Karen Lennon > Park Square Barristers > Leeds, England > Barrister Profile
Park Square Barristers Ltd. Offices
Park Square Barristers Ltd.
6 PARK SQUARE
LEEDS
LS1 2LW
England
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Karen Lennon
Work Department
Children Law and Family Finance
Position
Children Law
Public Law
- Serious Non-accidental Injuries and Child Death
- Significant Neglect
- Sexual abuse
- Domestic Violence
- Drug and Alcohol Misuse
- Poisoning
- Factitious Illness
- Female Genital Mutilation
- Representation of children and vulnerable young persons
- Relinquished Babies
- Breakdown of Adoption
- Applications under the Inherent Jurisdiction
- Protections of Vulnerable Young persons including Dangerous Association
- Human Rights Applications
- Jurisdictional Issues including placing Children Abroad.
- Cases involving cultural or international elements.
Private Law
- Domestic Abuse and Coercive Control
- Interfamilial Sexual Abuse
- Contact
- Domestic Violence
- Parental Alienation
- Implacable Hostility
- International relocation
- Removal from the Jurisdiction
With 15 years of experience in family Karen is a heavy weight practitioner who is highly regarded by her colleagues and the judiciary for her breadth of knowledge and understanding of law and practice, her thorough and analytical consideration of complex and difficult cases and her dynamic approach.
Karen is committed to ensuring the best outcome for her clients and represents with equal tenacity Local Authorities, parents (and other family members) and children (through their Guardian and on their own) in serious and multifaceted cases including; Complex Medical and Mental Health Issues, Serious and Multiple Non-Accidental Injuries, Child death, Sexual Abuse, Poisoning, Fabricated Illness, Neglect and cases involving International and Human Rights issues.
Family Finance
- Finances on Divorce
- Trust of Land and Appointment of Trustee Applications
- Land Tribunal Applications
- Schedule 1 Applications
In the financial arena she is a discerning advocate who grapples easily with cases involving multi assets, complex business accounts, limited and unlimited companies and partnerships and is regularly instructed in cases involving high value assets. Karen has represented clients where the asset value exceed six figures. She is also equally adept at dealing with co-habitation cases with experience in Land Tribunals, applications under TOLATA and Schedule 1 Applications.
Career
Call 2003
2003
Pupil at the Bar Library in Northern Ireland
2004
Tenant at the Bar Library in Northern Ireland
2007
Tenant at Dere Street Barristers, York and Newcastle
2021
Tenant at Park Square Barristers, Leeds
Appointments
2019
Deputy District Judge, sitting in civil and family private and finance
Memberships
Family Law Bar Association
Norther Eastern Circuit
Northern Irish Bar
Education
2003
Northumbria University at Newcastle Upon Tyne LLB Hons.
2003
Exempting Bar Vocational Course at Northumbria University
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > North Eastern Circuit > Family: children and domestic violence
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Park Square Barristers is ‘a solid set with a number of high-quality family practitioners‘. Charlotte Worsley KC is ‘redoubtable in her intellect‘ and ‘balances robust representation with a sensible approach‘. David Orbaum has an excellent reputation for his strength in advising on complex cases concerning international elements and allegations of sexual and physical abuse. Martin Todd has ‘in-depth knowledge‘ of cases involving complex injuries, and Karen Lennon acts for local authorities, children and parents in cases involving allegations of sexual abuse, poisoning, fabricated or induced illness and serious injuries. Oliver Latham is ‘a formidable barrister‘ and has been kept busy handling cases involving allegations of severe sexual and physical abuse.