Josephine Garvey
Call: 2022
Josephine Garvey
University of Law (Leeds) BPTC – Very Competent (2021)
University of Law (Leeds), Legal Practice LLM, Distinction (2021)
University of Sheffield, LLB Law (European and International) 2.1 (2019)
Grays Inn
Contact
E: clerks@broadwayhouse.co.uk
T: 01274 722 560 or 0113 246 2600 (Option 2)
Josephine commenced pupillage in September 2023 under the supervision of Nick Power and started Tenancy in September 2024. Her practice is in Family Law and she is accepting instructions in matrimonial finance proceedings, private and public children law and injunction applications.
Reputation
Josephine recently held a Webinar with Nick Power covering Daniels v Walker Applications. Following the success of the Webinar, Josephine and Nick were asked by Family Law (the Lexis Nexis journal), to write an article on the matter.
Expertise
Prior to pupillage, Josephine worked as an assistant legal officer at a West Yorkshire council in their childcare legal department for two years. During this time, she assisted on a wide range of public and private childcare matters, including emergency removal applications, placement order applications and contested adoption matters.
Josephine also worked as a paralegal in a regional solicitors firm in their family department. She assisted on applications for financial relief in matrimonial finance proceedings, injunction applications, private children disputes and international child abduction and child arrangement disputes.
Josephine received a grant from the University of Sheffield with respect to her pro bono work assisting litigants in persons with their court applications and supporting them within court hearings.
Throughout pupillage, Josephine has observed various matters before the family courts across the North-Eastern circuit. Within financial remedy proceedings, Josephine has shadowed on cases from pre-issue, first appointments, FDRs, private FDRs, interim applications, and final hearings. With respect to private children disputes, Josephine has attended alongside a range of practitioners handling first hearings, direction appointments and final hearings. Within care proceedings, Josephine has observed applications for emergency applications for removal, applications for care orders and supervision orders and placement order applications. Josephine has further shadowed senior practitioners on final hearings involving evidence from social workers, ISWs, parents and Guardians. Finally, Josephine has attended contested final hearings under the Family Law Act, for non-molestation and occupation orders.
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