Janet Bazley KC

Practice Areas

Janet maintains a broad family law practice, often acting in cases, which change or clarify the law or procedure. She is noted for her mastery of her papers, her clear strategic thinking and her exceptional client care.

Janet’s work in private law children field includes a wide variety of disputes about the welfare of children, involving internal and international relocation, specific issues regarding schooling and issues arising where parents cannot agree about their child receiving medical treatment. Other cases involve private adoption and modern families, including surrogacy, most recently the ground-breaking case of Re Z (Surrogacy: Step parent adoption) [2024] EWFC 20.

In the public law children field, Janet’s cases involve complex medical/mental health issues or issues which are part of the reserved jurisdiction of the High Court.

Janet undertakes the full range of finance work including international cases, applications under Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989 and nuptial agreements. Recently, she was successful in an application in the Chancery Division to transfer proceedings to the Family Division of the High Court.

Janet is an IFLA accredited arbitrator with considerable experience of undertaking arbitrations in both children and financial cases and acts as moderator for the written paper for assessment of arbitrators being trained under the IFLA scheme. Also undertakes other forms of dispute resolution, including mediation, private FDRs and Early Neutral Evaluation.

Janet sits part-time as a Judge.

Career

Year of Call 1980

Year of Silk 2006

Recorder (criminal jurisdiction): 2000 (family and civil): 2002

Professional Memberships

ALC

CoPBA

FLBA

Resolution