Family law – Public law

Angel Chambers is committed to public law children work; our public law family team is one of the largest in Wales. We are widely recognised as leaders in this field with a large number of highly rated junior counsel appearing in many of the most serious cases across Wales.

We are regularly briefed in all forms of public law proceedings from the FPC to the High Court and appellate courts. We represent parents and children, acting through the Official Solicitor and the Family Court Advisory Service. We are regularly briefed by local authorities seeking specialist advice and representation.

We are able to provide specialist counsel at all levels of experience and seniority.

  • Cases concerning serious allegations of abuse (non-accidental injury, sexual misconduct, emotional abuse)
  • Medico legal cases – declarations on the treatment of adults under disability, life support cases, sterilisation, non-therapeutic surgery, treatment of children
  • Cases involving education issues
  • Cases involving the duties owed to children with disabilities and their carers
  • Adoption and international adoption and cross border removal
  • Injunctive relief
  • Special Guardianship

In addition to these areas we have developed significant and unique expertise in the application of Human Rights within the growing body Welsh legislation. Our team regularly act in cases involving claims for significant sums arising out of breaches of the HRA. We are experienced in representing claimants and public bodies in free-standing human rights claims and in pursuing human rights claims within existing family law or public law proceedings.

Family law – Public law

barristers

Rhys Jones
Rhys Jones - Head of Chambers
Call to the bar: 1998 | Gray’s Inn
Practice areas
  • Family law
Conducts cases in both English and Welsh
Matthew Rees KC
Matthew Rees KC
Call to the bar: 1996 Gray's Inn. | Silk: 2024
Practice areas
  • Family law
Alison Donovan
Alison Donovan
Call to the bar: 1987 | Middle Temple
Practice areas
  • Family law
  • Civil law
Joanna Wood
Joanna Wood
Call to the bar: 1989 | Inner Temple
Practice areas
  • Family law
Dominic Boothroyd
Dominic Boothroyd
Call to the bar: 1991 | Inner Temple
Practice areas
  • Family law
  • Civil law
Sharon James
Sharon James
Call to the bar: 1995 | Gray’s Inn
Practice areas
  • Family law
Conducts cases in both English and Welsh
Susan Jenkins
Susan Jenkins
Call to the bar: 1998 | Gray’s Inn
Practice areas
Cennydd Richards
Cennydd Richards
Call to the bar: 1999 | Gray’s Inn
Practice areas
  • Family law
Conducts cases in both English and Welsh
Glenda Owen
Glenda Owen
Call to the bar: 2002 | Gray’s Inn
Practice areas
  • Family law
Conducts cases in both English and Welsh
Lucy Leader
Lucy Leader
Call to the bar: 2002 | Lincoln’s Inn
Practice areas
  • Family law
  • Civil law
Clare Templeman
Clare Templeman
Call to the bar: 2004 | Inner Temple
Practice areas
  • Family law
Simon Stephenson
Simon Stephenson
Call to the bar: 2005 | Inner Temple
Practice areas
  • Family law
Laura Leavesley
Laura Leavesley
Call to the bar: 2005 | Inner Temple
Practice areas
  • Family law
Iain Alba
Call to the bar: 2006 | Inner Temple
Practice areas
  • Family law
Kate Smith
Kate Smith
Call to the bar: 2008 | Gray’s Inn
Practice areas
  • Family law
Catrin Jenkins
Catrin Jenkins
Call to the bar: 2010 | Gray’s Inn
Practice areas
  • Family law
Conducts cases in both English and Welsh
Patrick Llewelyn
Patrick Llewelyn
Call to the bar: 2009 | Inner Temple
Practice areas
  • Family law
  • Criminal law
  • Civil law
Sara Lewis
Sara Lewis
Call to the bar: 2013 | Lincoln’s Inn
Practice areas
  • Family law
  • Criminal law
  • Civil law
Luke Lambourne
Call to the bar: 2007 | Lincoln’s Inn
Practice areas
  • Family law
  • Criminal law
  • Civil law
Natasha Davies
Natasha Davies
Call to the bar: 2018 | Gray’s Inn
Practice areas
  • Family law
  • Criminal law
Joanna Wilkins
Joanna Wilkins
Call to the bar: 2019 | Middle Temple
Practice areas
  • Family law
  • Civil law
Kira Evans
Kira Evans
Call to the bar: 2019 | Gray’s Inn
Practice areas
  • Family law
  • Civil law
James McCarthy
James McCarthy
Call to the bar: 2019 | Gray's Inn
Practice areas
  • Family law
  • Civil law
Freddie Lewendon
Freddie Lewendon
Call to the bar: 2019 | Gray's Inn
Practice areas
  • Family law
  • Criminal law
  • Civil law

Door tennants

Susan Campbell QC
Call to bar: 1986 | Silk: 2009
Jeremy Weston QC
Call to bar: 1991 | Silk: 2011