Anne was called to the bar in 2018. She completed pupillage and was a tenant at Fenners Chambers, practicing primarily in Family, Property, Housing and Commercial Law. She has previously also practiced in public child, probate, insolvency and crime giving her a wealth of common law experiences to draw upon in both her legal knowledge and advocacy skills.
She appears in the Family Court, County Court and High Court.
She is known for being able to work quickly and efficiently to gain a firm grasp on complicated topics quickly, and analysis the detail effectively. She has an excellent rapport with clients who find her to be hardworking and approachable, but equally will provide pragmatic and grounded advice.
Anne also volunteers for the ARU pro bono advice clinic in Cambridge, including being recognized in the Pro Bono Recognition List 2024. She also regularly appears at ARU and other institutions as a judges for various competitions and similar events.
Property Law and Housing Law
Anne is regularly instructed to represent clients and provide advice in relation to an array of chancery matters including constructive and resulting trusts claims, Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996, commercial property disputes, adverse possession claims, boundary disputes, rights of way and other incorporeal rights and other matters including drafting and interpretation of documents.
She has a wealth of experience in both commercial and residential landlord and tenant and other housing disputes, including trespass, nuisance and anti-social behaviour injunctions. Anne has frequently been instructed by Cambridgeshire Police in relation to anti-social behaviour applications including quasi-criminal matters, and possession proceedings involving local authorities.
She is a member of the Property Bar Association.
Family Law
Finance
Anne specializes in financial remedy cases for a range of clients including modest assets and high net worth. Anne has represented clients at a range of hearings including multi-day final hearings and private FDRS.
She also has experience in TOLATA disputes, including interveners. She also advised previously on pre-nuptial agreements.
She also has experience with enforcement of final orders, including orders for sale.
Private Child
Anne is regularly instructed in private children matters and is used to working with clients from FHDRAs to final hearings. Anne is particularly good at providing frank and pragmatic advice when required, but equally fighting fearlessly for clients. Anne is used to dealing with cases involving serious allegations of domestic abuse and parental alienation.
Family Law Act Applications
Anne has significant experience in applications for non-molestation and occupation orders, both for applicants and respondents. Anne is used to being instructed at short notice, including on the day. She is able to advise clients appropriately regarding concurrent Children Act proceedings and is often instructed for clients on both matters.
Recent Cases:
- C v C (ongoing): Anne is currently representing a Wife in a complex finance remedies matter involving foreign assets and non-disclosure agreement relating to litigation abroad.
- S v S (2025): Anne represented a client at a final hearing involving the other party fraudulently having forged the clients signature on a mortgage and dissipation of assets.
- R v R (2024): Anne represented a Wife at a three day final hearing leading to findings of undisclosed assets abroad against the other party, an award above the client’s opening position and a costs award of circa £25,000.
- Re L (2022) O: represented a Respondent Father at a fact finding, successfully opposing serious allegations from the Mother including allegations of rape.
- Re A (2023): Representation of an Applicant Father on a direct access basis for cross application for enforcement by the Father and variation by the Mother which resulted, although included internal relocation concerns, across three hearings including a final hearing, with Father receiving an increase in contact and all bar one of his proposed amendments to a final order.
- Re E (2023): Represented a Respondent Mother in a final hearing involving unknown reasons for a child presenting with anxiety at contact with her Father. Contact was ultimately reduced and built up again at a more gradual pace.
Direct Access
She is direct access qualified, and regularly accepted instructions from both professional and lay clients. In suitable cases, she can provide client conferences, written advices and representation at court. She accepts public access work across her areas of expertise.
