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Family - Children

Rachael’s Family practice is primarily children law, both public and private, acting for Parents, Guardians, interveners, competent children and the Official solicitor.

Rachael is experienced in cases with complex evidence, international elements both in private and public law. This includes cases of physical, emotional and sexual abuse; death of children and serious injury cases. Serious domestic violence fact-finding; international abduction, forced marriage. She represents a wide range of clients including those of high net worth and the most vulnerable in society.

Rachael has the ability to grasp complex evidence and gets straight to the issues. She is a skilled communicator and wins the judge’s ear with her calm and reasoned approach.

Rachael is extremely approachable and is able to put clients at ease whilst dealing with the most sensitive of issues. She is a tenacious advocate and will fight hard knowing when and how to do so, whilst remaining equally capable of taking a resolution based approach, in the clients’ best interests.

Rachael was called to the Bar in 1998. She read Anthropology at Hull University, before heading to Japan to work for the Japanese Government. On her return to the UK she studied law at BPP in London and completed family law pupillage at Fourteen Gray’s Inn Sq before taking tenancy at Garden Court Chambers in London, where she practised for 15 years.

Family Law Association Association of Lawyers for Children International Association of Matrimonial Lawyers Family Mediation Association