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Professor of Family Law, University of Bristol

Emma Hitchings is a Professor of Family Law at the University of Bristol Law School. She is an expert on financial remedies on divorce and family justice issues, and has been the lead or joint investigator on a range of empirical studies in family law and family justice, including Financial settlements following divorce (Nuffield); Pre-nuptial agreements (Law Commission); Everyday financial remedy cases (Nuffield); Fee-charging McKenzie Friends (Bar Council) and Litigants in Person in private family law cases (Ministry of Justice). She has written widely on issues in family law. A key theme underpinning her research has been exploring how family law works in practice and its impact on individuals, professionals and the family justice system.

Experience

  • –present
    Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Bristol