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Sally Beaumont (nee Clayden)

Year of Call:

1999

Education:  

Holmfirth High School, Holmfirth (Head Girl)

Greenhead College, Huddersfield 

Keele University; 2:1 dual Honours in Law and Psychology (LLB)

Inns of Court School of Law, BVC, Very Competent

Concurrent Certificate of Fluency in Japanese

Career:       

Called to the Bar 1999, Lincoln’s Inn

Pupillage at Sovereign Chambers 1999-2000 supervised by David Gordon, Steven Garth and Jane Pye

Member of the North Eastern Circuit

Member of the Family Law Bar Association

Lovaas Behavioural Therapist for Autistic Children

Qualified Counsellor

Languages:

Fluent French and German, Conversational Spanish and Italian, Concurrent Certificate of Fluency in Japanese

Profile:

Sally has been practising in the arena of family law since she started in chambers in 1999, having been supervised throughout the second six months of her pupillage by Jane Pye.

She undertakes all aspects of family work, but deals particularly with serious Care cases involving infant deaths and extreme allegations of sexual and/or physical abuse; having acted both for the Local Authority and for parents. She has carried out a number of cases in the High Court in London, and also has experience of the Court of Appeal.

She has dealt with a large number of Hague Convention and Removal from the Jurisdiction cases and is well versed in the grounds required to allow parents to take their children out of the jurisdiction.

She deals with serious and complicated Private Law matters, including those containing protracted and complicated allegations of Domestic Violence and Implacable hostility.

She has particular expertise when it comes to dealing with clients with extreme Learning Difficulties, Psychological/Personality Disorders, and or child/youth clients because of her background in Psychology, Counselling and Child therapy.

Additionally, she has dealt with a number of cases involving same sex relationships, and is particularly well versed in the case law pertaining to the difficulties faced, both in the area of child care and finances, faced by same sex couples.

She has been involved in a number of high value Ancillary Relief cases involving assets in other jurisdictions, and also conducts “TOLATA” cases on a regular basis.

For further details please contact Claudine Cooper on 0113 245 1841.