Profile description
Family Law
Anwen has experience of dealing with cases from all over the world and of dealing with clients of various cultures and faiths. In private law cases she has represented clients involved in media exposure and the protection of children in that environment. Anwen particularly enjoys acting for children when they give direct instructions.
Her Ancillary Relief practice ranges from high value to low income cases as well as those involving property disputes between unmarried couples (TOLATA). Anwen accepts instructions to provide initial advice in relation to financial proceedings and representation from initial FDA hearings through to contested final hearings and applications to vary or enforce final orders.
- Adoption
- Child care
- Child Arrangements (contact and residence)
- Ventilator and ‘shaken baby' cases, including those resulting in homicide
- Cases where immigration problems impact on families and children
- Relocation
- International child abduction and placement of children abroad
- Media exposure and the protection of children
- Ancillary relief, ranging from high value to low income cases as well as those involving property disputes between unmarried couples
Civil
As a solicitor in a thriving practice, for over ten years Anwen ran a busy litigation department which conducted litigation in all areas of law including contentious probate, commercial litigation, general common law and personal injury. She was involved in actions for breach of confidence against a major national newspaper and in her youth arrested a ship!
Cases of Interest:
- Revocation of adoptive placement
- International placement of children
- Anwen held a theatre licence for Gloucester Crown Court in order to produce a production of Trial by Jury in order to raise money for Victim Support.
Hobbies and Interests:
Attending the theatre especially opera and ballet and visiting art galleries. Anwen is a friend of the Cheltenham Literature Festival and is the Accommodation Officer for the Gloucester 3 Choirs Festival. She sings with the Gloucester Choral Society and enjoys travel (who doesn't?!).
Professional Membership:
Western Circuit, Criminal Bar Association, Family Bar Association, Association of Lawyers for Children
Judicial Appointments:
Fee Paid Immigration Judge, Road User Charging Adjudicator
