Samuel Shepherd

Practice Overview

Samuel was brought up in Cardiff and was educated at Bishop of Llandaff High School. Following his successful completion of the Bar Vocational Course Samuel worked as a Crown Counsel for the Attorney General’s Ministry of Belize in Central America and practiced in the Supreme Court of Belize. After returning to the UK he worked for Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP in London and then at Eversheds LLP in Cardiff prior to commencing pupillage.

Samuel was called to the Bar by Lincoln’s Inn in 2009 and joined 30 Park Place following the successful completion of pupillage under the supervision of Sarah Waters (Crime) and Rebecca Harrington (Immigration and Family). 

 

Notable and Reported cases

• Family and Child Care

  Samuel is instructed in a range of family matters including private and public law children cases. Within private law he has experience of applications for prohibited steps orders as well as contact and residence applications. He has further appeared for parents in child care matters ranging from directions hearings as well as contested removal and final hearings. He also takes instructions in matters concerning financial remedies and injunctive applications.

• Education & Qualification
  • Called to the Bar by The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn (2009)
  • LLM in Public International Law (Kings College London)
  • Bar Vocational Course (2009) (Cardiff University)
  • LLB Law Degree (2.1) (University of Leicester)
• Appointments
  • • Member of the Family Law Bar Association
• Recommendations

  ‘Sam is extremely thorough and has a great manner with clients that instantly puts them at ease. He is very responsive, and his advocacy is calm, measured and convincing. He takes a sensible and proportionate approach to all cases. He is very happy to help in between hearings as necessary.’ (Legal 500, 2025 -  Family: children and domestic abuse)