Vulnerable voices: The use of intermediaries & advocates in family law proceedings

Vulnerable voices: The use of intermediaries & advocates in family law proceedings

Join us online at 5.30 pm on Thursday, 9th October 2025, for our 5SAH family law webinar:

A discussion on the use of intermediaries and advocates in family law proceedings. The session will explain how the services function from the inside, how they operate in practice in the family courts, and how we can best use these resources to optimise the participation of vulnerable parties.

The seminar will comprise a panel-style overview of the differences and interplay between the specialisms, as well as a discussion of the latest case law and guidance, and time for questions.

This webinar is for family law practitioners who want to find out more about how intermediaries and advocates can be used in family law proceedings and how they can make a difference to the parties involved.

Register to join the webinar here.

Speakers:

This will be a panel discussion, chaired by Alexandra Davey, Family Law Barrister at 5 St Andrew's Hill.

Alexandra Davey - Barrister - Family Team - 5 St Andrew's Hill

Alexandra is a busy specialist family law barrister, regularly providing advice and representation at all stages of proceedings involving children (both private and public), domestic abuse, divorce, and financial settlements. Alexandra has extensive experience in the full range of family law matters, and also has the benefit of a background at the criminal bar. Her background and expertise make Alexandra well able to adapt her approach to suit different clients and situations, and she empathises and works patiently to gain her client’s confidence and to protect and promote their interests. Alexandra prepares thoroughly, gives sensitive and realistic advice, and fights her client’s corner tirelessly in court.

Sacha Lee - Dawson Cornwell  

Sacha specialises exclusively in children law cases, especially those that have international elements. Sacha’s practice encompasses the whole spectrum of legal cases pertaining to private and public law children matters. At present, this includes helping parents reach arrangements for their children after separation, international contact, international relocation of children, international child abduction (Hague and non-Hague), recognition and enforcement of foreign orders, international adoption, domestic abuse cases, cases involving very serious allegations, Fact-Finding Hearings, care proceedings and more.

Danielle Marron - Triangle- Intermediary Training Manager

Danielle has a background in Psychology and has experience as a Lecturer. Danielle has been an intermediary with Triangle for 9 years and has experience in working with a wide range of vulnerabilities and age groups, in both family and criminal courts.  Her role is now focused on training and mentoring new intermediaries through Triangles Intermediary Development Programme and supporting the wider team with CPD.

Kat Edwards - Advocate and Manager, The Elfrida Society

Kat has been the Head of Services at The Elfrida Society for over three years and oversees Care Act, health and community advocacy projects, as well as consultation work with supported employees with learning disabilities. In Kat’s time with Elfrida, the Specialist Parental Advocacy Project has doubled in size and now supports parents in 15 London boroughs as well as further afield. Kat has been an advocate for people with learning disabilities for over 20 years and has been a teacher for foster carers and adults with learning disabilities throughout this time. She also has a Masters in Learning Disabilities and runs her own Easy Read company outside of her work at Elfrida.