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Madeleine is a family barrister specialising in all areas of welfare law, with a particular emphasis on vulnerable children and adults. Maddie has broad experience in public, private, international and non-traditional children cases, which includes acting in cases involving complex fact-findings of sexual abuse or catastrophic physical injury. Maddie has experience in cases involving cross-border disputes, adoption and complex safeguarding matters and has built a strong reputation in cases involving psychological, sexual or physical harm to children. Maddie is committed to the publicly funded bar and accepts instructions in all areas of children law; she is a regular contributor to the Family Law Journal and Family Law Week and, alongside this, hosts a fortnightly podcast on current family law issues.
Maddie was called to the bar 2017 and became a tenant in 2018
Host of fortnightly family law podcast ‘Professionally Embarrassing’ which was nominated for Family Law Commentator of the Year at the Family Law Awards 2021 and 2022
FLBA Association of Lawyers for Children Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn
Downing College, University of Cambridge (MA, Law) 2012 – 2016 Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Erasmus) 2014 – 2015 BPP University Law School (BPTC) 2016 – 2017