Kristine has been a well-respected Family Law practitioner for over 30 years, having spent 30 years as a solicitor practising mainly in Cheshire. Kristine is known to conduct her cases with tenacity and thoroughness and has an analytic approach and a keen eye for material detail.

Kristine has a calm manner giving much reassurance to clients and assisting them to give their best at a very stressful time in their lives. Kristine is proactive and collaborative in her approach to a case. Kristine values fairness within proceedings but is not afraid to tackle difficult issues and give clients frank and realistic advice.

Kristine’s primary areas of practice are Public Law and Private Law Children’s proceedings and related applications.

2020 - Present | Consultant Barrister, Unit Chambers

2022 | Awarded Red Bag

2016 - 2020 | Self-employed Solicitor Agent and Advocate

2011 - 2016 | Head of Care Department at Hall Smith Whittingham, Crewe

2005 - 2011 | Self-employed Solicitor Agent and Advocate

1995 - 2005 | Head of Department and Salaried Partner at Dixons, Winsford

1994 - 1995 | Locum work at Dixons Winsford, Chambers Fletcher Partnership, Northwich and Howell Jones, Llanwrst

1990 - 1994 | Smith Whittingham Solicitors

1988 - 1990 | Bell and Joynson Solicitors

2020 | Year of Call

2008 | University of Chester | Master’s Degree | Business Administration

2002 | Law Society Children Panel accreditation continuously until 2020

(transfer to the Bar)

1990 | Admitted to the role as a Solicitor

1988 | The College of Law (Chester) | Solicitors Final Exam

1986 | Liverpool University | BSc (Hons) | Zoology

FLBA Vulnerable Witness Training Course

Local Authority v D and E [2021] EWFC 114 (06 July 2021)

Member of Gray’s Inn Member of FLBA

Member of the Northern Circuit