Field Court Chambers

Barry McAlinden is a family law specialist. He deals with a range of cases concerning children in the public and private law jurisdictions. These include:

care and supervision orders adoption orders secure accommodation orders child assessment orders & child arrangements orders parental responsibility orders contact activity orders prohibited steps specific issue orders, and financial remedies upon divorce or in respect of children.

He appears regularly in cases concerning the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court, cases with an international element and cases of serious harm, but also appears in all tiers of the Family Court.

He is joint head of chambers’ family law group.

Call:

1993 (England) 1992 (N Ireland)

An Gaeilge – working proficiency; French – working proficiency; Italian – working proficiency

Family Law Bar Association

Inns of Court of Inner Temple Institute of Professional Legal Studies, Queen’s University Belfast BA Cambridge Fitzwilliam College