ach220@cam.ac.uk
University Assistant Professor in Family Law
Research centres and interest groups
CV / Biography
Anna is an Assistant Professor in Family Law in the Faculty of Law, and Fellow in Law at Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge.
Her research focuses on the financial consequences of relationship breakdown. She has published on a range of family law issues and is co-author of the Family Law Concentrate revision guide published by OUP. Her current research looks at the financial arrangements reached by separating parents, and how these intersect with childcare responsibilities. As part of this work, she spent time as a visiting researcher at the University of Uppsala in Sweden.
Anna is a case notes editor for the Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law. Anna was previously a solicitor in practice.
Publications
Books
Autonomy, Care and Family Law, 2024)
Publisher:
ISBN 13:
9781509959334
Published Jan 2024
Articles
"Neoliberalism, family law and the devaluation of care" (2021) 48 Journal of Law and Society 386
Citation:
(2021) 48 Journal of Law and Society 386
Published: Sep 2021
"Neoliberal autonomy and financial remedy reform: lessons from Sweden" [2020] Child and Family Law Quarterly 263
Citation:
[2020] Child and Family Law Quarterly 263
Published: Sep 2020
"Causal and temporal connections in financial remedy cases: the meaning of marriage" [2018] Child and Family Law Quarterly 75
Citation:
[2018] Child and Family Law Quarterly 75
Published: Mar 2018
"Pensions on divorce: the lifetime allowance and sharing pensions tax effectively" [2014] 44 Family Law 326
Citation:
[2014] 44 Family Law 326
Published: May 2014
"Norgrove and after: An overview of the Family Justice Review and the government's response" (2012) 34 Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 381
Citation:
(2012) 34 Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 381
Published: Jan 2013
"Scuppering Schofield? The impact of the EU Maintenance Regulation on claims for pension sharing" [2012] 42 Family Law 191
Citation:
[2012] 42 Family Law 191
Published: Feb 2012
"Pondering property rights: the European commission proposals on property regimes for international couples" [2011] IFL 211
Citation:
[2011] IFL 211
Published: Sep 2011
"Consultation document: Bearing good witness - proposals for reforming the delivery of medical expert evidence in family law cases" (2007) 29 Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 151
Citation:
(2007) 29 Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 151
Published: Dec 2007
Book Reviews
prLaw and policy in modern family finance: property division in the 21st century (2020) 42 Journal of Law and Society 274
Published Apr 2020
Case Notes
Haley v Haley: family law arbitration and the new frontier of private ordering (2021) 84 Modern Law Review 1385
Published: Nov 2021
An (un)equal start on the road to independent living: what does fairness mean in big money cases? (2018) 40 Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 362
Published: Jul 2018
Principles for spousal maintenance awards (2015) 37 Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 470
Published: Dec 2015
Step-parent adoption and proportionality (2015) 37 Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 244
Published: Apr 2015
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