Holly Hilbourne-Gollop

Holly is experienced in acting for parents, children and members of extended family in all aspects of private law. 

Holly is regularly instructed in cases with issues including: 

• Transfer of living arrangements
• Contact
• Schooling
• Change of name
• Declarations of parentage
• Special guardianship
• Forced Marriage Protection Orders
• Allegations of serious physical and sexual violence
• Allegations of domestic abuse and coercive control 
• Allegations of fictitious induced illnesses
• Alleged parental alienation
• Alleged drug and alcohol misuse
• Internal and external relocation
• Surrogacy and modern families. 

Holly is alive to the significance of her cases and the sensitivities involved, she approaches each case with compassion. Holly aims to provide realistic and pragmatic advice whilst always being prepared to strenuously argue her client’s case. She is known as a robust advocate whose approach and advocacy skills far surpass her level of call. 

Holly’s dual practice in public law provides her with a wealth of experience in a wide-range of serious safeguarding matters. 

Holly likes to be instructed at an early stage in private proceedings to work in partnership with her solicitors and clients throughout the lifetime of a case.

Holly is regularly instructed to represent parents, local authorities, children, and interveners in care proceedings, from the first hearing to contested interim hearings, fact finding hearings and final hearings.

Holly has recently been instructed in cases involving:

• Serious non-accidental injury to children (multiple fractures and brain injury)
• Serious sexual abuse
• Chronic neglect
• Domestic violence
• Contested applications for adoption orders. 

Holly is regularly led by Kings Counsel in complicated multi-day cases and is able to distil and present large quantities of information.