1 King’s Bench Walk has 'exceptional strength in depth across all areas of family law, with a consistently high calibre of counsel at every level'. Deborah Eaton KC is 'a premier silk for private law children work’, and the 'excellent' Frank Feehan KC is well versed in advising on complex public child law matters and abduction cases. Charles Howard KC has an excellent reputation for handling cases involving issues of surrogacy. At the junior end, the 'charismatic' Jay Banerji has expertise in handling cases involving allegations of forced marriage and leave to remove applications. Nicola Fox is well known for advising on complex private child law cases concerning allegations of harm and international relocation issues.
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Private Law Children
Finance
Finance
Position
Deborah is highly successful and enjoys an excellent reputation nationally and internationally as a pre-eminent authority in children law. Her expertise in this area includes internal and external relocation, parental alienation, substance abuse, mental health and education issues. She is also extremely well respected in the matrimonial finance and enforcement field offering tremendous experience in ancillary relief cases, prenuptial agreements and applications pursuant to Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989. For many years she has handled some of the most significant, far-reaching and complex cases in the field of family law for both UHNW and high-profile clients. Almost all her work has an international dimension.
In addition to being technically challenging, Deborah’s cases are often strategically and tactically complex, and require a highly sensitive, skillful and nuanced approach. She is naturally able to make an outstanding contribution in all these areas.
Career
Qualified 1985, Inner Temple; general editor and author ‘Encyclopaedia of Financial Provision in Family Matters’ Wildblood and Eaton (Sweet & Maxwell 1998).
Memberships
FLBA
Deputy High Court Judge [2011]
Recorder [Crime, Private Law Children and Public Law Children] 2004
Master of the Bench Inner Temple
Fellow of the International Family Law Association
Midland Circuit
Education
Keele University (BSc Sc); City University (Dip Law).
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