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Family: Children - London (Bar)
Individual Editorial
Judith Pepper has experience in all areas of private law family work, but is best known for tackling public law cases representing local authorities, parents and guardians, children, and intervenors. She is often instructed in complex care proceedings involving non-accidental injury, sexual abuse allegations, serious domestic violence, and placement outside the jurisdiction. Pepper also undertakes cases involving vulnerable adults and forced marriage.
Strengths
Her cross-examination of witnesses is excellent. She gets to the heart of the issue quickly and is able to ask difficult questions.
She's very thorough and deals really well with complex police evidence. She always has the ear of the judge.
Judith doesn't miss a trick and doesn't get intimidated - she fights her corner and won't be put off. A barrister with a very clear head, she sees the entire picture when handling cases.