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About
Provided by Alexander Chandler KC
Practice Areas
Alex is a specialist in high-value financial remedies, involving complex corporate and trust structures. Regularly instructed in intervener claims and cases involving an overlap between family and civil law. He also specialises in Trusts of Land (TLATA) and Schedule 1 cases. Has advised internationally, e.g. in cases before courts of Jersey, Gibraltar and Bermuda.
Sits as a Recorder with s.9(1) authorisation, arbitrator and a private FDR judge.
Recent cases: Cummings v Fawn [2023] EWHC 830, BT v CU [2021] EWFC 87, FN v AC (Financial Remedy – Agreement) [2019] EWHC 3806 (Fam), Shokrollah-Babaee [2019] 1 WLR 6517, BC v BG [2019] 2 FLR 337, AB v CD (Global Maintenance Orders) [2018] 2 FLR 150; R v B Capita Trustees [2017] EWFC 33; R v R (Circumvention of Sanctions Regime) [2015] EWCA Civ 796; [2016] Fam 153.
Career
MA(Hons), Hertford College, Oxford. Dip Law, City University Law School. Called 1995. Silk 2022.
Bar Disciplinary Tribunal panel member (2016-2020). Family Ct and Crown Ct recorder, authorised to sit as deputy High Court Judge (2023). First ever family law Fellow of CIArb. Editorial board, “Financial Remedies Journal”. Nominated family silk of year Legal 500 (2023).
Professional Memberships
Family Law Bar Association, Chancery Bar Association, International Academy of Family Lawyers, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb).
Publications
Lead author “Dictionary of TLATA and Inheritance Claims”, Contributor to Halsbury’s Laws of England”, vol 5(4) Children and the Law. Regular contributor to publications including “Family Law”. Blogs at familybrief.org.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Alexander Chandler KC routinely acts as an evaluator on Private FDRs and arbitrations. He often handles matters involving international matrimonial assets and non-disclosure allegations.
Specialised matrimonial finance practitioner Alexander Chandler KC acts in substantial disputes concerning onshore and multi-jurisdictional assets. He is noted for his handling of complex issues surrounding TOLATA applications, and frequently handles Schedule 1 claims. Chandler sits part-time as a recorder.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Extremely cerebral and a whizz with numbers, Alex is great at predicting the outcome of a case. His role as a Recorder gives him additional gravitas and the credentials to impress clients and judges."
"He is respected by his peers for his knowledge and experience. Judges willingly respond to his advocacy, which is always carefully pitched to land effectively."
"Alex exudes confidence and is able to talk with authority on any finance matter. He displays enthusiasm and creativity when representing clients."
"He's a man with a towering intellect, who provides a first-class service when sitting as a Private FDR judge."
"Extremely cerebral and a whizz with numbers, Alex is great at predicting the outcome of a case. His role as a Recorder gives him additional gravitas and the credentials to impress clients and judges."
"He is respected by his peers for his knowledge and experience. Judges willingly respond to his advocacy, which is always carefully pitched to land effectively."
"Alex exudes confidence and is able to talk with authority on any finance matter. He displays enthusiasm and creativity when representing clients."
"He's a man with a towering intellect, who provides a first-class service when sitting as a Private FDR judge."
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