Masters of the Bench

Barrister and Joint Head of Chambers at 29 Bedford Row (London) specialising in financial remedy work. Door Tenant at St. Ives Chambers (Birmingham). Appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2018. Appointed Deputy High Court Judge in 2021 assigned to the Family Division (previously Recorder of the Family Court from 2016). Nominated Judge of the Court of Protection. IFLA finance arbitrator and regular Private FDR/ENE tribunal. Regular lecturer including to full-time and fee-paid judges at the Judicial College. Editor of the family law chapters of Foskett on Compromise (Ninth Edition, 2019). Founder member of the Editorial Board of the Financial Remedies Journal (published by Class Legal). Member of the JUSTICE Working Party, Improving Access to Justice for Separating Families. Co-Chair of the Bar Council’s Services Appointment Panel. Member of the Bar Representation Committee. Trained collaborative lawyer and member of the Collaborative Family Law Group West Midlands. Trustee of FreeBar, a network promoting LGBT+ equality and inclusion across the Bar. Member of Middle Temple’s LGBT+ Committee. Qualified Attorney & Counsellor at Law, New York.