Family Law

Gemma studied English at Cambridge University, graduating in 1990. She subsequently undertook the Common Professional Examination in Law at the University of Westminster, followed by Bar Finals at the Inns of Court School of Law. She was called to the Bar in 1994. She has always had an interest in care proceedings since pupillage and has specialized for some time in that area of family law. She has represented local authorities, parents, children, interveners, other family members, Guardians as well as foster carers and adopters. She has presented several seminars on this area of law, both locally and in London.

Dr Jaime Craig is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Expert Witness in the family courts and was previously a Service Lead inSpecialist CAMHS. He is the Child Mental Health Specialist Member of the FamilyJustice Council, past-chair of the British Psychological Society’s Faculty of Children, Young People and their Families and co-author of ‘Psychologists as Expert Witnesses in the Family Courts in England and Wales: Standards, competencies and expectations Guidance from the Family Justice Council and theBritish Psychological Society 2016’.