Court of Protection - Vulnerable Adult; Inquests and Inquiries; International Children Law; Private Children Law; Public Children Law

Lucy specialises in cases concerning children. She acts in both public and private law cases as well as those with an international element. In public law, she represents parents, local authorities and guardians. She has experience in cases involving injury, sexual abuse, FII and neglect.

Lucy has experience in dealing with the spectrum of complex issues that arise across public law proceedings. She acted as junior counsel in London Borough of Barnet v AG & Others [2021] EWHC 1253, which involved complex legal arguments in respect of a serving diplomat. She has also acted as junior counsel in FII and NAI cases.

Lucy has represented local authorities, parents and guardians in cases involving domestic abuse, substance misuse, alcohol abuse and sexual abuse.

Lucy is regularly instructed in private law matters and has represented clients in cases in which there are allegations of domestic abuse and parental alienation. Lucy also has experience of cases with an international element, including applications to relocate abroad.

Lucy is particularly interested in the law relating to assisted reproductive technologies and the evolving environment of the law of surrogacy in this country and in other jurisdictions.

Lucy appears in the High Court representing both applicants and respondents to cases brought under the Hague Convention and also has experience of cases involving child abduction to non-Hague countries.

Prior to commencing pupillage, Lucy interned at the Legal Action Group where she assisted in editing publications including the Court of Protection Handbook. Lucy also worked in between her studies as a paralegal in a busy family law department at a London firm.

Lucy studied Russian at university and spent a year living in Moscow and St Petersburg.  She remains interested in Russian language and culture.

Year of Call: 2018

Russian

City Law School, GDL & BPTC UCL, Russian Studies BA