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Public Children Law, Private Children Law; Court of Protection

Overview

Lucy is most well known as a specialist child protection barrister. She represents parties at all levels of court, often against leading counsel, in multi-day trials and has experience appearing in the Court of Appeal.

Her forensic and analytical approach to cases means that she is in demand in the most serious cases where there is complex medical evidence (infant death, fabricated or induced illness and non-accidental injury).

Earlier in her career, Lucy worked in the Court of Appeal as a Judicial Assistant to Baroness Elizabeth Butler-Sloss and to Sir Matthew Thorpe. She was the first family specialist to hold the appointment.  She assisted the Advisory Committee which produced the Protocol for Judicial Case Management in Public Law Children Act Cases.

Lucy was a member of the Law Reform Committee of the Bar Council as a family specialist between 2007-2009. She was also the Secretary of the Committee for the Centre for Child and Family Law Reform from 2004 until 2014; the Centre is affiliated to City University, with representation from the judiciary, the legal profession and academia, and has undertaken projects on forced marriages, tax reform for co-habitees, youth justice, secure accommodation, and was recently instrumental in the introduction of Binding Arbitration in family law.

Professional Memberships

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

Education & Qualifications

BA (Hons) (Cantab) – First Class Bateman Scholarship – Trinity Hall, Cambridge Kitty Crawley Prize for History – Trinity Hall, Cambridge College of Law (Diploma in Law) Inns of Court School of Law (BVC)