Beverly Roberts

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, and tracing Hidden Asserts.

Criminal Law

Her criminal practice encompasses both Defence and Prosecution work. Her expertise includes Gang Rape, Sexual Assault, Downloading of Child Pornography, the Importation, Possession and Supply of Drugs, Armed Robbery, Serious Assault, Money Laundering, (Cell site analysis, Facial Mapping, Hand writing analysis), and Housing and Council Tax Benefit Fraud.

General

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
• Criminal Bar Association
• South Eastern CircuitTraining

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, theatre, the arts, wild life and nature.

Languages

• Afrikaans (Fluent, both reading and writing)