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Ms Lisa Thomas
Position
Year of Call: 1998
Clerks: James Watson / Lee Fifield
Lisa is an experienced family practitioner who undertakes cases involving all aspects of family law.
Chambers UK recommends Lisa as an “Impressive Junior” with a broad family practice. She is frequently instructed in financial remedy proceedings, including those involving property in the UK and abroad. Her practise also covers children matters. They comment that “Lisa is a great communicator and has great strength in negotiation.” “She has very good client skills.” “Very persuasive in Court .”
Previous editions have reported:
That she is “a balanced and proactive barrister with a firm grip on the nuances of a case.” “Thorough, clear, concise and consistent with her advice.”
“Acts on a broad array of family law cases, undertaking matters including financial disputes and care proceedings. She is an experienced junior advocate who is particularly praised for her rapport with clients and her constructive advice.”
Moreover she is “extremely articulate and puts the case forward in the best way for her client.” “She is a fantastic advocate.”
The Legal 500 2021 recommends her as a “Leading Junior” in Child Law (Public and Private) and comment “Extremely good particularly in relation to complex Children Act cases.”
Previous editions of The Legal 500 had pointed out that she is “an excellent barrister” and that she “handles financial remedy disputes, care proceedings and private law cases.”
Lisa also undertakes ancillary relief and Schedule 1 Children Act cases and she has appeared in the Court of Appeal, the High Court and the County Court.
Notable cases include A (A Child) [2008] EWCA Civ 650 and Re A (Residential Assessment) [2009] 2 FLR 443. She is recommended as a leading family practitioner on the Wales & Chester Circuit in The Legal 500 2011.
Lisa was educated at Howell’s School, Llandaff before going to Cardiff University and then the Inns of Court School of Law in London.
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > Wales and Chester Circuit > Family: divorce and financial remedy
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Lisa Thomas – 9 Park Place ‘She is extremely competent and unflappable. She puts forward cases firmly and with courtesy. Judges admire the clarity of her advocacy and her written work is also of an extremely high standard.’
9 Park Place is a ‘first class set of family barristers’, with members offering ‘wide-ranging knowledge and expertise’ in relation to divorce and financial remedy cases. The ‘mathematical and analytical’ Christopher Felstead specialises in cases with complicating factors such as UK and overseas taxation, trusts, and businesses valuation disputes. Natalie Sandercock is a ‘robust advocate’ who has considerable experience in cases involving persons lacking mental capacity and regularly advises financial deputies. David Gareth Evans ‘is always thoroughly prepared’ and has experience of handling cases involving varied and complex asset and business arrangements. Lisa Thomas is ‘extremely competent and unflappable’. Paul Hopkins KC is now a circuit judge.