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Henrietta was the Family Law Young Barrister of the Year runner-up at the LexisNexis Family Law Awards 2022, and was shortlisted as a finalist for the same award again in 2023.

Henrietta accepts instructions in all areas of private family law. She appears regularly in the High Court both in financial remedy cases and in international child abduction cases, as sole counsel (e.g. UG v NN [2022] EWHC 8 (Fam)) and also as a junior to other members of chambers (e.g. Horohoe v Horohoe [2020] EWFC 102, CG v DL [2023] EWFC 82). As well as representing clients in court, Henrietta is often instructed to undertake advisory and drafting work.

In 2021, Henrietta was the Judicial Assistant to Mr Justice Mostyn in the Family Division of the High Court.

Notable cases:

• CG v DL [2023] EWFC 82
• UG v NN [2022] EWHC 8 (Fam)
• Horohoe v Horohoe [2020] EWFC 10

Publications:

Henrietta is a co-author of the annually revised textbook Financial Remedies Practice (Class Legal), together with Sir Nicholas Mostyn (formerly Mr Justice Mostyn), Lewis Marks KC, Richard Sear KC, Gavin Smith, Phillip Blatchly, Joshua Viney and Henry Pritchard.

She has had over 50 articles and case summaries published by Class Legal, Family Law Week, LexisPSL and Estates Gazette, and for a year wrote weekly case summaries for Class Legal’s newsletter.

Call 2019

Family Law Bar Association Lincoln’s Inn

University of Cambridge (Queens’ College) – MA Classics City, University of London – Graduate Diploma in Law and Bar Professional Training Course

Scholarships and awards 

Advocacy

Debating Shield (Lincoln’s Inn) Magna Carta Mooting Shield (Inner Temple) King of Bhutan Mooting Cup (Inner Temple) Winner, University of Cambridge/XXIV Old Buildings Commercial Equity Speed Moot

Academic

Lord Denning Scholarship for the Bar Professional Training Course (Lincoln’s Inn) Lord Bowen Scholarship for the Graduate Diploma in Law (Lincoln’s Inn) Postgraduate Scholarships for the Graduate Diploma in Law and Bar Professional Training Course (City Law School) Buchanan Prize for performance in the Bar exams (Lincoln’s Inn) Top of year for the Opinion Writing Bar exam (City Law School) First Prize, Property Bar Association Essay Competition Foundation Scholarship for First Class performance in the Classical Tripos (Queens’ College, Cambridge) Henry Arthur Thomas Book Prize for First Class performance in the Classical Tripos (Faculty of Classics, Cambridge)

Henrietta is a keen cyclist, and enjoys following professional road cycling.