
Dorothea Gartland KC, a barrister at 4PB, is a leading silk and specialist in the law in relation to children.
In public law care proceedings she is instructed on behalf of Local Authorities, parents and most often on behalf of the children through their Children’s Guardian in the most serious types of care proceedings involving allegations of sexual abuse, child sexual exploitation, serious injury and honour based violence. She has a continuing particular interest in questions of the Court’s jurisdiction in public law cases with an international dimension.
Dorothea is a part time Judge on the South Eastern Circuit in Family law, private and public.
She is instructed to appear at all levels of court and has been involved in several cases in the Supreme Court.