Ranked In
Northern (Bar)
Family/Matrimonial
(Band
3
)
Profile
Specialisation: Specialist family practitioner combining complex and substantial child law cases (both public and private) with higher value financial work (including Ancillary Relief and Schedule 1 applications, Cohabitation cases and Inheritance Act applications). Particular expertise in Confiscation cases involving marital assets. Family law-related Judicial Review and Human Rights Act actions also undertaken.
Professional Memberships: Family Law Bar Association (Chair, Liverpool & Preston Region), Northern Circuit, Merseyside Family Justice Council.
Career: Called to the Bar in 1989 (Lincoln's Inn). Head of Atlantic Chambers Family Group since 2005. Regular speaker at seminars for professional associations on Merseyside and beyond. Recorder (2009).
Personal: Born Liverpool, 6th July 1966. Educated at Sheffield University (LLB) and Queen's University, Belfast (LLM). Interests include family (including Dora and Davy), cycling, enjoying wine and supporting Liverpool FC (the last two often simultaneously).