For further information please contact:
Richard Preston, Principal Family Clerk, 020 7421 5300
Matthew Wildish, Deputy Senior Clerk, 020 7421 5300
Amanda is described as approachable and practical, with the mainstay of her practice being family work involving matrimonial finance, including TLATA and co-habitation claims, Injunctions under s37 MCA, Injunctions under Part IV of the Family Law Act 1996 and public and private Children Act cases.
She has a particular interest in cases with an international element having given several lectures on Child Abduction and Brussels II bis and having written articles on International Adoption and the approach taken in other common law jurisdictions to the thorny issue of the rights of co-habitees.
Amanda has also lectured on various law courses at the University of Westminster.
In addition to her family practice, Amanda is regularly instructed on a wide variety of civil matters, including a developing practice in personal injury matters.
Family
- Advising and drafting
- Conferences, Negotiation and Advocacy at all levels
Personal Injury
- Advising and drafting
- Advocacy in small claims, fast and multi-track cases
Member, Family Law Bar Association
Member, Family Rights Group
Member, Personal Injury Bar Association
Member, Young Legal Aid Lawyers
Member, Bar Council Equality and Diversity Committee
Member, Australasian Lawyers’ Society
LLB Hons, First Class
LLM: Child Law
Bachelor of Commerce (Auckland, New Zealand)
Gray’s Inn: Goldie Scholar