Director
Michael is the Managing Director of Trueman’s Solicitors & Advocates. He is a Higher Court Advocate and Solicitor. Michael’s aim is to provide the best legal help to his clients.
Michael has extensive experience of representing clients in a number of areas of law to include:
- Family law
- Residential and commercial property transactions
- Business disputes
- Wills and probate
- Human Rights
- Child care law
- Serious injury claims
Professional Associations
- Law Society
- Solicitors Association of Higher Court Advocates
- Medico legal Society
- Law Society Children Panel
- Advocate of the Supreme Court of St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cuhna
- International Association of Family Lawyers
Notable cases include:
- Adult M v SHG 2018 largest damages case in St Helena’s history
- Re BS terrorist parent 2018
- Re X – murdered child 2018
- Re AT and HB- case involving publication of judgments in St Helena 2018
- Re A- fractured skull and arms 2017
- Re M- multiple injuries 2017
- Re Y removal to China 2017
- Oxfordshire v H fractured arm 2016
- Oxfordshire v BG 2015 adoption or foster care
- Oxfordshire v C 2015 bruising
- SHG v B St Helena Supreme Court 2016
- Re KL St Helena Supreme Court 2016 Human RIghts
- Re T St Helena Supreme Court 2016
- Oxfordshire v P 2015 facticious illness
- SHG-v-P St Helena Supreme Court Ascension Island 2014
- Re T Father killed Mother 2014
- Re B sex abuse 2014
- Re B Honour Violence risk 2014
- SHG-v-B St Helena Supreme Court 2013
- Re A NAI baby in car accident 2013
- Re X Oxford child sex abuse ring 2013
- Re P Father killed Mother 2013
- Re S death of sibling 2012
- Re J serious injuries unknown cause 2012
- G VH South African child abduction 2011
- Re C fabricated illness 2011
- Oxfordshire County Council v X, Y and J [2010] EWCA Civ 581
- A County Council-v-DP, RS, BS [2005] 2FLR 1031
- Re B [1999] 2FLR 215 adoption Court of Appeal
- Re H and S – Non accidential injuries
- Re C – NAI and ring of sex abusers
- Re Mb – abuse of children from Congo
- BBC-v-R – “privacy for foundling baby”
- Numerous cases involving NAI and sexual abuse
- International and English adoption cases
- Secure Accommodation
- Child Abduction ES-v-AJ [2010] EWCH1113 (FAM)
- Factitious/induced illness cases
- Divorce and financial disputes including “big money cases”
- Residence and contact disputes
- Leave to place children out of jurisdiction cases
- Personal injury cases involving substantial damages
- Re M- 2017 institutional neglect
- Davidson-v-Allied Domecq
- Gulliford-v-Smiths of Bloxham
- Jones-v-Thames Valley Police
- Stewart-v-Scudder Ltd
- Cassford-v-CMC
- Advising minority directors of Oxford United at the time of the Maxwells’ involvement
- Criminal
- R-v-Fisher “The Oxford Rapist”
- R-v-Tovey “The white supremacist Oxford Bomber”
- R-v-Whittaker “manslaughter”
- R-v-Dunkley “cattle passporting offences”
- R-v-Lang “Goodhead Press arson”
- R-v-Richards arson
- R-v-Boldori “death by dangerous driving”
- R-v- Lodewicjk “drugs importation”
- R-v-Sabin “vampire case” Court of Appeal
- R-v-Green murder
- R-v-Begum “people trafficking”
- R-v-Faulks “USAF base rape”
Client feedback
We can never thank Michael enough for all the help he has given us. We have employed many solicitors over the past 12 years, none of which have provided justice or, more importantly, had that concept as their main priority.
Michael has not only been excellent in the courtroom but far more important, he has been true to the belief in fairness.
We realise how difficult it was and that the odds were stacked against us but he never wavered in his pursuit of justice.
~ Roger Lovell
I know that when I ask Michael a legal question, I will get an answer that means something to me. He will construct an argument in support of our case which so often hits home with the Court.
~ KT
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