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Alexander Chandler KC KC
Work Department
Family finance, ADR (arbitration and private FDR)
Position
Alexander is a leading junior in matrimonial finance, specialising in high net worth cases, and intervenor claims that involve an overlap of family and civil law; also in cohabitee claims (TOLATA 1996) and Schedule 1 applications. Sits as an arbitrator, private FDR judge and part-time judge at the Financial Remedies Unit in the Central Family Court. International work includes advisory work in cases in Bermuda, Jersey and Gibraltar. Reported cases include R v R (Circumvention of Sanctions Regime), R v B and Capita Trustees, AB v CD (Global maintenance) and Shokrollah-Babee.
Career
Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers (IAFL); Recorder; DDJ (Civil and Family), sits in the Central Family Court Financial Remedies Unit; Arbitrator (CIArb), member of Institute of Family Law Arbitrators (‘IFLA’); Former Panel Member of the Bar Tribunals and Adjudication Service (BTAS); Associate Member of Resolution; Some direct public access work.
Memberships
Fellow of International Academy of Family Lawyers, Family Law Bar Association, Resolution, Chancery Bar Association.
Education
Kings School, Canterbury (exhibitioner); Hertford College, Oxford (scholar) (MA(Hons); City University (benefactors scholar); ICSL Bar School.
Leisure
Married, three children, interests include marathon running, music and skiing.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Family: divorce and financial remedy
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 4Alexander Chandler KC –1 King’s Bench Walk ‘Alex is a consummate professional. His written work is persuasive, he is collaborative in his approach, and he brings gravitas to his role.’
London Bar > Family: private FDR judges and arbitrators
(Leading Private FDR Judges and Arbitrators)Ranked: Tier 1Alexander Chandler KC –1 King’s Bench Walk ‘Alexander is a first-rate private FDR evaluator. He is very bright, with a calm, analytical mind.’
1 King’s Bench Walk boasts ‘huge strength in depth, with experienced and able silks and juniors for both finance and children PFDR tribunals’. Alexander Chandler KC ‘delivers unrivalled judgments with gravitas‘, and has an excellent track record in advising on matrimonial finance and cohabitee claims. Other key contacts include the ‘perceptive and experienced tribunal‘ Nicola Fox and the ‘fair and pragmatic‘ Richard Castle, who is highly regarded for his strength in handling the international aspects of divorce and financial remedy work.