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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: private FDR judges and arbitrators
(leading Private FDR Judges and Arbitrators)Ranked: Tier 1Alexander Chandler KC –1 King’s Bench Walk ‘Alexander is first-rate. He has the authority and judgment to persuade the lawyers to his way of thinking and the compassion and humility to show the parties that he cares. He is the go-to private FDR judge.’
1 King’s Bench Walk is a ‘leading set for family law matters with unrivalled strength in depth at silk level’. Alexander Chandler KC is a ‘go-to private FDR judge’ and regularly acts as arbitrator in claims involving financial remedies, while Richard Castle is known for his expertise in international aspects of financial remedy and divorce. Other key members of the team include the ‘sensible, approachable, proportionate’ Nicola Fox and the ‘much liked and respected’ Katherine Kelsey , who are active across the matrimonial finance space.
London Bar > Family: divorce and financial remedy
(2022 Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Alexander Chandler KC –1 King’s Bench Walk ‘Alexander is patient with clients. He knows the law. He knows how to address a judge tellingly. He is very quick to respond and works hard for the client.’