Nicholas Bennett
District Judge Sheren Guirguis was appointed on 8th November 2021 to Liverpool Civil and Family Court to sit as a Family District Judge. She is authorised to deal with complex matrimonial finance cases. As a barrister, she practised from Exchange Chambers, Liverpool, dealing with all aspects of family finance, including financial remedy, cohabitee claims and claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act.
Sam Hillas KC is a financial remedy silk at St Johns Buildings based in Liverpool, an Inner Temple Bencher, Attorney General of the Northern Circuit, an FLBA committee member and on the Financial Remedies Journal editorial team. She is a member of the group of practitioners and judges headed by His Honour Stuart Farquhar reporting to the President of the Family Division about aspects of financial remedies practice, including transparency. Sam’s practice takes her up and down the country appearing before courts at all levels and she is well known for her lectures, seminars and podcasts on both financial remedy work and legal practice generally. She is a qualified arbitrator and regularly acts as a private FDR evaluator.
Margaret Parr specialises in family law and has appeared in the Court of Appeal and High Court. She represents parents, children and Local Authorities in care and adoption proceedings. In private law proceedings, Margaret represents parents and children and is experienced in dealing with intractable contact disputes, implacable hostility and international relocation. Margaret acts in ancillary relief proceedings, including those involving pensions and company assets.
