Eleonore Berthelsen

Eleonore has 9 years experience in children law and financial remedy cases. Known for her meticulous  preparation and analytical approach, she is a tenacious advocate who appears before all levels of judge in the Family Court. She regularly gives talk to solicitors and social workers. She has a particular interest in the international and cross-cultural aspects of family law.

Children

As a child law practitioner, Eleonore acts for local authorities, parents, intervenors and children in both private and public law matters. Approachability and a sense for cultural nuance enable her to get the best out of clients. Her ever-growing children law portfolio includes cases featuring:

• Intractable contact disputes
• International relocation
• Domestic violence, neglect and emotional abuse of children
• Sexual violence
• Non-accidental injury
• Fabricated or induced illness
• Deaf parents
• Complex mental health difficulties
• Adoption disruption
• The deaths of children
• Deprivation of liberty. 

She is a member of the Barristers Panel for local authorities in North Wales.

Financial Remedies

Eleonore is regularly instructed in financial remedy and trust matters, an area where she is valued for being persuasive, practical and tough. Her experience includes:

• Representing clients at court from FDA to final hearing
• Advising on settlements
• Orders for interim maintenance, freezing injunctions, legal costs and to set aside transactions
• Disputes relating to inheritance and property acquired post-separation
• The contested ownership of business assets
• Third party interests in matrimonial property
• Applications under TOLATA arising from property disputes between cohabitees.