London Bar
Family: children and domestic abuse
Leading junior6‘Meredith is a highly skilled advocate. She is approachable, gives sensible advice and is liked by clients and professionals.’
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Meredith Major
The 36 Group, London
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36 Family
Position
Meredith has established a strong reputation as an expert children law barrister.
She is regularly instructed in high profile and serious public law (care) cases, for local authorities, parents, children (whether through Children’s Guardians or directly) and for family members. These cases often involve long fact-finding hearings dealing with allegations of serious injury and death, sexual abuse and ‘honour’-based violence. Meredith regularly appears in the High Court and the Court of Appeal.
She also has a very strong practice in private law children cases, which often involve serious allegations of domestic or other abuse, alienating behaviours and complicated international and jurisdictional issues.
Notable cases
Re K (Children) (Powers of the Family Court) [2024] EWCA Civ 2, Sir Andrew McFarlane PFD, Peter Jackson & Warby LJJ: Seminal case confirming the wide-ranging powers of all judges in the Family Court
Career
Call 2015
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