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1GC | Family Law Offices
1GC | Family Law
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Lucy Maxwell
Position
Lucy practices in all areas of Family Law and has experience being instructed as junior counsel, including in complex high court cases.
She is a straight forward but forceful advocate and combines a forensic eye for detail with a pragmatic approach to advising and running financial remedies cases.
She practices in all aspects of financial remedies including freezing orders, TOLATA, Schedule 1 applications, enforcement, and private FDRs and she is also available to advise on and draft pre- and post-nuptial agreements.
Lucy brings compassion and care to private law children work and has considerable experience dealing with s8 applications, including cases involving alienation, enforcement, serious allegations of abuse, and complex issues of mental or physical illness of parents and children.
Notable Cases:
AA v BB [2021] EWHC 1822 (Fam) (02 July 2021)
Re Al M (Assurances and Waiver) [2020] EWHC 67 (Fam)
Re Al M (Publication) [2020] EWHC 122 (Fam)
Re Al M (Children) [2020] EWCA Civ 283
Re Al M (Fact Finding) [2019] EWHC 3415 (Fam)
Career
Year of Call: 2015
Memberships
Family Law Bar Association
The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn
Education
MA, (Hons) English Literature, The University of Edinburgh
GDL, City University
BPTC, City University
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Family: children and domestic abuse
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 5Lucy Maxwell – 1GC | Family Law ‘Lucy is razor-sharp and firmly a star in the making, very bright, capable and calm.’