Year of Call: 1998
Clerk: Lesley Haikney

Lisa is an experienced family practitioner who undertakes cases involving all aspects of family law.

She is regularly instructed by local authorities, children’s guardians and parents in Children Act cases involving allegations of murder, sexual abuse and non-accidental injuries. She frequently appears without a leader in cases in which one or more of the parties are represented by silks.

Lisa also undertakes ancillary relief and Schedule 1 Children Act cases.

She has appeared in the Court of Appeal, the High Court and the County Court.

Notable cases include A (A Child) [2008] EWCA Civ 650 and Re A (Residential Assessment) [2009] 2 FLR 443. She is recommended as a leading family practitioner on the Wales & Chester Circuit in The Legal 500 2011.

Lisa was educated at Howell’s School, Llandaff before going to Cardiff University and then the Inns of Court School of Law in London.