Carol Hancock

Carol Hancock is a consultant family solicitor specialising in private children law and domestic abuse. She supports clients through child-arrangements proceedings and in obtaining protective orders. Carol offers full  representation as well as fixed-fee consultations and has been recognised by the Legal 500 as an “expert in her field”.

Her practice is informed by her own experience. She is a qualified IDVA and facilitates the VOICE (Victims of Intimate Coercive Experience) programme. As a former teacher, Carol has both a passion for the law and in helping others to understand the process. She created “The Survivor Diaries” to guide survivors through the family court process and she is frequently asked to speak about legal issues relating to domestic abuse and also in respect of her Survivor Story.

Previously, she was in the family team at McCormicks (Harrogate) and was recognised – alongside a colleague – as among the first solicitors in North Yorkshire recommended by the Feminist Law Society for domestic-abuse expertise.”

Practice areas

• Domestic abuse Issues
• Non-molestation Orders
• Occupation Orders
• Private children law
• Enforcement Applications

Interests

In her free time, Carol loves cooking for friends and family. She practices Tai Chi and likes to travel. She adores her pets and all things wildlife.

Education

• The University of Law
• University of Hull – Bachelor of Laws LLB

Recent work

Acting for a parent in a case of domestic abuse and obtaining an order for no contact between the abusive parent and the children until such time as the abusive parent engaged in behaviour change work.

Acting for a parent where abuse had been previously found and the client had undertaken behaviour change work to reestablish spending time with the children.

Acting for a parent experiencing domestic abuse in a same sex relationship and obtaining protective orders and supervised contact as a final order.

Acting for parents experiencing domestic abuse and issues within the arrangements for children in the new ‘Pathfinder Courts’ .