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1 Crown Office Row Brighton
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Eleanor Battie
Position
Eleanor has been specialising in family law since 2004. She has a wide ranging practice and is instructed in both private and public law matters in all tiers of the family court.
Eleanor has a predominantly private law practice and, in particular, represents parties in high conflict cases. Eleanor has represented many parents in complex proceedings, which may also involve fact-finding hearings concerning allegations of domestic abuse or harm of the child and those where parental alienation has been alleged.
Eleanor also represents children both in public and private law proceedings.
Eleanor accepts instructions on a public access basis.
Career
Call: 2004, Lincoln’s Inn.
Memberships
Sussex FJB (Private Law); Sussex FLBA (Secretary); Brighton & Hove City Council Safeguarding Adults Board (lay member 2017 – 2018)
Education
Hurtwood House; Leeds University (2002 2(1) English Literature); College of Law (2004 CPE commendation; Bar very competent).
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > South Eastern Circuit > Family: children and domestic abuse
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Eleanor Battie – 1 Crown Office Row Brighton ‘Eleanor is the complete package. She is unflappable and devastatingly effective in court. She is a go-to counsel in parental alienation cases and an absolute star.’
1 Crown Office Row is ‘an outstanding set’ with ‘excellent and unrivalled choice of counsel at all levels’. Eleanor Battie is a ‘robust and professional lawyer with meticulous attention to detail who leaves no stone unturned in her pursuit of justice for her clients’ and handles both private and public law matters in all tiers of the family court. Timothy Bergin’s practice has a particular focus on representing parents and guardians in complex care cases, while Kirsten Japp specialises in private family law matters and ‘is instantly able to build an excellent rapport with clients’. Clare Ciborowska is always ‘accessible and willing to go above and beyond for clients’ and Rachel Gimson is described as a ‘tenacious advocate with excellent communication skills’.