Catherine Jenkins

Practice Areas

Child care law, with a particular emphasis on public law children proceedings, care and adoption.

Advising and representing local authorities, parents and children through their children’s guardian, or older children directly.

Often instructed in highly complex care proceedings involving serious allegations of sexual abuse, inflicted injury, complex medical evidence, or the death of a child or parent.

Also frequently instructed in deprivation of liberty proceedings.

Career

BA (Joint Hons) Keele University, called to the Bar in 1990 (Middle Temple).

At 1GC Family Law since pupillage.

Professional Memberships

Member of the FLBA, Association of Lawyers for Children.

Publications

Contributed to EC Legal Systems An Introductory Guide (Family law England and Wales) Butterworths.

Personal

Interests include Sailing, Theatre and Arsenal Football Club.