Porter Dodson LLP

Family

Ellen is a Partner and Barrister in the Family Law team. She has extensive experience as an advocate and specialist legal advisor in the three main areas of family law: matrimonial finance, private law children and public law children work, together with Trusts of Land disputes. She regularly represents spouses/partners, parents, children and intervening third parties in the very toughest financial and children cases. Ellen undertakes work at all levels of the court process across the West Country and often appears in the High Court.

Ellen was called to the Bar in 2000 and undertook a 12-month pupillage at 1 Hare Court. From 2001 to 2010, she was a tenant at 1 Garden Court, Family Law Chambers (now known as 1GC/Family Law). Ellen joined Porter Dodson as in-house counsel in 2010 after relocating from London back to her native Dorset. She was appointed as a Deputy District Judge sitting on the Western Circuit in the Civil Division in 2024.

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