I take a great deal of pride in assisting clients to guide them through what can be a very difficult time in their lives and in particular being able to often assist clients in getting them to a place of safety and obtaining the necessary protection as a result of them being a victim of domestic abuse.
Juliette Kilkenny
Legal Executive and Senior Associate
Juliette is a Chartered Legal Executive and Senior Associate in our Family Law Team in York. Juliette joined Crombie Wilkinson in September 2005 and embarked upon her CILEX Training whilst gaining valuable experience in the Family Law Team. Juliette has been a member of Resolution for many years. This requires her to follow the Resolution Code of Practice with the aim of approaching family issues constructively and in a non-inflammatory way.
During her 17 years at Crombie Wilkinson, Juliette has developed positive working relationships with various agencies across York including IDAS and KYRA in order to provide vulnerable victims of Domestic Abuse with advice and assistance in seeking protective court orders and where necessary, on an emergency basis.
Juliette has gained valuable experience in assisting clients through what can be a very traumatic period of their lives, either as a result of the breakdown of their relationship, disagreements regarding arrangements for the child/children of the family or as a result of Local Authority involvement with the family. As such, Juliette is able to demonstrate empathy and offer realistic guidance and advice to achieve the best outcome for her clients.
Juliette is also able to offer client’s flexible funding and billing options to best suit their individual needs which can be discussed in person at the initial appointment. In addition, Juliette represents clients who are eligible for Legal Aid – an assessment of eligibility can be undertaken at the outset of a case.
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Juliette is able to offer a family law service across Yorkshire in varying types of cases including the following:
Acting for Applicants or Respondents in divorce proceedings.
Acting for Applicants or Respondents in Financial Remedy proceedings to achieve a financial settlement upon Divorce.
Acting for Applicants or Respondents in Child Arrangements proceedings in relation to applications about where a child will live and who they will spend time with, including proceedings with complex allegations of harm e.g. domestic abuse, sexual abuse, and parental alienation.
Acting for Applicants or Respondents in Child Arrangements proceedings involving the appointment of a Children’s Guardian, expert assessments and Finding of Fact Hearings including applications for Specific Issue Orders and Prohibited Steps Orders in relation to issues involving re-location, termination of Parental Responsibility, childhood vaccinations and school attendance.
Acting for Applicants or Respondents in proceedings to obtain emergency and contested protective injunctions such as a Non Molestation Order or an Occupation Order. Such applications often include serious allegations of physical, emotional, sexual, financial, psychological abuse or controlling or coercive behaviour.
Acting for parents in care proceedings including proceedings with complex issues such as non-accidental injuries, significant neglect, physical abuse and drug and alcohol issues.
In her own words:
“I take a great deal of pride in assisting clients to guide them through what can be a very difficult time in their lives and in particular being able to often assist clients in getting them to a place of safety and obtaining the necessary protection as a result of them being a victim of domestic abuse”.
Whilst based at our York office, Juliette represents clients across our region. She offers in person appointments at our York office, telephone and video conference appointments. Please contact the family law team at one of our offices most convenient for you – York, Selby, Malton or Pickering - to discuss the legal aid criteria and to undergo means and merits assessments where required.
You can speak to Juliette using the contact details on this profile page or get in touch by completing and submitting our online form and we will bet back to you as soon as possible.
Juliette is supervised by Mark Robinson – Director and joint Head of the Family Law Team.
Juliette’s specialisms include:
- Divorce Proceedings
- Financial Settlements
- Child Arrangements
- Protective Injunctions
- Care Proceedings
Juliette Kilkenny's years of experience
Qualification date: March 2011
Years of experience: 11 years
Juliette undertook a Criminology and Social Policy degree at Hull University graduating with a 2:1 degree in July 2003. She embarked upon her CILEX Training through distance learning whilst working full-time. She qualified as a Chartered Legal Executive in March 2011. Juliette was promoted to an Associate in 2020 and later to a Senior Associate in 2022 as part of our firms Career Progression Programme.
You can connect with Juliette on LinkedIn here.
