“Alison is a very elegant barrister. She has an impressive way with clients and always puts them at ease. Her presence lends weight to a case, and her judgement and courtroom skills are excellent.”
Legal 500, 2025“Forensically brilliant, she has other advocates and judges eating out of her hand.”
Chambers & Partners, 2025
About
“Forensically outstanding,” Alison has a specific interest in the factually challenging cases of emotional abuse and chronic neglect which can bring significant and enduring impairment to children. Alison has regularly represented parents who present with mental health problems and/or addiction difficulties and believes that, as with all parents, client care coupled with robust advocacy is critically important during one of the most distressing episodes of their life. ‘She always maintains a highly professional manner, focusing solely on the evidence and where it leads. She is highly skilled advocate who takes control of a case and guides the judge, taking them to where they need to be in both cross-examination and in written and oral submissions. She is a first-class leader in whom professional and lay clients can have supreme confidence.’ (Legal 500 UK Bar 2023)
With considerable experience in representing children in complex private law cases Alison has regularly appeared on behalf of NYAS/CAFCASS. Many of her cases include serious allegations of physical, sexual, and emotional abuse. Alison has appeared in a number of relocation cases, both domestic and international and cases which have an international element in them. “She’s extremely experienced, very easy to deal with and both helpful and insightful. Her advocacy skills are very good, and she gets great feedback from guardians.” (Chambers and Partners UK Bar 2023).
Regularly appearing within the Court of Protection, Alison has represented all parties within this jurisdiction. She has appeared in cases which have involved complex factual and legal issues, and which have required a careful and forensic evaluation of those issues to ensure the core principles at the centre of The Mental Capacity Act 2005 have been preserved.
She also has extensive experience within the field of family finance. She has regularly appeared in cases which involve high net worth clients and at all levels of court.
Alison has presented lectures and seminars to in-house legal teams as well as at the Local Government Conference. She is also a regular contributor to Family Law Weekly.
Testimonials
“Alison is a very elegant barrister. She has an impressive way with clients and always puts them at ease. Her presence lends weight to a case, and her judgement and courtroom skills are excellent.” Legal 500, 2025 Ranked: Tier 3
“She is forward-thinking and gets great results for her clients.” Chambers and Partners 2025, Band 3
“Alison Easton is a very impressive advocate, both in terms of her written and oral advocacy.” Chambers and Partners 2025, Band 3
“She invariably looks at the bigger picture and concentrates on how to secure the best possible outcome for her client.” Chambers and Partners 2025, Band 3
“An excellent advocate who knows how to pitch an argument.” Chambers and Partners 2025, Band 3
“A real delight to work with.” Chambers and Partners 2025, Band 3
“Forensically brilliant, she has other advocates and judges eating out of her hand.” Chambers and Partners 2025, Band 3
“Alison is robust yet supremely professional.” Chambers and Partners 2025, Band 3
“A very clear thinker with great economy in her written and oral advocacy. She has encyclopaedic knowledge of the papers and focused attention to the most relevant parts. A real star of the family Bar.” Legal 500, 2024 Ranked: Tier 3
“Alison Easton is very articulate and quick at assessing situations.” Chambers and Partners 2023
“She’s extremely experienced, very easy to deal with and both helpful and insightful. Her advocacy skills are very good and she gets great feedback from guardians.” Chambers and Partners 2023
“Alison is forensically outstanding. She always maintains a highly professional manner, focusing solely on the evidence and where it leads. She is highly skilled advocate who takes control of a case and guides the judge, taking them to where they need to be in both cross-examination and in written and oral submissions.” Legal 500 2023
“She is a first class leader in whom professional and lay clients can have supreme confidence.” Legal 500 2023
Practice Areas
Public Law Children
Private Law Children
International Family Law
Local Authority
Education and Professional Memberships
Birmingham University (LLB Hons)
Inns of Court School of Law
Family Law Bar Association
British Association for Adoption and Fostering
Barmark Committee (Bar Council)
Inner Temple
Cases
In the matter of the Children Act 1989 and in the matter of YC, PC AND KM (Minors)
[2013] EWHC 2336 (Fam)
