Dominic’s practice encompasses all aspects of chancery law with a particular focus on real property, and wills, probate and trusts.Dominic’s property practice covers disputes concerning adverse possession, easements, boundaries and covenants as well as disputes over co-ownership of land and claims under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996, and claims involving proprietary estoppel. He has a great deal of experience in the various property tribunals, in particular the Land Registration Division of the Property Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal, being the author of a book about the previous incarnation of the tribunal, the Adjudicator to HM Land Registry (published by Bloomsbury in 2013). Dominic also undertakes the full spectrum of commercial and residential landlord and tenant work.On the probate side Dominic’s practice includes disputes over the validity of wills, applications for removal or substitution of personal representatives, rectification claims, claims for the restitution of estate property and solemn form probate claims, and claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975. Dominic has also undertaken drafting work in the field of wills and probate. Dominic has experience with claims in the Court of Protection.Dominic also undertakes a range of commercial work, including contractual and tortious claims, sale of goods, debt, and claims for return of goods.Dominic regularly presents seminars on matters falling within his areas of specialty and his happy to discuss the provision of in-house training. Dominic recently took part in a day-long seminar dealing with all aspects of agricultural law.

<p class="s9" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 6.0pt 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black;">Julia is joint Head of the Family Team at Parklane Plowden Chambers. Specialising in family law for over 30 years, she practises across the full range of financial remedy and private law children work, with a considerable record of success in contested cases and a fearsome reputation for cross-examination and for uncovering concealed assets. She is consistently highly ranked in Chambers and Partners and The Legal 500.</span></p> <p class="s9" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 6.0pt 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black;">Julia is a qualified arbitrator in both financial remedies and children law (MCIArb, IFLA), an experienced private FDR judge and early neutral evaluator, and a Pathfinder Programme trainer. She accepts instructions via chambers and under the Public Access scheme.</span></p> <p class="s9" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 6.0pt 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black;">She is increasingly instructed in cases where artificial intelligence, technology and digital assets are in issue - deepfakes, AI-generated documents, fabricated messages, hallucinated material, cryptocurrency holdings, and complex digital - native business structures.</span></p> <p class="s7" style="margin: 9.0pt 0cm 6.0pt 0cm;"><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black;">Artificial Intelligence, Technology &amp; Digital Evidence</span></b></p> <p class="s9" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 6.0pt 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black;">Julia is at the forefront of the family Bar’s response to artificial intelligence. Her practice spans the intersection of family law and emerging technology: she advises on the disclosure, valuation and division of crypto assets in financial remedies proceedings; the role of AI-generated evidence in children proceedings and fact-finding; and the forensic analysis of fabricated digital material in high-conflict cases. She has particular expertise in cases involving high-net-worth individuals, tech entrepreneurs, and those with significant holdings in digital currencies, online businesses and technology-dependant assets. </span></p> <p class="s9" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 6.0pt 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black;">She is instructed and advises in cases involving deepfaked recordings, AI-generated documents and images, fabricated messages, and hallucinated or fictitious material, working with forensic experts to test authenticity. She writes and speaks widely on AI and family justice – her publications include ‘Demystifying AI for Barristers’ – and delivers bespoke training for solicitors’ firms and legal organisations.</span></p> <p class="s9" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 6.0pt 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black;">She is an in-demand speaker and trainer on AI and the family justice system, and regularly contributes to legal publications on technology issues in family practice. </span></p> <p class="s7" style="margin: 9.0pt 0cm 6.0pt 0cm;"><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black;">Forthcoming</span></b></p> <p class="s10" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 6.0pt 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black;">Speaker on the 8th September 2026 - at the Centre for Child and Family Law Reform (CCFLR) debate "Bring back Calderbank offers in financial remedy proceedings" with Julia Nelson for the motion and Nikki Saxton KC against. </span></p> <span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black;">20th October 2026 - Northern Resolve launch event, Mills &amp; Reeve, Leeds. Julia is a founding member of Norther Resolve, which brings family mediation and family arbitration together as complementary parts of one process. Julia is on the panel and taking questions submitted in advance.</span> <p class="s10" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 6.0pt 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black;">6th November 2026 - Northern Lights Conference. "Am I in a movie? AI and the family law through the camera lens", presented with James Evans, covering AI hallucination in litigation, AI-generated and manufactured evidence, and the regulatory framework. </span></p> <p class="s10" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 6.0pt 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black;">Julia will also be appearing in His Honour Stephen Wildblood KC’s latest play, ‘Would You Care’.</span></p> <p class="s10" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 6.0pt 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black;">Pathfinder training delivered to more than 150 legal professionals nationally, and the Pathfinder expansion event in Newcastle in 2026. </span></p> <p class="s9" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 6.0pt 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: black;">Before joining Parklane Plowden in 2004, Julia practised in crime and family at Broadway House Chambers, including high-profile murder and manslaughter trials, and she formerly headed chambers’ Court of Protection team. Outside chambers she is an experienced actress, a keen yoga practitioner, gardener, accomplished cook, and a previous winner of ‘Come Dine with Me’.</span></p>

May is a specialist employment law barrister. She is listed as a Rising Star in the Legal 500 and Up-and-Coming in Chambers &amp; Partners. She is described as 'excellent in court' and her submissions as 'exceptional'. Recent clients include Asda, Network Rail, Sky, and numerous NHS Trusts.May regularly appears in the Employment Tribunal for both preliminary and final hearings. She has significant experience with multi-day final hearings, substantive preliminary hearings, and remedy hearings. May has particular expertise in cases involving healthcare and public sector clients, including the NHS, as she completed a secondment at a leading solicitors' firm working almost exclusively with such clients, and has frequently represented such clients in the Tribunals since then. Recent work includes: <ul> <li> A 10-day disability discrimination case for a national telecommunications company;</li> <li> A 5-day disability discrimination case for the NHS;</li> <li> A 1-day preliminary hearing on employment status for a dental surgery;</li> <li> A 4-day race discrimination and unfair dismissal case for a national retailer;</li> <li> A 2-day remedy hearing where she successfully argued for re-engagement and back-pay.</li> </ul> &nbsp;<span style="font-size: 1rem;">May welcomes instructions to draft Grounds of Complaint and Grounds of Response. She regularly advises on liability in employment law matters and prides herself on her quick turnaround time for employment papers. </span>May has written for the ELA's Employment Law Briefing. She is happy to, and regularly does, provide training talks on employment law issues. She also accepts instructions to provide mock tribunals.In February 2025, May was appointed to the Attorney General's panel of regional counsel.

