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Call: 1973  Silk: 1991 Practice Areas Family Law - Finance and Divorce Family Law - Children '“. . by far the most rounded family barrister: really brilliant with clients but absolutely formidable in court.” Her reputation rests firmly on her work with children’s law. As well as contact, residence and maintenance disputes, she also takes on some of the most challenging public law cases in the market, cross-border children work and cases that overlap between family and criminal law. Seasoned insiders of the family courts marvel at her “instinctive advocacy that erupts when she is on her feet.” '  Chambers & Partners 020 7936 1500 jparker@1kbw.co.uk

Judith Parker QC practices in all areas of family law.

• All aspects of private child law including residence /contact disputes and educational issues
  
• All aspects of international family law in relation to divorce and children: particularly cross-border enforcement and international relocation
• Medico legal issues: head injuries, fractures, factitious illness abuse, sexual abuse, and consent to medical treatment in relation to children and adults
• Mental health including addiction
• Parentage, surrogacy, assisted conception, and gender recognition
• Competence in legal proceedings of children and adolescents
• Confidentiality, privilege, privacy and disclosure

Although she is best known for her child law practice she continues to practice in divorce, and financial provision for adults (divorce and cohabitees) and children (Schedule 1).  Since 2001 Chambers and Partners legal directory has placed her in an individual starred category as the leading child lawyer. She had previously been in category one for many years. She is also recommended in Legal 500. She was named as Chambers and Partners’ Family Law Silk of the year in 2005, the first year the awards were made.

She is

• A deputy High Court Judge (Family Division) and a Recorder (crime)
• A member of the Family Law Bar Association
• A fellow of the invitation only International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
• A member of the South Eastern and Midland Circuits
• A bencher of Middle Temple

She is a regular lecturer on child law and related topics, most recently for Jordans.  She contributes to Wildblood and Eaton: Financial Provision in Family Matters on the topic of agreements and re-opening consent orders.

Over 60 of her cases have been reported in relation to, inter alia,

• Child protection in particular sex abuse
• Medical treatment
• Removal from the jurisdiction
• International child abduction, enforcement of foreign orders, forum disputes
• Adoption including international adoption
• Schedule 1 Children Act 1989
• Ancillary relief
• Costs