Alex Verdan KC

4 Aug 2016


Expertise
  • • Financial provision after a foreign divorce (Part III MFPA 1984)
  • Big Money Assets
  • Child Maintenance
  • Children Financial Disputes
  • Civil Partnership
  • Cohabitation Claims
  • Family or Small Business
  • Farming Cases
  • Finances and Foreign Divorce
  • Foreign Pensions Schemes
  • Inheritance Act Claims
  • Middle Range Assets
  • Modest Assets
  • Offshore Assets
  • Offshore Trusts
  • Trusts
  • UK Pensions

Alex Verdan KC

Tel: 07973428513 | av@4pb.com
4PB St Martin’s Court, 10 Paternoster Row London EC4M 7HP


Alex specialises in complex and serious children cases; both private law and public law. In particular those involving; intractable child arrangements disputes, internal relocations and leave to remove from the jurisdiction, serious emotional abuse, child fatalities and significant injuries and serious abuse with disputed medical evidence and often with linked criminal proceedings; allegations of sexual abuse; including false allegations; and factitious illness.

Qualifications

Barrister, Mediator, Part-time Judge

Geographic Region

London

John Vater QC

4 Aug 2016

Expertise
  • • Financial provision after a foreign divorce (Part III MFPA 1984)
  • Big Money Assets
  • Child Maintenance
  • Children Financial Disputes
  • Civil Partnership
  • Cohabitation Claims
  • Family or Small Business
  • Farming Cases
  • Finances and Foreign Divorce
  • Foreign Pensions Schemes
  • Inheritance Act Claims
  • Middle Range Assets
  • Modest Assets
  • Offshore Assets
  • Offshore Trusts
  • Trusts
  • UK Pensions

John Vater QC

Tel: 020 7353 6961 / 844 561 7135 | clerks@harcourtchambers.co.uk
2, Harcourt Chambers
Harcourt Buildings
Temple
London EC4Y 9DB

John has 25 years of experience in all forms of private law children litigation, both domestic and international, at all levels and is regarded as one of the leading children law Silks in the country.

John was one of the first barristers to qualify as a children law arbitrator and has conducted arbitrations involving the broad range of child arrangements, including with whom children should live and spend time, issues regarding schools and education, and name changes. John’s arbitration experience enables him to be very clear about the value of arbitration, and its speed, privacy and cost effectiveness in helping families resolve disputes over their children.  He welcomes the expansion of the scope of arbitration work to include relocation cases.  John is a member of Harcourt Chambers’ team of specialist arbitrators.

Based in London and Oxfordshire, John will undertake arbitrations nationwide, and on remote platforms.

Chambers and Partners Leader at the Bar, London, Midlands and South Eastern Circuits

Legal 500 Ranked Silk, London and South Eastern Circuit

Shortlisted ‘Silk of the Year’, 2015, 2018, Jordan’s Family Law

 

Qualifications

Barrister

Geographic Region

Channel Islands, East Midlands, East of England, International (outside the UK), London, North East, North West, South East, South West, Wales, West Midlands, Yorkshire and The Humber

Philip Newton

4 Aug 2016

Expertise
  • • Financial provision after a foreign divorce (Part III MFPA 1984)
  • Big Money Assets
  • Child Maintenance
  • Children Financial Disputes
  • Civil Partnership
  • Cohabitation Claims
  • Family or Small Business
  • Farming Cases
  • Finances and Foreign Divorce
  • Foreign Pensions Schemes
  • Inheritance Act Claims
  • Middle Range Assets
  • Modest Assets
  • Offshore Assets
  • Offshore Trusts
  • Trusts
  • UK Pensions

Philip Newton

Tel: 01227 786331 | pnewton@becket-chambers.co.uk
Becket Chambers
The Innovation Centre
University Road
Canterbury
Kent CT2 7FG

  • Practising Barrister.
  • Specialising in Family Law, children and divorce, for over 20 years.
  • One of the first to qualify as a Children Arbitrator.
  • Also qualified in international human rights law.
  • Based in Kent but willing to travel as required.
  • Extensive experience in all private law children disputes including child arrangements relating to where the child is to live, contact, prohibited steps, specific issues, schooling, change of name, religious and cultural issues, circumcision, medical treatment, relocation, parental alienation, special educational needs etc.
Qualifications

