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Beverly Roberts


Year of call: 1998

 

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Practice Profile

Family Law

Her Family practice encompasses International Movement of Children, Finance and Divorce, Care, Residence and Contact, and Children Act in particular.   She has extensive knowledge and interest in the rights of children in the context of legal proceedings and in the wider society.   

Her expertise includes both Private and Public Law, acting for parents, or the Guardian, International Movement of Children, Child Abduction,  Serious Physical and Sexual Abuse of Children and Women, Children with an extensive history of Emotional Abuse and Neglect, Incest, Child Pornography, cases involving the Downloading of Child Pornography,  and Adoption

In relation to Ancillary Relief matters, she has an excellent grasp of Finances within Divorce.

General

Her criminal practice encompassed both Defence and Prosecution work.  Her expertise included Gang Rape, Sexual Assault, Downloading of Child Pornography, the Importation, Possession and Supply of Drugs, Armed Robbery, Serious Assault, Money Laundering, and Housing and Council Tax Benefit Fraud. 

She has also represented clients at the Immigration Appeals Tribunal, the Employment Tribunal, the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board, in Personal Injury Claims, and in Building Disputes.

Professional memberships

Family Bar Association

South Eastern Circuit

Training

Teachers Advanced Advocacy and gives Advocacy and Family Law Lecturers at Middle Temple to both students and young practitioners

Professional Courses

Human Rights Act 1998

Vulnerable Witnesses

Forensic Accounting

Sexual Offences Act 2003

Expert Witness

International Criminal Courts

Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

 Criminal Justice Act 2003

Criminal Procedure Rules

Serious Sexual Course 2007

Awards

1996: Ede and Ravenscroft Award: ICSL

1996: Middle Temple Scholarship: ICSL  

1984: Student of the year Scholarship: School of Architecture UOFS SA   

Career History (non-legal)

1982-94: ARCHITECT Leslie Jones, London and HLM Architects and the  GTD Partnership, Richmond, Surrey; Witthun and Maree Architects, South Africa and Stauch Vorster Architects, South Africa

Interests

Golf, tennis, scuba diving, skiing (water and snow), horse riding, travel, classical music, opera, (Knows nothing about it but loves it all the same), theatre, the arts, wild life and nature.