Marina Faggionato

Call: 2006

Practice Profile
Marina's practice covers all areas of family law work, both public and private. She has represented clients in a wide variety of cases, at all levels up to and including the Court of Appeal.

Marina has a particular interest in cases with a foreign dimension; she has practical experience of family law in France, obtained during her time with the Parisian law firm Lafarge Associés.

In addition to her family law work, Marina represents parents at the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal.

Reported Cases and Publications
Re R (A Child) [2009] 2 FLR 819. Appeal against residence order in favour of (non-party) grandparents.
Spencer v Spencer [2009] 2 FLR 1416

"Mental Health and Family Law", edited with the Rt Hon Lord Justice Thorpe, Jordans 2010.

Memberships
Family Law Bar Association
Lord Denning Society

Education
Marina read Philosophy Politics and Economics at Somerville College Oxford before completing the CPE and BVC at BPP Law School, and reading for a Masters in Law at University College London.

Marina was awarded Lord Denning and Eastham Scholarships by Lincoln’s Inn, and a bursary from the Pegasus Trust to take part in the Paris Bar Exchange.

Personal
Marina is a native French speaker who enjoys cooking and sailing (and on occasions combining the two).