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Toni Wharton

Year of Call:

2003

Education and Scholarships: 

Frodsham High School, Frodsham, Cheshire
Winstanley Sixth Form College, Wigan
University of Northumbria, LLB (Hons) 1st Class
University of Northumbria, BVC Exemption, equivalent to outstanding 
Queen Mother Scholarship, Middle Temple, 2002
Blackstone Entrance Exhibition, Middle Temple 2002
Certificate of Honour for Achievements at the BVC, Middle Temple, 2003
Harold G. Fox Scholarship, Middle Temple, 2003

Career:

Called to the Bar 2003, Middle Temple
Harold G. Fox Scholar at McCarthy Tetrault and Markson & McDonald Litigation Depts, Toronto 2003-2004
Casework Manager – Independent Police Complaints Commission, (“IPCC”), Manchester 2004-2005
Pupillage at Sovereign Chambers 2005-2006 supervised by David Dixon.
Member of the North Eastern Circuit
Member of the Family Law Bar Association
Member of the Personal Injuries Bar Association

Toni’s pupillage covered a mixed variety of practices and included extensive exposure to family law, including Public and Private Law Proceedings. Since obtaining tenancy Toni has built up a substantial practice in this area.

Toni has experience of representing both Applicants and Repondents in Private Law Proceedings. She has represented parties in Injunction and Committal Proceedings and in applications for Specific Issue Orders and Prohibited Steps Orders. Toni is regularly instructed for contested Contact and Residence disputes and often represents parties in Finding of Fact Hearings involving allegations of domestic violence/abuse.

Toni’s increasing practice in Public Law Proceedings involves Interim Hearings, Finding of Fact Hearings involving serious allegations of neglect and physical, sexual and emotional abuse. Toni has represented parents and Local Authorities in cases involving such issues. Toni has successfully represented parties on many occasions in Final Hearings involving applications for Supervision Orders, Care Orders, Placement, and Special Guardianship Orders. Such hearings have often involved extensive and complex expert and factual evidence.

For further details contact Claudine Cooper on 0113 245 1841.