Joanne Barnett

APPOINTMENTS
Legal Services Commission Review Panel Board (2000)

TRAINING
Undertaken CPD lectures and training for Local Authority Legal Department and Social Workers

BRIEF PRACTICE HISTORY
London (1989–1993)
Swansea (1993–1999)
Cardiff (1999– Door tenant – 30, Park Place, Cardiff)
Manchester (2011–)

PROFILE
Joanne Barnett commenced her practice in London, undertaking criminal and civil work and moved into family law with the introduction of the Children Act 1989.

She continued to practise in London and later moved to Wales where she remained until recently. She joins chambers with a wealth of knowledge and experience.

She is well respected amongst her peers and has had regular repeat instructions from solicitors with whom she has developed excellent longstanding relationships.

She provides a quality service to both solicitor and client, and believes in being available and contactable to resolve any matters of concern within a short timescale.

Conferences and prehearing planning are regularly a part of her daily schedule. These can be arranged at chambers or at the solicitors offices if preferred.

She digests and analyses facts and has a calm and organised approach to case preparation.

Joanne regularly appears in the County and High Court undertaking Child Care Proceedings, Private Client cases – section 8 applications and financial relief applications.

AREAS OF PRACTICE.

1) Child Care/AdoptionRepresentation of Parents, Grandparents, Local Authority, Official Solicitor and NYAS, and Children’s Guardian on many complex cases.Undertaken perpetrator hearings: injury, bruising, baby shaking (whether underlying metabolic  disorder or not), baby/child murder of one or more children, salt poisoning, factitious illness, serious sexual abuse hearings in both County and High Court. Representing either the Local Authority, parents or the child. Undertaken Local Authority care work for Swansea, Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Monmouthshire, Torfaen, Vale of Glamorgan, Merthyr, Rhondda Cynon Taff , Bridgend,  Neath, Powys County Council and Newport County Council.

2) Cases with an International Element:
Regularly appear in cases where an interpreter is required and cultural beliefs and values need to be respected.
Applications undertaken for relocation/removal from the Jurisdiction e.g Japan, Sweden, New Zealand, Ireland, Poland.
Specialising in pre-hearing advice on any potential planned move/or defence of any move.
Representation of multi-cultural clients and placing the case in a cultural context.

3) Ancillary Relief
Complex, farming and business ancillary relief hearings undertaken, some with foreign elements and hidden assets.

4) Private client divorce: all section
8 applications advised upon and representation provided at Court if required

5) Private adoption applications

6) Education Tribunal Work

7) Judicial Review Applications when connected with care proceedings.

CASES
• Re S [1996] (Split Hearings) 2 FLR 773
• London Borough of Reddidge v Newport City Council [2004] 2 FLR 226
• Re Z [2006] (Parenting Plan:Publicity) 1 FLR 405

PRESCRIBED INFORMATION

Joanne Barnett is a practising barrister, who is regulated by the Bar Standards Board. Details of information held by the BSB about Joanne Barnett can be found here.

Joanne Barnett's clerks will happily provide no obligation quotations for all legal services that she provides. Their contact details can be found here. It is most common for Joanne Barnett to undertake Court and advisory work for a brief fee and refresher fee for each additional hearing day. For advisory work, conferences and/or additional paperwork, it is most commonly charged at an hourly rate where an estimate is given as a maximum amount to be charged, although if preferred fixed fees can be negotiated at the point of instruction. Joanne Barnett typically returns paperwork within 14 days, however professional commitments, complexity and volume of documentation can affect these approximate timescales. If that is the case you will be notified and a new timescale provided.

Joanne Barnett also undertakes Direct Access work. This work is undertaken on a contractual basis agreed between the client and Joanne Barnett's clerks. This is on fixed fee basis for a specific events such as a conference, advisory work, a hearing with additional hearing days (refreshers) or the drafting of specific documents. All work agreed to be undertaken by Joanne Barnett with the fixed fee cost will be clearly outlined in the direct access contract signed by the client and will be payable in full prior to the commencement of the work.