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Child Law
Child law is a legal practice focused on all laws and policies associated with children. The Family team at St Pauls Chambers routinely offer child law advice and represent clients in both public law (care) proceedings and private law proceedings (disputes between parents/carers about issues such as where a child should live, involving child custody laws).
Our Head of Chambers, Simon Bickler QC, sits as a Recorder in the Family Court and in his private practice represents clients in a whole range of complex child law cases, including those involving removal from the jurisdiction and non-accidental injury.
The Family team represents parents, local authorities, and Children’s Guardians in care proceedings of every kind. We regularly deliver training to solicitors on the latest case law and implications of new legislation and Practice Directions.
Members act for parents in private law proceedings involving:
- Applications for Child Arrangements Orders
- Specific Issue Orders and Prohibited Steps Orders
- Non-molestation orders and other emergency remedies under Part IV of the Family Law Act 1996
- Cases with an international element, including jurisdiction disputes subject to the Hague Conventions and applications to remove a child temporarily from the jurisdiction.
Some members of chambers undertake direct access work, in appropriate cases.
If you are interested in instructing a member of the Family team, please speak to the clerks or email us at [email protected].

Barristers
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QCs
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Head of Chambers
Simon Bickler QC
Call: 1988
Silk: 2011
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Nigel Sangster QC
Call: 1976
Silk: 1998
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Richard Barraclough QC
Call: 1980
Silk: 2003
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Simon Myerson QC
Call: 1986
Silk: 2003
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Bryan Cox QC
Call: 1979
Silk: 2005
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Associate Tenant
Jane Bewsey QC
Call: 1986
Silk: 2010
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Sam Green QC
Call: 1998
Silk: 2015
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John Harrison QC
Call: 1994
Silk: 2016
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Jonathan Sandiford QC
Call: 1992
Silk: 2020
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Associate Tenant
Cameron Brown QC
Call: 1998
Silk: 2020
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Members
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Jeremy Barnett
Call: 1980
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Philip Standfast
Call: 1980
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Nikki Saxton
Call: 1992
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Robert Smith
Call: 1995
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Derek Duffy
Call: 1997
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Nicholas Worsley
Call: 1998
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Alasdair Campbell
Call: 1999
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Denise Breen-Lawton
Call: 2000
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Andrew Stranex
Call: 2000
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Jane Brady
Call: 2001
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James Bourne-Arton
Call: 2001
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Sasha Bailey
Call: 2002
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Danielle Graham
Call: 2003
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Hal Watson
Call: 2003
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James Lake
Call: 2005
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Andrew Nixon
Call: 2006
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Helen Chapman
Call: 2006
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Voldi Welch
Call: 2008
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Hannah Hinton
Call: 2008
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Angus MacDonald
Call: 2009
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Sophie Mitchell
Call: 2010
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Hannah Lynch
Call: 2011
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Stephen Flint
Call: 2012
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George Hazel-Owram
Call: 2012
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Kristina Goodwin
Call: 2013
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Stephen Elphick
Call: 2014
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Charlie Greenwood
Call: 2015
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Frances Pencheon
Call: 2015
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Jessica Heggie
Call: 2017
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Temitayo Dasaolu
Call: 2018
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Ayman Khokhar
Call: 2018
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Harry Crowson
Call: 2019
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Emma Handley
Call: 2019
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