Nicola Turner

Year called: 1995

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Education

Call: 1995

Although Miss Turner was called to the Bar in 1995  she spent 10 years working as a solicitor after becoming dual qualified. This has given Miss Turner an added insight into what professional clients need.

Area of Expertise

Family:

  • Both Public & Private Law Child Cases
  • Acting on behalf of local authorities/parent & child/guardian
  • Injunctions
  • Ancillary Relief
  • Domestic Violence
  • Civil Partnerships
  • Matrimonial finance & property distribution
  • Financial redistribution on divorce
  • Committal

Clerked by

Caz Dobson at Caz.Dobson@7HS.co.uk

Or alternatively email Clerks@7HS.co.uk

Practice Overview

Nicola was called to the Bar by the Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn in 1995. She completed her pupillage in London before spending 10 years working as a solicitor solely in the field of family law. She returned to the Bar in 2007 when she joined 7 Harrington Street. She is experienced and practices in all areas of family law and has appeared in family proceedings court, county and High Court.

She has extensive experience of children cases including  public and private law and also injunctions.
In public law, she regularly appears for the Local Authority but also appears for parents, Guardian’s and the Official Solicitor. In private law, she has been involved in many contested disputes between parents about contact and residence, often involving serious allegations of abuse. She also has dealt with cases about schooling and internal/ external relocation cases.

She has many years experience in financial cases as a solicitor and a barrister. This can range from advising at the outset in the hope matters can be resolved without the need of attending court or representing clients at contested final hearings.

Nicola prides herself on providing down to earth, pragmatic advice and hopes to achieve the best outcome for the client in a cost effective way.

Nicola is a member of the Northern Circuit.

She is accredited for direct access instruction

Notable/Recent Cases

  • Acted for the applicant in judicially reviewing the decision of a coroner where, at an inquest, the employer was found to have exposed the deceased to chemicals which caused his death. Led by leading counsel. 
  • Advised an interested person in relation to its response and position to an application for judicial review arising from a death in a care home.
  • Acted for a hospital in relation to the death of a newborn baby in its maternity ward.
  • Acted for the insurers of a driver in relation to a road traffic collision. The case was a rare instance where the coroner had to consider a conclusion of unlawful killing, because of the standard of driving of one of the vehicles.
  • Acted for the healthcare provider in relation to the death of an inmate in prison. The prisoner had committed suicide, and issues included addressing the mental health risk assessments and treatment provided to the prisoner. 
  • Acted for the employee of a specialist children’s cot supply company in an inquest arising from the death of a disabled toddler. Issues around gross negligence manslaughter and tampering with evidence were addressed at the inquest. 
  • Acted for the owner of a farm at an inquest arising from a death on the farmyard.
  • Acted for the owners of a care home in relation to the death of a resident following a fall at the care home. Issues in relation to neglect, risk assessments and adequate care aids being in place were addressed. 
  • In module one, acted as part of the team advising one of the Core Participants at the Covid Inquiry.
  • Was part of the team assisting on a discovery and disclosure exercise in a billion pound High Court action concerning a foreign tax law claim.