Alongside her teaching of family law and advocacy, Zoe is pursuing her research interests in care proceedings. She has a keen interest in mediation and in developing initiatives through the Advice and Resolution Centre to assist individuals with family law issues.
Zoe contributed to the 2016 edition of Rayden and Jackson on Divorce and Family Matters. Outside of teaching, Zoe is a practicing barrister. She undertook pupillage at 4 Paper Buildings, London, where she was a tenant until May 2018. She then worked as an in-house advocate for Manchester City Council in its Children & Families Group before returning to the Bar. She is a tenant at St John's Buildings, Manchester. She has been led in radicalisation cases, two of which are reported: A Local Authority v M & 5 Ors [2017] EWHC 2851 (Fam) and A Local Authority v M & 5 Ors [2016] EWHC 1599 (Fam).
Prior to the Bar, Zoe worked in the Youth, Education & Community Care and Strategic Litigation departments of children’s charity Just for Kids Law, a charity providing legal advice, support and representation to young people. She worked with children and young people on the autistic spectrum, children with learning difficulties and with young offenders.
In her time at JfK Law, Zoe worked on the judicial review proceedings that led to the High Court ruling in R (on the application of C) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department and The Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [2013] EWHC 982 (Admin) that the government’s practice of treating 17-year-olds in detention as adults was unlawful. She has also volunteered as a teaching assistant in a school for boys aged 10-16 with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties.
