Marianna Hildyard QC (Lady Falconer of Thoroton) was called to the Bar in 1977, became a QC in 2002 and practises at 4 Brick Court. She is a Deputy High Court Judge, a Recorder on the Southern Circuit, sitting in crime, civil and in both public and private family law cases, and a Bencher at Inner Temple. Marianna has a wealth of experience in law pertaining to children and childcare with over 30 years of practice, and has a number of published cases. She regularly gives talks on the issue of women and the law, and addressed the Commonwealth Law Conference on hearing the voice of the child in litigation.