Janet Bettle LL B (Lond)

Janet is a University Laureate and Inner Temple Marshall Hall/Duke of Edinburgh Scholar. She is a former University Lecturer who made the move from academia in 1989 and still regularly delivers lectures to professionals on developing areas of the law. She is a co-author of Bettle and Hamey’s Personal Injury Claims in the County Court and has written a number of articles for the academic and professional legal press. An article by Janet on vicarious liability was cited by Lord Clyde in the leading case of Phelps v Hillingdon LBC.

Janet has a very busy practice. She deals extensively with family law, focussing on ancillary relief, children and related matters. She has appeared regularly in the Court of Appeal in recent years, particularly in cases involving the interaction between family law and human rights law.  Whilst Janet has a top-rate academic background, she is very approachable and known for her practical approach to difficult family situations. Whilst Janet is primarily known as a family law specialist, she also has a developing practice in criminal law.

Publications:

Co-author : Bettle and Hamey’s Personal Injury Claims in the County Court

 

"Suing Hospitals Direct: Whose Tort was it Anyhow?" (1987) 137 New LJ 573, referred to in Clerk & Lindsell on Torts, 17th ed (1995), p 445, para 8-63, and by Lord Clyde in Phelps v Hillingdon LBC [2001] 2 AC 619, at 676

Interests:

Janet is a best-selling author of crime fiction, which has been published in several different countries as well as in the UK. In her spare time she is a dedicated musician and plays in a local orchestra.