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Fiona Ross (nee Bowden)

Year of Call:

2004

Education:     

Stockport Grammar School, Stockport
University of Edinburgh, MA (Hons) History
University of Cambridge, Certificate in International Business Practice
The College of Law, Chester, PGDL, very competent
Manchester Metropolitan University, BVC, very competent
Awarded a Hardwicke Scholarship from Lincoln’s Inn, 2003

Career:

Awarded Mountbatten Scholarship, 1999
British American Chamber of Commerce, Marketing & Special Events Assistant, New York City, 1999-2000
Finance Professionals, Recruitment Consultant (Investment Banking), London, 2000-2001
Firefly Communications, Public Relations Consultant, London, 2001-2002
Called to the Bar 2004, Lincoln’s Inn
Pupillage at Sovereign Chambers 2004-2005 supervised by Matthew Smith
Freelance tutor for the part-time BVC course at BPP, Leeds

Languages:

Fluent French, Intermediate Spanish, Intermediate German.

Fiona has experience of both Public and Private law proceedings, representing both Applicants and Respondents. She has represented parties in contested contact disputes, residence and prohibited steps orders. She has conducted Finding of Fact Hearings in Private Law cases involving expert evidence, in which there are allegations of violence/sexual abuse. Fiona has also conducted Care Proceedings for various Local Authorities and on behalf of parents for both interim and final hearings. She has represented both Applicants and Respondents in ancillary relief hearings at all stages, covering small to medium size cases. 

Fiona is currently on maternity leave and will return late 2010.

For further details contact Claudine Cooper on 0113 245 1841