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Felicia advises on all aspects of private family law and has a particular specialism in international children law. She represents clients in a wide range of complex family law matters relating to children, including leave to remove and abduction cases, wardship, residence and contact issues. Felicia was ‘Highly Commended’ at the Family Law Awards in 2023 and 2024 consecutively and has been consistently recognised in Legal 500 rankings in 2022, 2025 and 2026.
Expertise
Felicia advises on a wide spectrum of complex children cases, both domestic and international. Her expertise covers parental child abduction (Hague and non-Hague), leave to remove, wardship, residence and contact issues, as well as applications to obtain or terminate parental responsibility. Felicia also has extensive experience in matters involving welfare concerns, domestic abuse, coercive control and/or alienating behaviours. She has assisted parents in obtaining injunctions and protective orders, including non-molestation orders, prohibited steps orders and occupation orders.
Felicia’s experience also extends to cases within the Child-Focused Courts, giving her first-hand experience of the developing approach to private children proceedings and the increased emphasis on resolving disputes in a way that places welfare of the child at the forefront.
In addition, Felicia works on complex and high value financial matters for separating and unmarried couples following family breakdown.
A member of the department’s Professional Practices Group, Felicia frequently acts for professional clients in relation to both children and financial issues.
Felicia has an unwavering desire to achieve the best possible outcome for her clients. Felicia has extensive experience working with and supporting vulnerable clients, having received specialist training from accredited organisations and practitioners.
Recognition
- “An excellent Associate. A star in the making” – Legal 500, 2026
- “She is empathetic, well spoken and extremely bright. I believe Felicia has all the necessarily skills to become one of the best English solicitors of her generation…I couldn’t thank her and recommend her enough” – Client testimonial, 2026
- At one year qualified, Felicia was recognised in the Legal 500 rankings as a ‘Recommended Lawyer’ in 2022
- Felicia was shortlisted for the ‘YRes Rising Star’ 2023 at the Resolution Awards 2023 and was highly commended for ‘Young Solicitor of the Year’ in the Family Law Awards 2023 and 2024 consecutively
- Felicia was also shortlisted and ‘Highly Commended’ in Family Law Week’s ‘Rising Star’ Award 2025
Publications and media
Appointments include:
- Regular commentary in the Central London Lawyer magazine, The Review magazine and previously, the Yorkshire Post
- Hosting Resolution’s National Yres conferences over five consecutive years, including leading panel discussions on domestic abuse and equality
- Attending international conferences, including with the Barcelona Bar Association
- Co-Chair of the National Yres Committee.
Experience
- Acted in a number of ground-breaking cases involving novel points of law in the High Court and the Court of Appeal, including:
- Z v Z [2023] EWHC 1673 (Fam)
- P (Children: Disclosure) [2022]
- T v T and Ors (Inchoate Rights of Custody) [2021]
- P v P (Divorce: Jurisdiction) [2021]
- Assisted in a child-related end-of-life case in the European Court of Human Rights.
- Experience of cases within the Child-Focused Courts, including cases involving extensive and complex welfare and safeguarding issues.
- Acted for both applicants and respondents in contested relocation proceedings, including international relocations to Germany, Brazil and Abu Dhabi, and internal relocation cases within the UK.
Career
Felicia graduated from the University of Sheffield with a First Class Honours Degree in Politics and Philosophy. She completed the Graduate Diploma in Law and the Legal Practice Course with a distinction at the University of Law in London. Felicia completed her training contract at a leading Tier 1 family law firm in London where she qualified in September 2021, before joining Stewarts in May 2023.
Accreditations and memberships
- Co-Chair of Resolution’s National Yres Committee and active member of Resolution
- Former Co-Chair of the Westminster and Holborn Law Society’s Junior Lawyer’s division
- Member of the Association of Lawyers for Children
- Member of the Child Abduction Lawyers Association
- Registered expert of the ‘Careful child relocation’ group.
Personal
Outside of work, Felicia enjoys exploring the Yorkshire countryside, travelling and regularly returning to London, where she began her legal career and retains strong ties. She has been a keen pianist since childhood and is passionate about supporting charitable initiatives that make a difference to children and young people, particularly those affected by homelessness or living in refuge.
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