Miss Tina Cook KC KC > 42BR Barristers > London, England > Barrister Profile
42BR Barristers Offices
11 Staple Inn
LONDON
WC1V 7QH
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Miss Tina Cook KC KC
Work Department
Family Team
Position
Family law specialist with a special emphasis on children work,. Tina often acts in complex, multi-party and high conflict intractable private law disputes.
Career
Tina’s private law practice involves working for both applicants and respondents.
In her public law children work she acts for parents, children, local authorities and extended family.
Tina has experience of handling cases involving suspected non-accidental and fatal injury and FGM/C, sexual abuse, neglect and domestic abuse, where there are parental mental health, learning disability or capacity issues, concerns around substance abuse and addiction, and involving children with special educational needs and disabilities / complex medical needs. Her experience covers applications such as inherent jurisdiction cases concerning proposed medical treatment of minors
Memberships
Family Law Bar Association
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Family: children and domestic abuse
(Rising stars)Ranked: Tier 1Charmaine Clubb – 42BR Barristers ‘Charmaine is very well prepared. Her advocacy is direct, and she is courteous and impressive.’
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Tina Cook KC –42BR Barristers ‘Tina’s cross-examination skills are legendary. She is persuasive and frequently brings eminent experts around to her way of thinking.’
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 6Celeste Irvine – 42BR Barristers ‘Celeste is very professional, and communicates efficiently and promptly with clients.’
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 6Amanda Jepson – 42BR Barristers ‘Amanda has in-depth legal knowledge. She can analyse complex legal issues, identify key points and formulate effective arguments.’
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 6Sian Smith – 42BR Barristers ‘Sian fights her clients’ corner and makes them feel at ease.’
42BR Barristers is ‘an excellent set’ with ‘a wide range of fantastic counsel’. Tina Cook KC is ‘impeccably prepared and speaks with persuasive authority‘, with a strong track record in representing local authorities in private law proceedings. Gemma Taylor KC‘s ‘cross-examination of vulnerable witnesses is way ahead of the pack’, and Damian Woodward-Carlton KC has ‘a tremendous ability to build positive rapport with professional and lay clients, treating all around him with the utmost respect’. Among the juniors, the ‘remarkable‘ Katie Phillips ‘brings calm to any situation with ease‘.