Yolanda Pemberton > Chambers of Sara Lewis KC > Birmingham, England > Barrister Profile
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St Philips Chambers
55 TEMPLE ROW
BIRMINGHAM
B2 5LS
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Yolanda Pemberton
Work Department
Family
Position
Yolanda specialises in all aspects of child law with an extensive background in all aspects of public law, private law children work, Forced Marriage (including FGM), Brussels II, Wardship and Inherent Jurisdiction.
Yolanda has an extensive background and experience of representing local authorities, parents and children in public law cases involving serious injuries to children, FII, fractures, bruising, attempted suffocation, sexual abuse (including subject child as victim and perpetrator), complex medical issues, mental health, including parents who require the assistance of the Official solicitor (acting for both parents via the Official Solicitor) and child death. In addition, Yolanda has experience of representing both parents and local authorities in adoption proceedings.
In private law children work this includes representing parents, grandparents, children and all other family members in cases involving child arrangements orders including high conflict and intractable disputes (including involving 16.4 appointments), applications to remove children from the jurisdiction, applications to relocate children within the jurisdiction, specific issues relating to education, medical and religion, issues of mental health, fact-finding hearings and domestic abuse within families.
Yolanda is known for her meticulous preparation of all of her cases, being able to quickly and expertly get to the core of any dispute and known to be uncompromising in her approach for any client, ensuring they receive the best and most robust representation.
Yolanda excels with vulnerable clients in complex cases.
Yolanda has experience before all levels of judiciary including the Court of Appeal.
Career
Called 2002, Lincoln’s Inn.
She is a founding Board Member of Women in Family Law.
Memberships
Association for Lawyers for Children; Family Law Bar Association.
Education
University of Warwick; Inns of Court School of Law.
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > Midland Circuit > Family: children and domestic violence
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Yolanda Pemberton –St Philips Chambers ‘Yolanda is above competent. She has a clear understanding of complex law and will work nonstop for her client.’
In Birmingham, St Philips Chambers is ‘an excellent family set with a number of exceptionally talented and experienced counsel available at all levels’. Sara Lewis KC is ‘an exceptional silk’ who handles the most serious children law cases before the High Court, while Christopher Adams ‘is a very knowledgeable and sensitive advocate’ who regularly acts on behalf of local authorities, parents, and children in cases involving serious and medically complex injuries, as does Yolanda Pemberton. Michelle Christie and Abigail Turner joined the team in September 2023.