Hilary Lennox is a Leading Junior at 3PB Barristers Chambers, London and is admitted to practise at the Bars of England and Wales, Ireland and Northern Ireland. She worked at a law firm in New York and with the Wisconsin Innocence Project in the United States.

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Hilary has a well-established practice in international human rights and family law, with particular expertise in complex cross-border family disputes. She is regularly instructed in international child abduction proceedings involving both Hague Convention and non-Hague Convention jurisdictions, as well as jurisdictional disputes, international relocation cases and cross-border child protection matters. Her recent work has involved cases concerning Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Spain, South Africa, the United States, Ireland, India, Australia, Nigeria and Liberia.

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Hilary practised exclusively at the Irish Bar for five years. She regularly advises local authorities and other public bodies on the placement of children in Ireland and on cross-border issues arising between the UK and Ireland.

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She is instructed in Forced Marriage and Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) proceedings on behalf of the Metropolitan Police Service, parents and children most recently in cases involving Libya and Afghanistan.

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Hilary has acted in proceedings before the European Court of Human Rights and spent six months working on the Grenfell Tower Inquiry.

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She accepts Direct Access instructions in suitable cases.