Barrister Profile
Expertise
Family: Care & Children
Public Law Children: Care Proceedings and Adoption
Holly has experience primarily of public children law, having worked within a Local Authority. She would assist solicitors in her team by undertaking detailed casework and liaising with the court, other parties and external agencies. She also had experience of drafting applications and utilising the HMCTS portal.
Holly has represented the Local Authority she worked for at a Discharge of Care Order hearing in front of Magistrates, and would regularly attend Family Court hearings alongside solicitors and barristers in order to gain knowledge and provide practical admin support.
Property
Social Housing
Holly has in-depth experience dealing with housing disrepair claims having handled a busy workload within the Local Authority. She is familiar with how a claim progresses from letter of claim stage, through disclosure, negotiation and to settlement. Holly has had the opportunity also to take on cases that have progressed from pre-action stage into court proceedings and is familiar with drafting applications to court.
When her workload allowed, Holly would take the opportunity to explore other areas of Housing, including ant-social behaviour and homelessness.