Family Group Newsletter: Summer 2021 Edition
To view the latest edition of the Family Group Newsletter please click here. Within this update you will find a range of articles including: ‘TT...
Read moreIn financial remedy proceedings Rebecca deals with cases ranging from those dominated by need to those where the assets are substantial or difficult to trace. Rebecca regularly appears for applicants, respondents and interveners at all stages of proceedings, including multi-day final hearings and appeals, under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 and the Civil Partnership Act 2004. She also represents parties in applications pursuant to the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 and applications under Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989.
Rebecca is frequently instructed at pre-issue stage, where focus is primarily upon strategy, settlement and advice as to evidence.
Rebecca has a wide range of experience in family finance matters in cases involving:
- Company valuation and complex company structures
- Fraudulent non-disclosure
- Dissipation of assets
- Assets abroad
- Complex pension assets to include public sector pensions
- The enforcement of consent orders
- The set aside of orders on the grounds of misrepresentation
- Cases involving insolvency
- Farming assets and agricultural issues
Rebecca regularly advises clients in conference, both before and after the issue of proceedings and is able to provide prompt written advice in all areas of family law. Rebecca prides herself on providing realistic and pragmatic advice whist always being prepared to robustly pursue her client’s case. Rebecca is happy to represent clients in all forms of Alternative Dispute Resolution, including arbitrations and private FDRs.
Qualifications
Bar Professional Training Course, Nottingham Law School, 2015
Bachelor of Laws (LLB), University of Birmingham, 2014
Memberships
The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn
Family Law Bar Association
West Midlands Family Law Bar Association
Family Rights Group
Midland Circuit
Midland Circuit Women’s Forum committee member
Resolution. Rebecca sits on the committee of Young Resolution West Midlands as Education Officer.
Reported Cases
Re V and T (Placement application; disabled child) [2022] EWFC 125
Rebecca Cross represented parents with learning difficulties whose child has significant physical and developmental needs. The local authority’s application for a final care order and placement order was successfully resisted.
To read this reported case please click here.
K v L Re M, N [2019] EWFC B50
In private children proceedings Rebecca represented the children, instructed by the National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS), in a case spanning 27 months. The case concerned a finding of parental alienation by one expert of two, and the impact of domestic violence on child arrangements. The court heavily criticised one of the expert witnesses. The proceedings were described by as “about as acrimonious as they get”. To read this reported case, please click here.
Awards/Scholarships
James Crouch (major) Scholar, Gray’s Inn
1st Place, No. 1 High Pavement Plea in Mitigation Competition
3rd Place, Nottingham Law School 50th anniversary essay competition (judged by Lord Saville)
2022 Advanced International Advocacy Course scholar (Keble College, Oxford)
Further Information
Prior to joining the Bar, Rebecca worked in Westminster as a Parliamentary Assistant to a Member of Parliament and thereafter two peers in the House of Lords, working on a wide variety of policy areas including the Armed Forces Bill and the Syrian refugee crisis.
Rebecca was nominated by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association to represent the UK at the 8th Commonwealth Youth Parliament in Victoria, British Colombia in November 2016, an annual event that is held in a different Commonwealth region each year.
Recommendations
Legal 500 2023: “Rebecca is a skilled and persuasive advocate. She is totally dedicated to her clients and achieves fantastic results through her calm and sensible approach. Her preparation is impeccable, with meticulous attention to detail.”
Legal 500 2022: “Rebecca is pragmatic in her approach, realistic, prepared to argue the client’s case strenuously and has a good manner with clients. She’s bright and I think is one to watch for the future in terms of financial remedy as she develops her practice area and takes on bigger cases.”
Privacy Notice
Click here to view the Privacy Notice for Rebecca Cross.