Natalie Cross

Background

About Natalie Cross

Natalie is a family law specialist. She conducts work at all court levels. She is Public Access trained which enables her to accept instructions direct from clients. Public Law: Natalie represents the local authority, parents and children, and is regularly found representing parents with mental health and learning difficulties, including experience of clients being represented via the Official Solicitor. Her experience includes cases involving non-accidental injuries, allegations of sexual abuse, neglect, domestic abuse, and drug and alcohol misuse. Natalie has experience of all stages of hearing, including interim hearings, multi-day contested final hearings, finding of fact hearings and appeals. Private Law: Natalie undertakes work in private law children matters, from the first hearing through to contested final hearings. This includes cases involving where a child should live, who and how often the child should spend time with a person, and relocation cases both in the United Kingdom and abroad. She represents parents, grandparents and children under FPR rule 16.4, often in complex matters where both parents are litigants in person, and which have included issues such as parental alienation and inter-sibling sexual activity. She is also instructed to represent clients who require injunctive relief, often at urgent hearings.