Barrister Profile
SUZANNE WALKER
Year of Call: 2007
Main Areas of Practice
Family Law
Biography
Suzanne qualified in 1995, practising as a Barrister from Chambers in England until 2007 before her call to the Bar of Northern Ireland in 2007. Suzanne regularly deals with high value ancillary relief cases before both the High Court and County Court. She also has expertise in all areas of law relating to children under the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995. She regularly acts for parents and children, instructed by the Guardian.
Qualifications
LLB (Hons) 2:1 University of Manchester
Bar Vocational Course (Gray’s Inn, London)
Experience
Suzanne has been a part-time tutor for the Institute of Professional Legal Studies since 2009 in family law and the skills courses. She also undertook Advocacy Tutor Accreditation Training in September 2018. Suzanne is a Committee Member of the Family Bar Association.
Decided Cases
Alwyn; in re (non molestation proceedings by a child) [2009] NIFam 22; 2010 NIJB 170
Publications
Delay in Ancillary Relief cases (Child and Family Law Update) (May 2016)