Trinity Chambers

Family; immigration; mental health.

Family & Child Care
Rebecca undertakes work in all aspects of Children Law and acts for Local Authorities, parents and Guardians, alongside other interested parties in both public and private law proceedings and on behalf of the Official Solicitor.

Rebecca accepts instructions in injunction and committal applications and has experience of Forced Marriage Protection Orders. She has acted in Fact Finding hearings relating to serious sexual, physical and emotional abuse in both Care and Private Law Proceedings. She has acted in applications for leave to remove from the jurisdiction.

Her immigration practice means she is well-placed to advise on family cases raising immigration issues and she can provide written advice on these issues on request, for use in care/private law proceedings.

Rebecca has appeared and been led in complex High Court care proceedings involving issues of private fostering arrangements. She has experience of acting for parties with disabilities and those with complex mental health issues.

Recent cases include:

• Complex care proceedings lasting 3 weeks with a Fact Finding element involving issues of Forced Marriage, Honour Based Violence and cultural issues.
• An 11-day Fact Finding hearing in care proceedings involving significant domestic violence and sexual abuse allegations.
• Acting for a first time Mother in a case involving significant non-accidental injuries resulting in no findings of perpetration against her.
• High Court proceedings representing a Mother resisting an application to remove her child to live with his Father in Kurdistan, Iraq.
• Acting for parents and Local Authorities in cases involving parents with significant learning disabilities and mental health issues.

Mental Health & Court of Protection
Rebecca deals with cases involving vulnerable adults and teenagers in the Court of Protection including issues relating to capacity, welfare, deprivation of liberty, deputyship and contact.
MEMBERSHIPS

• Family Law Bar Association
• Association of Lawyers for Children

EDUCATION & AWARDS

• University of Warwick LLB (Hons)
• Nottingham Law School BVC
• Lord Denning Scholarship (Lincoln's Inn)
• Hardwicke Scholar (Lincoln's Inn)

Called 2006; Lincoln’s Inn.

FLBA; Association of Lawyers for Children.

University of Warwick (LLB Hons); Nottingham Law School (BVC); Lincoln’s Inn (Lord Denning Scholarship); Lincoln’s Inn (Hardewick Scholar).