Barrister

Geographic Region

Channel Islands, East Midlands, East of England, International (outside the UK), Isle of Man, London, North East, North West, Northern Ireland, Scotland, South East, South West, Wales, West Midlands, Yorkshire and The Humber

William Tyler QC

25 Jul 2016

Expertise
  • • Financial provision after a foreign divorce (Part III MFPA 1984)
  • Big Money Assets
  • Child Maintenance
  • Children Financial Disputes
  • Civil Partnership
  • Cohabitation Claims
  • Family or Small Business
  • Farming Cases
  • Finances and Foreign Divorce
  • Foreign Pensions Schemes
  • Inheritance Act Claims
  • Middle Range Assets
  • Modest Assets
  • Offshore Assets
  • Offshore Trusts
  • Trusts
  • UK Pensions

William Tyler QC

Tel: 020 7421 8000 | wtyler@36family.co.uk
The 36 Group
4 Field Court
London WC1R 5EF

COVID-19 UPDATE: In order to prevent unnecessary, potentially dangerous, physical interactions, parties should consider entirely virtual arbitrations.  

William offers state-of-the-art video-conferencing facilities so that the parties can arbitrate from separate locations, and each side can take advantage of separate confidential video-conferencing.  No extra cost is charged for this service.

William is a highly experienced, specialist children law Silk with 20 years’ experience in this difficult and sensitive area of the law.

William is also a Recorder (part-time judge) in the Family Court and a Deputy High Court Judge (Family).

Based in London, William lives in the Midlands and is happy to travel throughout the country (and beyond) to provide arbitration services.

William’s Chambers, 36 Family, have a top-quality Dispute Resolution suite, offering both a hearing room and break-out rooms for both sides in the arbitration.

William is a Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers and a member of the Family Law Bar Association (FLBA), the Association of Family Lawyers (AFL) and Resolution.

Qualifications

Barrister

Geographic Region

Channel Islands, East Midlands, East of England, London, North East, North West, South East, South West, Wales, West Midlands, Yorkshire and The Humber

Ian Walker

25 Jul 2016

Expertise
  • • Financial provision after a foreign divorce (Part III MFPA 1984)
  • Big Money Assets
  • Child Maintenance
  • Children Financial Disputes
  • Civil Partnership
  • Cohabitation Claims
  • Family or Small Business
  • Farming Cases
  • Finances and Foreign Divorce
  • Foreign Pensions Schemes
  • Inheritance Act Claims
  • Middle Range Assets
  • Modest Assets
  • Offshore Assets
  • Offshore Trusts
  • Trusts
  • UK Pensions

Ian Walker

Tel: 01404 819098 | ianwalker@familylawandmediation.co.uk
East Devon Business Centre
Heathpark Way
Honiton
Devon EX14 1SF

I have been a member of the Law Society Children Panel since 1996. I regularly deal with complex problems regarding children’s lives.

I am also a Family Mediator – qualifying in 1996. I supervise other mediators and am able to meet with children as part of the mediation process.

In addition, I have served as a member of the Law Society Family Law Committee and as a trustee of the Family Mediators Association. I am the Chair of the Devon region of Resolution
Arbitration is about making good and speedy decisions for children. I believe that my mediation expertise helps me to understand better how parents can become stuck in dispute. I hope that this assists me in making determinations as an arbitrator which are child focused, fair and forward looking. I always endeavour to be sensitive.

I founded my own firm in 2013 which focuses on providing all dispute resolution options whilst using technology to keep our overheads low and our charges are extremely competitive within our local market – let alone London and the Home Counties. For example, we deliberately avoided expensive city centre premises. I am very willing to work for a fixed fee and to undertake Arbitration based on papers only. I am also willing to travel to undertake face-to-face arbitration hearings.

Qualifications

Collaborative Lawyer, Mediator, Solicitor

Geographic Region

London, South East, South West, Wales, West Midlands