CANADA Law and Practice Contributed by: Shannon Beddoe, Annabelle Lim and Susannah Mungall, McCarthy Hansen & Company LLP
McCarthy Hansen & Company LLP is a Toronto- based boutique law firm with more than 20 lawyers practising exclusively in family law, including litiga - tion, appeals, mediation and arbitration. For nearly two decades, the firm has represented clients in com - plex domestic and international parenting disputes, with particular expertise in child relocation, cross- border parenting issues, and Hague Convention ap - plications involving international child abduction. The firm regularly acts in high-conflict cross-border par - enting matters involving wrongful removal or reten -
tion of children, urgent return applications, and juris - dictional disputes. Its lawyers appear before all levels of court in Ontario, including the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada, and frequently work alongside international counsel on multi-jurisdictional family law matters. Recent work includes represent - ing clients in complex relocation applications, appel - late cases addressing significant issues of parenting and mobility law and other cross-border parenting disputes.
Authors
Shannon Beddoe is a partner at McCarthy Hansen & Company LLP, where she practises in all areas of family law. She has appeared before all levels of court in Ontario, including the Ontario Court of Appeal, as well
Annabelle Lim is a student-at-law who summered at McCarthy Hansen & Company LLP in 2026.
as before the Ontario Securities Commission. She is a 2024 recipient of the Lexpert Rising Stars Award, honouring leading lawyers under 40 from across Canada. Shannon holds a JD from the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law and a BA in History and Philosophy (Great Distinction) from McGill University. She also holds a Diploma in International and European Law from the Université Jean Moulin in Lyon, France.
Susannah Mungall is a student-at- law who summered at McCarthy Hansen & Company LLP in 2026.
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