Fountain Chambers Family Team
Clerks
Frank Hughes | Family & Civil Clerk
Frank joined Fountain Chambers in September 2019 with the responsibility for Family and Civil Clerking. He brings with him over 30 years of clerking...
Luke Martin | Family & Civil Clerk
Luke joined Chambers through a business administration apprenticeship conducted by Middlesbrough College in 2016. After working with Fountain...
Barristers
Collette Price
Collette has previously been listed in the Legal 500 as a leading junior in family. She has over 20 years’ experience working within Family Law and...
Robert Gilbert
After six years working in criminal, civil and family law Robert chose to leave criminal law and has specialised in civil and family law ever...
Janine Richards
Janine specialises in public law work with a particular interest in cases involving contested medical and psychological evidence. She is experienced...
Sam Faulks
Sam’s practice covers 3 broad jurisdictions: the Crown Court, the Coroner’s Court and financial remedies in the Family Courts. Crime For over 20...
Helen Gamble
Helen was called to the Bar in 1998 after completing her degree at Hull University. She is a member of the Family Law Bar Association and Inner...
Kate Dodds
Kate has extensive experience in both Family and Criminal Law but in the last few years has moved towards a predominantly public law family...
Gillian Kane
Gill was called to the Bar in 2002, having previously worked as a Clinical Psychologist and is the current Head of our Family team. Gill specialises...
Scott Smith
Scott was called to the Bar in July 2003. Prior to that he served in the British Army for over 10 years and was the director of a legal agency. He...
Annabel Beattie
Annabel has been practising at the Bar for over 15 years. Prior to being called to the Bar, Annabel was a solicitor and partner in a large North...
Kevin Ross
Kevin transferred to the Bar in 2014, having practiced for the previous 14 years as a litigation solicitor.His experience as a solicitor included...
Rachel Mangenie
Rachel has a busy practice predominantly in Family Law. Rachel is regularly instructed in Public Law and is experienced in acting for parents and...
Kerry Healey
Kerry studied law at the University of Kent before securing a scholarship to undertake the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) at BPP Holborn....
Hamish Hickey
Hamish has forged a practise underpinned by his perceptiveness and perseverance in providing exceptional advice and representation. His analytical...
Sarah Benson
Sarah transferred to the Bar after practicing family law on Teesside as a Chartered Legal Executive for 12 years. Sarah qualified as a Member of the...
James White
James was called to the Bar in July 2017 and began working within the legal profession as a County Court advocate. He then completed a common law...
Farah Shames
Farah started second-six of pupillage on 27 April 2022 and is available to take instructions in family law. Farah is fluent in both English and...
Nkumbe Ekaney QC
Nkumbe joined us as a door tenant in 2020 having appeared in a number of cases in our local courts. His extensive High Court experience,...
Alan Taylor
As an experienced practitioner, Alan has built a successful Criminal and Regulatory practice. In the last five years, he has transformed his...