Emily Rayner
UK Bar Guide 2025
Band 4 : Family: Children
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About
Provided by Emily Rayner
Practice Areas
Family Finance
International Family Law
Private Law Children
Public Law Children
Direct Access
Career
Emily is recognised as a leading family law junior. She specialises in all areas of family law, with an emphasis on family finance matters, and children and finance cases with an international element.
Emily read law at the University of Cambridge and University College London, she was called to the bar in 2009, undertook a successful pupillage at Harcourt Chambers and became a tenant in 2010.
In her early years of practice Emily was awarded a Pegasus Scholarship to New Zealand to undertake work in a public law litigation department and in a family law firm. She has also worked in the Law Officer’s Department of Jersey within the child protection team where she assisted with establishing a Children’s Panel for Jersey.
Emily’s busy practice now focuses on providing sound, practical advice in all aspects of domestic and international family law. She is known for her calm, persuasive advocacy which instils confidence in her clients and hits home with judges.
Professional Memberships
Advocate
Association of Lawyers for Children
Child Abduction Lawyers Association
Family Law Bar Association
JUSTICE
Publications
International Family Law Journal – Quarterly Case Law Update
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Emily Rayner is very experienced family law practitioner. She is very well versed in matters involving allegations of abuse, deprivation of liberty and child abduction. Rayner has impressive in-depth knowledge of cases with multi jurisdictional elements.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Emily provides excellent advice, great client care and is a strong and impressive advocate."
"Emily always has an excellent grasp of the details of a case while remaining extremely solution focussed. She always has an eye on the end goal and is commercial in her case strategy."
"She is increasingly well known for her international work. She is great with clients, impressive and inspires full confidence but still approachable."
"Emily provides excellent advice, great client care and is a strong and impressive advocate."
"Emily always has an excellent grasp of the details of a case while remaining extremely solution focussed. She always has an eye on the end goal and is commercial in her case strategy."
"She is increasingly well known for her international work. She is great with clients, impressive and inspires full confidence but still approachable."
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