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Harriet Edmondson

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Harriet Edmondson

 
 
 

Year of Call

1997

Areas of Practice

Cohabitee and Matrimonial Finance

Family and Child Care  

 

Practice Overview

Harriet represents Local Authorities, parents, children and Children’s Guardians at all levels of court including the High Court. She specialises in care work and as such, cases involving non accidental injuries, death, neglect and sexual abuse.

Harriet has a sensible and realistic approach to cases and is particularly proficient and considerate when dealing with difficult and vulnerable clients such as those with learning disabilities, psychiatric or personality/psychological disorders.

Appointments

  • Pupil Supervisor

Memberships

  • Family Law Bar Association
  • Wales Family Justice Association

Education

  • Howells School Llandaff
  • University of Wales, Abersytwyth LL.B (Hons)
  • Inn's Of Court School of Law Bar Vocational Course

Notable and Reported Cases

  • Newport City Council v GW, TW,RL, LW, RH and Children’s Guardian [2006] EWHC 3671 (Fam) – representing an 11 year old boy with learning difficulties accused of sexually abusing a younger child
  • Case concerning issues of possible induced or fabricated illnesses in a baby with a pre-existing kidney condition
  • Recent case concerning issues of child ingesting amphetamine and the effects of cannabis abuse upon children
  • Recent High Court case concerning siblings suffering extreme and long term sexual abuse at the hands of multiple perpetrators and with allegations of child prostitution, generating in excess of 80 lever arch files 
     
 

 

 
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