Family Law
Simone has vast experience with disputes relating to complex child arrangements, domestic and sexual abuse allegations as well as parental alienation. She also accepts instructions for occupation and non molestation orders. Simone is proficient in matrimonial finance cases as well as property trusts disputes.
Simone is a Lincoln's Inn Ethics and Advocacy Tutor to Bar and Pupil Students. She is regularly asked to provide in-house training to junior solicitors and paralegals on best practices for preparing cases from instructions to final hearings.
Caribbean Law
Simone is a practising Attorney at Law in various islands in the Caribbean. In 2017, during completion of her Post Graduate Certificate of Legal Education from the Norman Manley Law School, University of West Indies, she trained with the esteemed Lord Anthony Gifford KC, a Jamaican based Attorney at Law.
Simone has a thriving Caribbean practice and accepts instructions to represent overseas clients with issues arising from breaches of Attorney’s professional ethics, constitutional laws, Inheritance Act and land dispute transactions. Please see below cases where she was leading Counsel and led by Queen’s Counsel.
Simone has an extensive Caribbean practice and can be instructed to provide local Caribbean expert reports for local authorities and private indviduals on reciprocal laws throughout the Caribbean in family, property, inheritance and other areas of law by request. She provides seminars to solicitors across England and Wales on the law and procedure for dealing with reciprocal cross-jurisdiction Caribbean matters.
Regulatory & Disciplinary Law
Simone provides representation of prisoners at adjudications and Parole Board Hearings with a broad exposure to sensitive matters touching on misconduct, human rights, discrimination, civil actions against the police and prison governors and the Ministry of Justice. Simone can also be instructed to draft and settle pleadings and applications for defendants.
Professional Discipline Simone has experience in misconduct hearings for professionals facing disciplinary hearings and accepts instructions in both gross misconduct hearings and accelerated hearings. She presently assists as a Case Presenter for the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
Inquests In addition to her early career experience in civil actions against the MOJ and deaths in police custody, Simone accepts instructions to appear on behalf of interested parties in inquests and pre inquest review hearings
Recent inquests include: LJ [2024] – acted on behalf of a bereaved Mother in a case of a premature baby death following discharge from an NHS Trust.
Memberships & Advisory
- Resolution
- Family Law Bar Association
- Institute of Regulation
- Commonwealth Lawyers Association
- Bar Admissions
- 2017 Jamaica, Barbados
- 2018 St Kitts & Nevis
- 2019 Guyana
- 2021 St Lucia
- 2022 Antigua, Grenada
Case Profile
- Kelroy Hazel v AG of St. Kitts
- Williams V AG of St. Kitts
- Claim No.SKBHCV2019/0132
- Crossley & Thomas v AG of St Kitts & Nevis
- Claim No. SKBHCV201
- Hortswood v AG of St Kitts & Nevis
- Claim No. SKBHCV2016/0134
Publications
- The Windrush Scandal: A Review of Citizenship, Belonging and Justice in the United Kingdom
- Doing legal business in the Commonwealth Caribbean
- Idyllic antidote to Covid blues?
Testimonials
From the first phone conversation where your calm voice, well, calmed me down, I knew everything was going to be alright. I am really glad you were there with me today, I really appreciate how you dealt with things and resolved things without the need for a full hearing. I would definitely recommend you! An Innovative barrister highly effective at developing creative case strategies and writing persuasive briefs. Confident in high level research and excellent use of winning techniques and preparation to ensure success in her cases & court hearings I just wanted to send you a message to say a huge thank you for your work and time on Thursday. You made me feel so calm and in control in a very traumatic situation. You are fantastic at your job and I feel so lucky to have had you in that court room with me.
Privacy Notice
This privacy notice explains how, why and for how long Simone Bowman will process or retain your personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
If Simone has been instructed by you, your litigation friend, your solicitor or agent, or through a pro bono referral, it is necessary to process your personal data in order to provide legal services. This may include advising on the prospects of litigation, advising on the value of a claim, representation at hearings or trial, and reviewing legal issues or evidence.
Recipients of your data
Depending on the nature of your case, data may be shared with courts and tribunals, your solicitors or agents, witnesses, experts, other legal representatives, ombudsmen or regulators, education and examining bodies, and current, past or prospective employers.
Special categories of data
Some matters require processing special category personal data, including information about health, ethnicity, religion, trade union membership, political beliefs, sexual orientation, or criminal allegations and convictions. Such data will only be processed where necessary to represent you or advise on your claim.
Retention
Your personal data will be retained for no longer than necessary and, where possible, anonymised. In general, records relating to cases are retained for at least six years to comply with professional obligations under the Bar Code of Conduct and tax record-keeping obligations.
Once your case has concluded and any fees have been paid, only the personal data necessary for regulatory compliance, conflict checking, defence of complaints or fee disputes, and reference in future similar cases will be retained.
Your rights
You may request confirmation that your personal data is being processed, request a copy of that data, request rectification of inaccurate data, object to certain processing, request restriction of processing, or request erasure where the GDPR permits it. Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time, although doing so may mean Simone can no longer provide the legal services requested.
Security
Appropriate physical and technical measures are taken to safeguard your personal data and prevent unauthorised access, accidental loss, misuse or disclosure.
Complaints or queries
If you have any questions about this privacy notice, or how your personal data is used, please email clerking@thebarristergroup.co.uk or the clerks at clerking@thebarristergroup.co.uk, or call 01823 247 247.
You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). Further information is available at ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/.
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