Justin is a high value and complex personal injury and clinical negligence specialist.Throughout his practice Justin has undertaken housing litigation, acting predominantly for social landlords and local authorities. He continues to cover all areas of social housing litigation and related housing prosecutions. He has extensive expertise in possession and injunction cases, disrepair claims, homelessness and housing related judicial review proceedings.He also undertakes negligence claims of a more general nature on behalf of a large statutory undertaker, which has included defending a group action in a high court action arising from airborne pollution of a large residential area.Justin was appointed a Deputy District Judge (Civil) in 2015.

Clare has many years of experience in all aspects of family law, and is recommended by the <em>Legal 500</em> as “meticulous and pragmatic”. She has been involved in many of the most contentious and complex High Court level and Court of Appeal cases dealt with on the NE circuit in recent years, including cases attracting national media attention.Clients include Local Authorities, parents and relatives, interveners and CAFCASS (formerly both Guardians whether this is public law or private law and the Official Solicitor).  She has particular experience in representing clients under a disability (minors, teenage mothers and patients).Clare uses her exemplary client and solicitor care skills to put clients at ease without losing sight of the main issues. She is an excellent and experienced advocate, who regularly leads other advocates including appearances where others are being led by QC and is passionate about human rights and believes in justice for all.Clare brings a dynamic and no-nonsense attitude to her work, meticulous preparation empathy and compassion, tactical and legal insight and tenacity all of which she utilises in presenting her client’s case in the most positive terms.Clare is head of the Public Law Team.

Louise is a highly regarded specialist family law practitioner, practising in public and private law children work. She  is one of the leading juniors practising on the North Eastern Circuit in this field, being given the distinction of a Band 1 rating in the 2020 Chambers and Partners Guide.Louise is frequently instructed in care proceedings concerning allegations of serious non accidental injury and sexual abuse, often in the High Court. She is skilled at representing parties within complex and intractable private law disputes.Further, Louise is noted as a specialist nationally on the forced marriage legislation. She co-authored a well recognised practitioners guide to the Forced Marriage Act, contributed a chapter to a leading international law publication and has been invited on a number of occasions to speak on LBC radio on this topic.Louise was appointed a Recorder sitting in family law in 2012, then only 35 years of age.Louise accepts instructions on a direct access basis.

Maxine has developed a specialist family practice and accepts a broad range of instructions on matters relating to children in both public and private law proceedings. She is a highly regarded advocate and recently received recognition in <em>Chambers &amp; Partners 2022</em> as a growing expert in children law matters.Maxine prides herself on her client-centred approach, both with the lay client and the professional client. She always ensures the lay client fully understands the process before a hearing and the outcome following it. She is able to offer a tenacious and dynamic advocacy style, combined with empathy and compassion in order to achieve the best result for her client.As a hard-working and approachable advocate, Maxine maintains a high-quality service throughout her involvement.

Nathaniel is joint Head of the Family team. Nathaniel is a specialist family practitioner and accepts instructions in all areas of Family Law, with a particular emphasis on matters involving children. He is experienced in public and private children work and has a workload comprising of cases at all levels - from the relatively straightforward to those of the utmost seriousness and complexity.Nathaniel prides himself on his personable and realistic approach. He is recognised in the <em>Chambers and Partners</em> and<em> Legal 500</em> directories.

Nicola Phillipson TEP’s practice encompasses all aspects of contentious and non‑contentious probate work, claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, trusts matters, and Property and Affairs work within the Court of Protection.Nicola is a full member of STEP (TEP) and is recognised as an expert in her fields in both Chambers and Partners 2021 and The Legal 500. She is also the author of A Practical Guide to the Law in Relation to Control of the Body after Death and A Practical Guide to the Law in Relation to Presumption of Death and Guardianship Orders.

Gareth specialises in employment and clinical negligence.<em>Legal 500</em> identifies him as an 'excellent advocate.' and 'clear, measured and effective'Recent examples of his employment practice include successfully pursuing a group action concerning post-termination clauses for a national employer, successful defence of an unfair dismissal claim by a teacher accused of striking a pupil and settlement on behalf of an employee dismissed for illicit drug consumption. Gareth has represented both employees and employers in all types of discrimination claims, and has particular experience acting for NHS Trusts and medical institutions.Recent examples of his clinical negligence practice includes settlements arising from failure to diagnose optic nerve damage in a 100 year-old client, mis-diagnosis of an ectopic pregnancy and failure to diagnose appendicitis in a child, leading to lifelong fertility complications. Gareth acts predominantly for Claimants, but has also drafted Defences, acted in interlocutory hearings and advised in conference for NHS Trusts and private medical institutions.Gareth has acted in the Employment Tribunal, EAT, County Court and High Court.Gareth is a visiting Lecturer at BPP University and an Accredited Investigator.Gareth has practised in Toronto, Canada as a member of the Law Society of Ontario and is able to assist in matters touching on that jurisdiction.Gareth sits as a Fee-Paid Judge in the Employment Tribunal.