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Carolyn Jones

0121 246 1600 family@st-philips.com View profile

Work Department

Family

Position

Carolyn Jones is Head of the St Philips Family Law Group and joint Deputy Head of Chambers.

Carolyn is a Family Law Specialist known for her no nonsense approach. She has a reputation for excellent client care, scrupulous preparation and intrepid advocacy. She gives direct advice and will speak openly and honestly about the strengths and weaknesses of a case. Carolyn regularly conducts cases in the Family court, High Court and the Appellate courts.

Carolyn regularly lectures on all aspects of family law.

Carolyn is regularly instructed in complex public law cases to act for local authorities, parents, guardians and intervenors and her experience covers cases which include:

• Child death cases,
• Non accidental head injury,
• Sexual abuse,
• Physical abuse,
• Chronic neglect and drug and alcohol abuse,
• Human and child trafficking,
• Fictitious illness,
• Adoption breakdowns,
• PII applications,
• Instructions by the official solicitor to represent vulnerable individuals,
• Wardship,
• Forced marriage

Most of the private law cases Carolyn receives instructions in, have a complex element to them, including following the breakdown of a same sex relationship.

Carolyn is experienced in representing the child as a separate party in the proceedings.

She has also been instructed in many cases where the application is for removal from the jurisdiction and is therefore extremely familiar with all of the caselaw, procedure and issues in cases of this type.

Career

Called 1995, Lincoln’s Inn.

Memberships

Association of Lawyers for Children; Family Law Association; British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering.

Education

Queen Mary and Westfield College, London University (law).