Charles Geekie KC
UK Bar Guide 2025
Star Individuals : Family: Children
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About
Provided by Charles Geekie KC
Practice Areas
The law relating to children, including public and private law cases and abduction; high profile and ultra-sensitive child arrangements and relocation cases; representing local authorities, parents and guardians in public law and adoption cases; complex care cases involving fatalities, serious injuries, sexual and emotional abuse and cases where there is a conflict of medical evidence.
Career
Called 1985. Joined 1GC Family Law 1999. Silk 2006.
Family Recorder 2006-2023.
Joint Head of Chambers 2013-2020.
Deputy High Court Judge 2016-2022.
Professional Memberships
Member of FLBA. Association of Lawyers for Children. MCIArb.
Publications
Review of Non-recent Child Sexual Abuse at Chelsea Football Club (2019).
Personal
Interests: cycling, hill walking, theatre. Trustee of Action for Children.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Charles Geekie KC Renowned for his handling of extremely complex children matters such as international adoption and abduction. Charles Geekie KC engages in serious cases relating to sexual abuse and is well respected for acting in contentious child arrangement disputes. Geekie also sits as a Recorder and a High Court judge.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Charles is everything you want in a top children silk - he's clever, calm and completely unflappable. Lots of barristers are clever, but few are wise. Charles has wisdom in bags."
"Charles was very careful and very commanding in the way he dealt with issues. Technically very good and a very fine advocate, he also had a good bedside manner with the client."
"Excellent at every level."
"Charles is everything you want in a top children silk - he's clever, calm and completely unflappable. Lots of barristers are clever, but few are wise. Charles has wisdom in bags."
"Charles was very careful and very commanding in the way he dealt with issues. Technically very good and a very fine advocate, he also had a good bedside manner with the client."
"Excellent at every level."
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