Children Law, Family Finance and Court of Protection & Adult Care

Call 1988

Appointments:2009 - 2016School governor holding posts of safeguarding & protecting children, literacy, early years & Chair of curriculm commitee

North Eastern CircuitNorth Eastern Circuit Family Law Bar Association

Children Law

Louise has specialised exclusively in family law for over 20 years, both in private and public law proceedings. She regularly undertakes work for parents, local authorities, children and extended family. She accepts work in all tiers of court as well as both private and publicly funded work.

Louise conducts public law cases involving applications for care and supervision orders; contact with children in care; discharge of care orders; placement and adoption orders; kinship care and special guardianship orders. She has considerable expertise in dealing with all aspects of child abuse and neglect allegations, including physical, emotional and sexual abuse and cases involving allegations of fabricated illness. Some of Louise’s cases have involved unusual elements including ritual abuse.

Louise is increasingly instructed as a leading junior on the more serious and complex cases.

She has particular experience and interest in cases involving complex and technical medical matters and is frequently instructed to conduct finding of fact hearings as to causation and identification of perpetrator of injuries. She has a considerable track record of success in assisting clients towards rehabilitation.

Louise also undertakes cases which involve an international element including applications to place children outside the jurisdiction within care proceedings, and has significant experience in representing parents from diverse cultural backgrounds.

She also has experience of the educational system and how this impacts within care proceedings. Louise is skilled in conducting cases where her client has a learning disability or learning difficulty, or mental health issues.

Louise has considerable experience in private law cases which entail complex family conflicts within child arrangement hearings, including representation of the child in some cases. She has conducted cases which involve allegations of child abuse, domestic abuse, applications to remove from the Jurisdiction and specific issue orders. She has conducted finding of fact hearings within private law proceedings.

Louise has also conducted many cases involving different cultures and languages and is experienced in working with interpreters and intermediaries. She has experience of working with BSL. Recent cases have included clients from Pakistan, Iran, Somalia, Zimbabwe, Bulgaria and Romania.

Court of Protection & Adult Care

Following 20 years’ experience in practice, Louise Hill has undertaken training in the protection of vulnerable adults and is keen to develop further in this area.

Through her work involving vulnerable adults within children’s proceedings, she has knowledge of Community Care Act assessments.

1987Durham University, BA Law (Hons) (Dunelm)

1988Inns of Court School of Law, BVC