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Abigail Bond
Work Department
Family & Divorce, Children Private and Public Law, Court of Protection
Career
Call : 1999
Abigail practises in all aspects of the law relating to children and is Head of the Children Law team. She has considerable experience of care proceedings in which she represents local authorities, parents and children. She handles a wide range of cases, including those involving allegations of inflicted injury and serious sexual abuse. She also undertakes complex private law work: high-conflict residence disputes, ‘intractable contact’ cases, and applications for leave to remove from the jurisdiction.
She is the author of several articles on family law matters and of the well-received Care Proceedings and Learning Disabled Parents: A Handbook for Family Lawyers (Jordans, 2014, 2nd edition). The Foreword, by Mrs Justice Pauffley, describes it as “erudite, concise and immensely readable”. The book arose out of Abigail’s experience in representing learning-disabled parents, where she strives to ensure that her clients are fairly and properly assessed, and given every opportunity to retain the care of their children.
In addition, Abigail represents parties in the Court of Protection, with an emphasis on health and welfare matters.
In 2019 Abigail was appointed as a Fee-paid Judge of the First–tier Tribunal (Health Education and Social Care Chamber), ticketed to the Mental Health Jurisdiction.
Memberships
- Family Law Bar Association
- Association of Lawyers for Children
- Western Circuit
- Bar Pro Bono Unit Family Law Panel
- Abigail has completed the FLBA Vulnerable Witness Advocacy Training
Education
- BA Hons (Oxon), LLM (University of East Anglia)
- Formerly: lecturer in family and property law 1993 – 1998
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > Western Circuit > Family: children and domestic abuse
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Abigail Bond – St John’s Chambers ‘Abigail is a fantastic advocate. Her down-to-earth and approachable nature with clients perfectly matches her intelligent and eloquent advocacy. She is calm under pressure and unflappable on her feet. Her written work is concise and persuasive.’
St John’s Chambers is a ‘first-class set of chambers that offers suitable counsel for a variety of cases’ related to family law. Lucy Reed KC is a ‘tenacious and extremely thorough advocate’ whose practice contains a mix of public and private children law cases, including adoption matters, while Judi Evans specialises in representing local authorities, parents and guardians in public law proceedings and garners praise for ‘excellent attention to detail’. Abigail Bond ‘inspires confidence in clients with her approachable and reassuring manner’ and has longstanding experience of handling care cases involving vulnerable witnesses and parents with learning disabilities. Caroline Elford is an ‘excellent and principled practitioner’ who regularly represents clients before all tiers of the family justice system in cases of serious physical and sexual abuse of children.