New Park Court Chambers
Barristers
Natalia Escoriza
- Phone+44 (0)113 243 3277
- Email[email protected]
Work Department
Family
Position
Natalia Escoriza specialises in family law and undertakes all aspects of family work. Following her MSc in Social and Political Theory at Edinburgh University and a period of postgraduate tutoring and research, Natalia turned to law and was called to the Bar in 2002. In 2012, Natalia was appointed as a member of the Calderdale Education Appeals Panel, and is a qualified civil and commercial mediator.
Public Law
Natalia undertakes a significant amount of public law work, which includes physical and sexual abuse of children, mental health issues, drug and alcohol abuse, Special Guardianship applications and adoption representing all parties at all levels of proceedings, and deals with applications including those for:
- Adoption
- Care Orders
- Supervision Orders
- Special Guardianship
- Placement
- Revocation of Public Law Orders
- S19(14) Orders
- Designation of Appropriate Local Authority
Natalia’s calm approach and detailed preparation make her very popular with solicitors representing disadvantaged clients.
Private Law
Natalia’s practice covers all aspects of private law children work, including the following:
- Applications for Child Arrangement Orders
- Prohibited Steps and Specific Issue Applications
- Parental Responsibility Applications
- Schedule 1 Children Act Applications
- Cases where the children are separately represented
- Removal from the jurisdiction
- Cases involving applications to the International Child Abduction Unit for return of children from outside the jurisdiction.
- Cases with a “foreign element”.
In both public and private law, she has extensive experience of dealing with cases involving the following:
- Allegations of physical, sexual and emotional abuse
- Allegations of domestic violence
- Complicated findings of fact hearings with multiple potential perpetrators
- One or more party with mental health issues
- One or more party with drug and alcohol abuse issues
- Parties who are from outside of the jurisdiction
- Parties who do not have English as a first language and require an interpreter.
Financial Remedy
In addition to children work, represents clients in mainly small and medium-sized money cases, covering all stages of financial remedy proceedings, from first appointment through to final hearing, including interim applications for financial provision.
Injunctive Proceedings
All areas of injunctive work are undertaken, including applications for:
- Non-Molestation Orders
- Occupation Orders
Court of Protection
Natalia accepts instructions in Court of Protection matters.
- Birmingham City Council v R [2007] 1 FLR 564. Assisted Michael Harrison KC during his involvement with this case in the interim stages, and represented the Local Authority at an interim directions hearing.
- Re AZ (Child) (Relocation to Poland) [2016] EWFC 8. Application to permanently remove child from the jurisdiction. Consideration of principles in Re F, and the need for CAFCASS to conduct a sufficiently balanced (‘holistic’) welfare analysis when addressing issues in respect of relocation.