Caroline Young

Caroline Young is a Senior Associate, Chartered Legal Executive Litigator (CILEX) and specialist family lawyer based in Clarke Willmott’s Birmingham office.

Caroline advises on all areas of family law, with particular expertise in complex private law children matters. She specialises in high-conflict cases involving allegations of parental alienation, domestic abuse, and harm, as well as disputes concerning child arrangements.

Caroline acts for parents and family members in emotionally complex and sensitive cases, including those involving safeguarding concerns, breakdowns in communication, and entrenched disputes. She regularly advises clients in relation to fact-finding hearings, parental alienation, and contested child arrangements proceedings.

How Caroline can help you

Her experience includes advising and representing clients in matters involving:

• Allegations of parental alienation
• Domestic abuse, including controlling and coercive behaviour
• Addiction-related issues
• Fact-finding hearings
• Child arrangements disputes
• Child relocation applications
• Applications by parents and grandparents
• Enforcement and variation of court orders

In addition to her children practice, Caroline advises on the financial consequences of divorce and relationship breakdown, including financial remedy proceedings and related applications. Her work includes:

• Financial remedies
• Clean break arrangements
• Consent orders
• Dissolution of civil partnerships
• Cohabitation disputes and agreements
• Pre- and post-nuptial agreements
• Variation and set-aside applications

Caroline is a member of Resolution and a former Chair of the West Midlands Regional Committee.

She is known for providing clear, pragmatic advice to clients navigating difficult family situations. Her approach is calm and strategic, with a focus on achieving constructive, child-focused outcomes while ensuring that her clients are robustly represented where proceedings are necessary.