Ms Annabel Hamilton > Chambers of Elizabeth Isaacs KC > Birmingham, England > Barrister Profile
St Ives Chambers Offices
St Ives Chambers
1-3 WHITTALL STREET
BIRMINGHAM
B4 6DH
England
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Ms Annabel Hamilton
Work Department
Annabel Hamilton is a Barrister specialising in Family law (both public and private).
Position
Annabel Hamilton is a Barrister specialising in Family law (both public and private). She regularly acts in all areas of private law children work, including injunctive proceedings involving serious domestic violence and abuse.
In public law proceedings, Annabel acts for local authorities, guardians, parents and grandparents at all stages of proceedings.
Career
Year of Call: 2009
Private Law Chldren
Annabel regularly acts in all areas of private law children work, including injunctive proceedings involving serious domestic violence and abuse. Annabel is regularly instructed in private law matters in which serious allegations of domestic violence or child abuse have been made and cases involving intractable contact disputes, representing parents, grandparents and children through their Rule 16.4 Guardian. She also has experience in applications for leave to remove.
Annabel is regularly instructed in complex private law matters for parents and guardians. She has successfully represented parents in applications for leave to remove children from the jurisdiction.
Public Law Children
In public law proceedings, Annabel acts for local authorities, guardians, parents and grandparents at all stages of proceedings. She has experience in the complete spectrum of issues arising in care proceedings including:
- Non-accidental injuries (including fractures and head injuries)
- Neglect
- Drug and alcohol abuse
- Sexual abuse
- Has experience of cases involving parents with severe learning difficulties.
She recently acted for respondents in Operation Satchel, one of the largest public law cases heard to date in the UK Family courts.
Re AA: Annabel represented the guardian in a complex head injury (brain bleed) case. Genetic testing and other lines of enquiry pursued which led to a last minute change in the opinions of the experts. The child was returned home to parents under no order.
Notable Cases
Wolverhampton City Council v JA & Ors [2017] EWFC 62 (18 August 2017)
Languages
English
Memberships
Midland Circuit
Gray’s Inn
Education
Durham University LLB
Nottingham Law School BVC