Elizabeth Isaacs KC

Practice Areas

Public Law Children, Private Law Children, Alternative Dispute Resolution

Career

Elizabeth is a specialist child law silk, recorder and Bencher of Lincoln’s Inn. She is a qualified Children’s Arbitrator registered with the Institute of Family Law Arbitrators. She is also a Trustee of the Donor Conception Network.

Elizabeth has a national reputation for a strategic and collaborative approach, excellent advocacy, forensic preparation and is highly regarded for her compassionate style with clients.

Particular interests in public law include child death, serious physical injury, sexual and emotional abuse, fabricated and induced illness (FII), toxicology and poisoning, judicial review, human rights issues, disclosure, public interest immunity (PII) issues, LGBT and Modern Families parenting.

In private law Elizabeth is an expert authority in the development of surrogacy law; she was leading counsel in the groundbreaking cases of Re X (A Child) (Surrogacy: Time Limit) [2014] EWHC 3135 (Fam) and Re Z (A Child) (No 2) [2016] EWHC 1191 (Fam) which led directly to the change in law permitting single people to apply for parental orders. Particular interests include LGBT and Modern Families, surrogacy and fertility law, parental alienation, habitual residence, relocation, disputes about education, religion and medical issues.

Professional Memberships

Family Law Bar Association, LGBT Family Law Institute UK & Ireland, Member of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

Publications

Family Court Practice - contributing editor; Challenging and Defending Local Authority Childcare Decisions: A Practical Guide (2013) (co-author); Social Work Decision Making: A Guide for Child Care Lawyers (2nd ed 2012) (co-author).