Scarlett Gilmartin - 7 Harrington Street Chambers

Education & Qualifications

Law with Spanish Ba (Hons) – University of Liverpool (with a year abroad in Córdoba, Spain)

BPTC – BPP Manchester

Family Law Bar Association

Northern Circuit

Lincoln’s Inn Cassel Award Scholar

Area of Expertise

Family Law

Care

In Public Children Act Proceedings, Miss Gilmartin has acted on behalf of parents, the local authority, intervenors, and children through their Children’s Guardian at all stages of public law proceedings. Miss Gilmartin has appeared in a range of urgent hearings, cases management hearings, interim contested removal hearings, finding of fact hearings, issues resolution hearings as well as multi-day final hearings.

Private

Miss Gilmartin conducts all cases relating to Private Children Act matters. She has represented parents, grandparents, special guardians, the local authority and 16.4 Children’s Guardians. Miss Gilmartin has appeared in all stages of private law proceedings from FHDRA through to finding of fact hearings and final hearings.

Miss Gilmartin acts in all cases brought under the Family Law Act 1996 (non-molestation order and occupation order applications).

Finance

Miss Gilmartin acts in ancillary relief proceedings.

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Practice Overview

Miss Gilmartin specialises in family law, she has gained experience across a wide range of family law proceedings, at all levels, up to and including the High Court.

Miss Gilmartin is content to advise in conference in advance of hearings, and give guidance and support to solicitors and clients.

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.