Justine has a thriving family practice where she is regularly instructed in cases involving long-term drug or alcohol dependency, domestic violence, mental illness and child abuse including non-accidental injury.
Justine acts for local authorities, parents, children and grandparents in public law children matters. She has experience in emergency protection orders, care and supervision orders, adoption and secure accommodation orders.
In private law Children Act matters, Justine acts for parents and interveners e.g. grandparents or those joined to proceedings for the purpose of defending allegations of domestic violence or child abuse. Justine is regularly instructed in all types of section 8 Children Act applications and injunctions as well as committal hearings upon alleged breach. She has experience in applications for leave to permanently remove from jurisdiction, change of name and in cases where it is necessary for a 9.5 Guardian to be appointed due to implacable hostility or severe learning difficulties of a child.
Justine acts in all aspects of financial provision upon cohabitant separation and divorce for both private and publicly funded clients. She has experience in inheritance, debt and trusts issues in ancillary relief and undertakes matters under schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989 and TOLATA 1996.
Justine is instructed in a range of civil matters including personal injury, contractual disputes and residential landlord and tenant, appearing in small claims, fast track and multi track cases for both Claimants and Defendants. She advises on liability and quantum in a wide variety of accident cases.
