Family law barrister joins 9 St John Street

Sandi Pope, a family law specialist, has joined 9 St John Street after spending the last six months as a judge in the mental health tribunal, presiding over multiple remote hearings.

Pope acts in both Children Act matters and financial remedy proceedings. In care and private law proceedings she is instructed by local authorities, parents, grandparents and guardians alike, the set said.

It added: “She has considerable experience in complex and difficult cases. Sandi has acted in multiple cases where there has been near fatal non-accidental injuries; cases that have been extremely legally complex involving international law and intractable disputes.”

Pope also has a specific expertise in mental health and often represents vulnerable adults and children.

She was appointed as a part time mental health judge in 2019.

Popoe also assists a popular television soap opera on their family law story lines and she sits as a panelist for inns of court scholarship interviews for prospective barristers.