We are delighted to announce that Dr Maia Love has joined Garden Court Chambers as a new tenant.
Maia is a specialist family law barrister whose focus is public children law, deprivation of liberty applications and appellate hearings.
Maia accepts instructions for all stages of care proceedings including contested hearings, deprivation of liberty applications and multi-day fact-finding and final hearings. She acts for parents, family members, children, NHS Trusts and interveners.
Maia has experience of dealing with vulnerable clients. The Court said she provided “excellent representation” in a multi-day final hearing, where she represented a mother who had learning difficulties and was facing care and placement orders for her tenth child after already having had nine children removed from her care and placed for adoption. She recently achieved success in M (A Child: Intermediaries) [2025] EWCA Civ 440.
Prior to transferring to the Bar, Maia worked as a doctor for the NHS and specialised as a surgeon. Her medical background has given her a strong advantage in handling complex non-accidental injury cases. She has previous experience in Court of Protection matters involving medical issues.
Her medical experience also means she is highly proficient in interpreting medical notes and expert reports with ease and accuracy. In her first non-accidental injury trial, Maia was described as “fearless” in her cross-examination of one of the medical experts. In these cases, she capably holds her own alongside practitioners with considerably more years of call. She has acted in numerous non-accidental injury fact-finding hearings and been led by King’s Counsel.
Get in contact with Maia’s clerks at familyclerksmailbox@gclaw.co.uk
