Natalya Evans and Joseph Sworder join Pump Court Chambers

We are incredibly pleased to welcome Natalya Evans (2022 call) and Joseph Sworder (2025 call) to Pump Court’s family team. Natalya is a probationary tenant and Joseph is a pupil in his second six.

Natalya Evans (2022 call)

Natalya is a family law practitioner specialising in both children and financial matters. She accepts instructions across all areas of family law, including matrimonial finance, private children, public children, and applications under the Family Law Act.

She successfully completed her pupillage at a leading family law set in October 2025, where she assisted in a broad range of matters, from complex high-value financial remedy disputes to care proceedings involving allegations of serious non-accidental injury.

Prior to commencing pupillage, Natalya worked as a paralegal at a boutique family law firm in Mayfair. She gained experience across the full spectrum of private family law matters, with particular emphasis on pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements, and allegations of parental alienation.

Natalya draws on her previous experience as a political adviser to senior figures in government, including the Secretary of State for Justice. Alongside her practice, she regularly undertakes pro bono work and contributes to Family Law Week and the Family Law Journal.

Natalya speaks fluent conversational Russian.

Joseph Sworder (2025 call/Admitted as a solicitor 2016)

Joseph specialises in all aspects of children law, with a particular emphasis on public and private law cases.

Within public law, Joseph has extensive experience representing local authorities, parents, and children. He is regularly instructed in cases involving significant allegations of neglect, physical abuse, and sexual abuse.

Joseph is regularly instructed in cases that involve challenging and balanced welfare decisions for children, including disputes concerning sibling separation, placement order applications, and deprivation of liberty orders.

Joseph’s practice includes all aspects of private children proceedings, including disputes involving domestic abuse, implacable hostility to contact, and substance misuse issues. He has a particular experience in representing vulnerable clients who require specialised client care.

Joseph has significant experience in representing local authorities and has been described by instructing solicitors as “brilliant at working alongside clients” and an “outstanding advocate,” with advocacy that is “perfectly pitched for his audience.”