Alexander Chandler

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Barrister and Arbitrator 1KBW

Alexander Chandler is recommended as a leading junior in matrimonial finance by Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500. He also specialises in cohabitee claims under TOLATA 1996 and applications under Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989 with a particular interest in intervener cases. Alexander accepts instruction on a Direct Access basis.

He is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb) and Institute of Family Law Arbitrators and arbitrates in financial remedy and trusts of land claims.

Alexander sits as a Deputy District Judge (Civil and Family) in London and is a Panel Member of the Bar Tribunals and Adjudication Service, hearing disciplinary complaints against barristers.

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Barrister and Arbitrator 1KBW

He is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb) and Institute of Family Law Arbitrators and arbitrates in financial remedy and trusts of land claims.

Alexander sits as a Deputy District Judge (Civil and Family) in London and is a Panel Member of the Bar Tribunals and Adjudication Service, hearing disciplinary complaints against barristers.

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As family lawyers, we live in an increasingly rule-bound world. Bundles must comply with PD 27A; witness statements with PD 22A. Preliminary documents must be “…as short and succinct as possible” (PD...

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, the Thatcher Government fixed its sights on child maintenance. In January 1990, in what was to be her last year in office, Mrs Thatcher (as she then was)...

*but didn’t ask because… if you were that interested in Chancery work you wouldn’t have become a family lawyer'I’m a common-law wife' (No, you’re not)1. A classic trope of the horror movie is the...

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that no financial remedy hearing can properly conclude until one or other advocate has declaimed “…the wife must cut her coat accordingly”, “…sauce for the...

What is your position and what you do on a day-to-day basis?I am a barrister and arbitrator at 1 King’s Bench Walk, specialising in financial remedies and TOLATA claims. I sit part-time as a Deputy...

Add-backs after MAP v MFP [2016] 1 FLR 70 and Rapp v Sarre [2016] EWCA Civ 93: seminar to Payne Hicks Beach on 29 February 2016A. IntroductionDivorce is often likened to a car crash. In fact, anyone...

One of the reservations that has been expressed about family law arbitration is not knowing if the arbitral award will be binding.In the recent Practice Guidance - Arbitration in the Family...

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