Ms Gill Honeyman > Chambers of Mark Twomey KC and Alison Easton > London, England > Barrister Profile

Ms Gill Honeyman

020 7092 3700 clerks@coramchambers.co.uk

Work Department

Children and international.

Position

Gill Honeyman is a specialist in children’s law, with particular expertise in care proceedings and complex private law matters.  A highly effective advocate, she is regularly instructed on behalf of the child in difficult private law cases by both NYAS and Cafcass Legal. She frequently represents guardians, parents, and competent children who have parted company with their guardians. Since being called to the bar in 2011, Gill has built on twenty years of experience as a children’s specialist solicitor to develop a strong practice.

Career

Seen as quietly determined, Gill is a forward thinker and has a firm presence in Coram’s children and international practice teams. A skilled negotiator, Gill is highly experienced in high-conflict  and complex private law cases as well as the full range of public law children work, and has developed her practice as a confident and effective advocate for clients of all backgrounds.

Gill previously worked at Cafcass Legal, a small team of lawyers who represent children in complex High Court litigation, in tandem with the specialist High Court Team guardians. She also acted as Advocate to the Court, and appeared for separately represented guardians in public law proceedings. She also provided legal advice on a duty basis to Cafcass officers nationally about all aspects of their work. Prior to that she was a freelance advocate, and was on the Children Panel from 1992.

Gill was called in 2011.

Languages

Learning Catalan
Spanish (not fluent)

Memberships

Association of Lawyers for Children; Family Bar Association; Gray’s Inn

Education

Bristol University (BA English – 2:1); Bristol Polytechnic (CPE and Law Society Finals); Open University (Diploma in Spanish).