Phillipa Hildyard > Park Square Barristers > Leeds, England > Barrister Profile

Phillipa Hildyard

0113 2459763

Work Department

Children Law, Regulatory & Public,  Family Finance, and Court of Protection & Adult Care

Position

Children Law

Phillipa appears in both public and private children law matters in the Family Court, as well as Family Law Act injunctions (non-molestation orders and occupation orders).

Phillipa regularly acts in public law proceedings, representing Local Authorities, parents, children, wider family members and interveners.

She has advised and represented parties on cases involving the following issues:

• Non-accidental injuries
• Sexual abuse (including grooming and rape)
• Factitious illness
• Female Genital Mutilation
• Neglect
• Psychological and psychiatric evidence
• Parents with learning difficulties or who lack capacity
• Parents who misuse substances
• Jurisdictional issues

Whilst seconded to Humberside Police Legal Services in 2016, she often represented the Chief Constable of Humberside Police in the Family Courts on issues of disclosure. Phillipa has also advised Local Authorities in relation to disclosure into the Criminal Courts, including the redaction of social care records and public interest immunity.

Phillipa is regularly instructed in private law cases to represent parents where there are disputes over child arrangements, including residence and contact disputes, applications for prohibited steps orders and specific issue orders. Phillipa also has experience in enforcement proceedings.

She has particular experience of cases involving:

• Allegations of domestic abuse
• Allegations of violence to children
• Psychological and psychiatric evidence
• Risk of abduction

Phillipa’s approachable and friendly manner ensures she is able to provide clear advice to both solicitors and lay clients. Phillipa is regularly instructed to represent clients who are young, vulnerable, and / or present with learning difficulties.

Regulatory & Public

Phillipa takes instructions in a broad range of regulatory crime cases, including health and safety, environmental, fire safety, environmental health, building control and food standards cases.

Phillipa has significant experience representing police forces. Between March 2016 and September 2016, Phillipa was seconded to Humberside Police Legal Services. She continues to act for police forces on a range of matters including:

• Applications for orders to protect members of the public, including Sexual Harm Prevention Orders, Sexual Risk Orders, Notification Orders, Violent Offender Orders and Domestic Violence Protection Orders.
• Firearms appeals.
• Dangerous dog applications.
• Disclosure between the police and the Family Court.
• Legal professional privilege issues.
• Police property disputes.
• Defending civil claims against the police.

Family Finance
Phillipa accepts instructions to advise and represent clients in relation to all aspects of family finance. She has experience of representing clients at First Hearings, Financial Dispute Resolution Hearings and Final Hearings.

Court of Protection & Adult Care
Phillipa accepts instructions to advise and represent clients on Court of Protection matters and is eager to build this area of her practise. She is sensitive and has experience of working with vulnerable clients.

Career

Call 2014

Memberships

Family Law Bar Association
Lawyers for Children
North Eastern Circuit

Education

2012
St Catherine’s College, University of Oxford, BA (Hons) Jurisprudence

2013
University of Law, Short Course towards LLM Professional Legal Practice

2014
University of Law, BPTC (Outstanding)