
London Borough of Haringey v Musa [2014] EWHC 2883 (Fam), Newton J

Re X (A Child) [2014] EWHC 1871 (Fam), Sir James Munby P

2013 and before

Re TG (A Child) [2013] EWCA (Civ) 5, [2013] 1 FLR 1250, Court of Appeal: Sir James Munby P, Aikens LJ & Hedley J
Re DF and GF (Children) (Placement Order or Special Guardianship Order) [2013] EWHC 2607 (Fam), Pauffley J

Re W (A Child) [2013] EWCA Civ 662, Court of Appeal: Thorpe, Hallett & Elias LJJ

Re M (Children) [2013] EWCA Civ 388, Court of Appeal: Sullivan & Rafferty LJJ, Ryder J

Sutton v Gray and Others (No 2) [2012] EWHC 2763 (Fam), [2013] FLR 914, Hogg J

Sutton v Gray and Others (No 1) [2012] EWHC 2604 (Fam), [2013] FLR 833, Hogg J

Re G (Interim Care Order) [2011] EWCA Civ 745 [2011] 2 FLR 95, Court of Appeal: Sir Nicholas Wall P, Rix LJ

William has the ability to handle and present complex fact-finding material with a lightness of touch that belies the amount of work invested in making the task appear effortless. He has a degree of gravitas and composure in his presentation that commands authority in court.Legal 500 2024
""A barrister with an engaging manner, who cuts through cases. He is a great advocate and his cross-examination could only be described as effortless."" Chambers & Partners 2024 He's extremely bright, his strategy is absolutely spot-on and he's able to assimilate a very complicated factual matrix very quickly, boiling it down into easily digestible questions and advice. Chambers & Partners 2024
William Tyler is an excellent barrister whose documents for the court are comprehensive and impressive. Chambers & Partners 2024
An exceptional advocate with a wonderful client manner. In court he's absolutely unflappable, adapting quickly to anything that's thrown at him. Chambers & Partners 2023

Further information

  • Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers (IAFL)
  • Deputy High Court Judge (Family Division)
  • Recorder of the Family Court
  • Family Procedure Rule Committee, Silk Member – 2014-2021
  • Deemster (Isle of Man High Court Judge)
  • High Bailiff (Isle of Man)
  • Family Law Bar Association (FLBA)
  • Association of Lawyers for Children (ALC)
  • British Association of Adoption and Fostering (BAAF)
  • Resolution