Joanne Barnett

Private Law Children

Joanne is an IFLA Children Scheme Arbitrator.

She is engaged in significant and complex findings of fact cases involving allegations of physical and sexual abuse with both adult and child complainants, coercive control and parental alienation. Joanne deals with the removal/relocation of children either internally within the UK or from the jurisdiction of England and Wales, either opposing a relocation or succeeding in enabling the party to relocate to other areas (Japan, Poland, Dubai and UAE, USA, Norway, New Zealand, France). She specialises in pre-hearing advice on any potential planned move/or defence against an application to relocate.

Joanne is highly experienced in cases where an interpreter is required. Whether that be with a client or witness or is deaf or has a language barrier. The majority of her cases include representing multicultural and minoritised ethnic clients.

Private Financial

Joanne is qualified under the Financial Scheme as a Financial Arbitrator

She has undertaken cases with:

• hidden assets
• assets held out of the jurisdiction,
• insolvency
• inheritance
• intervenors
• add-back arguments
• company assets with values in the 10’s of millions
• financial conduct is being raised
• Pre-existing agreements and it’s impact within proceedings
• Applications to vary or oppose periodic payments after the final order was made.
• Enforcement whether through non-compliance or post final hearing.

Joanne’s arbitration work can be undertaken as a paper exercise with no need for a hearing.

Arbitration

As per the ever growing need for ADR – Joanne offers representation of parties at an arbitration under the IFLA Children Arbitration and Financial Schemes. She undertakes both Private Children and Financial Arbitration. In some case both issues can be heard at the same hearing providing a holistic and cost saving approach to a family breakdown.

Joanne is also a private FDR judge, working either in person or remotely by video-link, as required.

Joanne has a particular skill in using shuttle negotiation and round-table meetings to reach a settlement without the expense of fully contested court proceedings.

Appointments

Legal Services Commission Review Panel Board (2000)

Children Private Law Arbitrator (2022)

Financial Arbitrator (2023)

Associations

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

Family Law Bar Association

Resolution

Justice

Education

Law, University College of Wales Aberystwyth

Prescribed Information

Joanne Barnett is a practising barrister, who is regulated by the Bar Standards Board. Details of information held by the BSB about Joanne Barnett can be found here.

Joanne Barnett’s clerks will happily provide no obligation quotations for all legal services that she provides. Their contact details can be found here. It is most common for Joanne Barnett to undertake Court and advisory work for a brief fee and refresher fee for each additional hearing day. For advisory work, conferences and/or additional paperwork, it is most commonly charged at an hourly rate where an estimate is given as a maximum amount to be charged, although if preferred fixed fees can be negotiated at the point of instruction. Joanne Barnett typically returns paperwork within 14 days, however professional commitments, complexity and volume of documentation can affect these approximate timescales. If that is the case you will be notified and a new timescale provided.

Joanne Barnett also undertakes Direct Access work. This work is undertaken on a contractual basis, as agreed between the client and Joanne Barnett’s clerks. This is on fixed fee basis for a specific events such as a conference, advisory work, a hearing with additional hearing days (refreshers) or the drafting of specific documents. All work agreed to be undertaken by Joanne Barnett with the fixed fee cost will be clearly outlined in the direct access contract signed by the client and will be payable in full prior to the commencement of the work.