Crown Chambers

England - Regional Bar • North Eastern Circuit

Family: children and domestic abuse

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Dere Street Barristers

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Crown Chambers is praised as ‘a well-respected set of chambers’ that is home to ‘many outstanding advocates’. One such barrister is 2025 silk Naomi Madderson KC, who is lauded as ’a fantastic advocate of the highest calibre‘; she appears across all levels of court with a strong focus on public law proceedings surrounding injuries to children and sexual abuse. Gaynor Hall is sought after to represent local authorities, CAFCASS, and parents in a range of public children law proceedings. Deputy head of the family law team Francesca Steels has a varied public and private law practice that encompasses applications for injunctive relief under the Family Law Act 1996. Joanna Hawkett specialises in public law work, with expertise in work concerning child neglect and domestic abuse.

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2025 Silks

KCs at the very top of their field, with a long-established record of market-defining cases, and widespread endorsement from clients and peers. All silks appointed in the last two rounds are listed further below.

Naomi Madderson KC

‘Naomi is a fantastic advocate of the highest calibre (as reflected in her award of King's Counsel this year). She is forensically brilliant, focusses in on the key issues and argues her case in a very persuasive way, and her submissions are articulate, well formulated and structured.'

Leading Juniors

Leading juniors are those with significant experience of key cases, strong market recognition from both peers and clients, and are seen as future candidates for silk.

Joanna Hawkett

Joanna is an extremely capable advocate in all areas. Her case management documents and skeleton arguments are well thought through and presented, she is a very competent advocate, and she engages with each of the complainants and enables them to give their best evidence.'

Gaynor Hall

Francesca Steels

Francesca is hard working with excellent attention to detail.'

Sarah Fearon

'Sarah is compassionate in conference, yet a fierce advocate in court. She is excellent and able to switch seamlessly from explaining matters in a way the client can understand, to making lengthy submissions backed with legal argument.'

Olivia Kingston

Neelam Mall

Rising stars

Rising stars at the Bar are defined as barristers between four and eight years’ call who are seen as up-and-coming members of the Bar in their respective practice areas by clients and peers alike. They will already be instructed in high-profile, complex, and high-value contentious and non-contentious matters, working with and opposite more experienced leading counsel.

Olivia McGeeney

'Olivia is a calming influence with clients and is able to engage with them and put them at ease to get the best out of their instructions. She is able to assimilate information and think on her feet, and you would never be able to tell if she were feeling under pressure, as she is calm and confident within the court room, and incredibly persuasive.'

Annabelle Coakley

'Annabelle is a fantastic advocate and deals well with parents with learning needs and limited understanding. Her cross-examination of witnesses is thorough and effective, her submissions are also very effective during contested final hearings, and she puts her client's case forward in a compassionate and robust manner.'

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