Helen Pomeroy
Call 2012
Chambers & Partners, 2024
Helen is a specialist family practitioner who maintains a deliberate balance in her practice between financial remedies proceedings and private law children disputes and she is ranked in Chambers and Partners in both their Matrimonial Finance and Children categories. She is regularly instructed as junior to a leading silk as well as in her own right.
Helen lectures in this and other jurisdictions, namely Jersey and the Channel Islands, and is a contributing editor to Atkins Family Law forms.
Helen acts in financial remedies proceedings for both married and unmarried parties and her practice includes cases with high profile individuals, complicated factual issues and high value assets within complicated trust or corporate structures.
In cases concerning the welfare of children, Helen’s practice often involves serious allegations of violence, sexual offences, applications for both international and internal relocation, parental alienation and intractable contact disputes.
Helen acts in financial remedies proceedings for both married and unmarried parties and her practice includes cases with high profile individuals, complicated factual issues and high value assets within complicated trust or corporate structures.
In cases concerning the welfare of children, Helen’s practice often involves serious allegations of violence, sexual offences, applications for both international and internal relocation, parental alienation and intractable contact disputes.
Reputation & Awards
“A powerful advocate who is exceptionally intelligent, hard-working and pragmatic. She has that rare ability to make clients feel instantly at ease.”
Chambers & Partners, 2024
“Helen Pomeroy is a powerful advocate who is exceptionally intelligent, hard-working and pragmatic. She has that rare ability to make clients feel instantly at ease.” – Chambers & Partners, 2024
“Helen adapts her knowledge, skill and ability to the client and situation. She can consider issues from an alternative viewpoint and encourage matters to be seen in a different way.” – Chambers & Partners, 2024
“Helen Pomeroy is fantastic and a very popular junior. She’s hard-working and always available to discuss issues. She pays good attention to detail and her advocacy is always on point.” – Chambers & Partners, 2023
“Helen is a strong and tenacious advocate who works well both in court and with clients. Her knowledge and understanding of the law is profound.” – Chambers & Partners, 2023
Recent Cases
Re O (Children) (Privilege against self-incrimination) [2023] EWFC 14
Harrington v Harrington [2020] EWFC 99
Harrington v Harrington [2019] EWFC 85
X v Y (Permission to Appeal) [2019] EWHC 1713 (Fam)
Awards and Scholarships
Inner Temple Princess Royal Scholarship
Inner Temple Award for Performance on the BPTC
Overall winner of the Inter-Inn Mooting Competition
Full academic scholarship to attend the European Universities Debating Championship, Allen and Overy British Parliamentary Competition winner (University of Leeds)
Education
University of Leeds: BA(Hons) Philosophy and Politics (First Class); LLM Master of Laws
City Law School, London: Bar Professional Training Course (Outstanding)
Professional Memberships
Member of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple
Publications
Contributor to the 2017 issue of Atkin’s Court Forms, Family: Financial Remedies
Contributor to the 2016 issue of Atkin’s Court Forms, Family: Relationships and their Breakdown
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