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.