Elizabeth Darlington

Elizabeth Darlington is a barrister at Parklane Plowden Chambers who specialises in Family: Property & Finance and Property Law.

Elizabeth specialises in property and family finance cases. Her practice focuses on the financial consequences of relationship breakdown (whether marriage or cohabitation) and property disputes between family members generally. Elizabeth practices in both the chancery and family jurisdictions. She is recognised as an expert in applications involving cohabitees (including under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 and Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989). She regularly appears in both the Business and Property Court and the Family Court. 

She is the author of a number of highly regarded practioner texts including Cohabitation and Trusts of Land with Laura Heaton and edited by His Honour Judge Wildblood QC, published by Sweet and Maxwell, now in its 3rd edition (2016). It will be available on Westlaw in summer 2019. She is the General Editor of Cohabitation: Law and Precedents, published by Sweet and Maxwell. This publication is up-dated twice a year and includes a number of expert contributors.

Elizabeth regularly publishes articles in leading journals on her areas of expertise. Her most recent article: "Challenging a TR1 express declaration of trust: Setting the record straight" co-authored with Chris Bevan, Associate Professor of Property Law at Nottingham University, will be published in Family Law in April 2019.

She is regularly invited to speak at both national and regional conferences including the Family Law Bar Association, Resolution, White Paper and in-house for top-tier solicitors' firms.

Elizabeth has been consistently recommended in both Chambers and Partners as a leading individual and the Legal 500.

Elizabeth is also a Door Tenant at 1 GC Family Law, 10 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, Chambers of Janet Bazley QC and Charles Geekie QC. Elizabeth accepts instructions through either Parklane Plowden Chambers or 1 GC Family Law (see 1GC.com).

She is an approved Pupil Supervisor. Her previous pupils include Elliot Kay and Kelly Cronin who are currently tenants at Zenith Chambers, Leeds.

She accepts instructions on a Direct Access basis.

Studied Law at Cambridge University (Selwyn College) BA 1997 and MA 2000. She is an elected Scholar of Selwyn College.