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Christopher’s practice consists mainly of complex financial claims, involving companies, farms, offshore assets and conflicts of law.

Other work includes drafting and advising upon pre nuptial agreements. Christopher has also acted as an expert on English financial remedies claims in French proceedings.

Notable cases:

• ShapeText BoxT v S (Financial Provision for Children) [1994] 2 FLR 883
• A v A (A Minor: Financial Provision) [1994] 1 FLR 657
• Thomas v Thomas [1995] 2 FLR 668 CA
• Sears Tooth (A firm) v Payne Hicks Beach (A firm) and Others [1997] 2 FLR 116
• Wicks v Wicks [1998] 1 FLR 470 CA
• D v D (Lump Sum: adjournment of application) [2001] 1 FLR 633
• H v M (Property occupied by Wife’s Parents) [2003] EWHC 625 (Fam) [2004] 2 FLR 16
• A v A & St George’s Trustees (No 1) [2007] EWHC 99 (Fam) [2007] 2 FLR 467
• A v A & St George’s Trustees (No 2) (Ancillary relief: costs) [2007] EWHC 1810 (Fam) [2008] 1 FLR 1428
• CG v IF (MFPA 1984 Part III: Lugano Convention) [2010] EWHC 1062 (Fam) [2010] 2 FLR 1790
• Kliers v Kliers [2020] EWFC 1026 (Fam) [2020] 2 FLR 1276

Publications:

Christopher is a contributor to Rayden & Jackson on Divorce and Family Matters. He writes the chapters on Stays and injunctions in matrimonial and other proceedings and on the Recognition of divorces, annulments, legal separations and the dissolution of civil partnership proceedings.

He also lectures on financial remedy topics, including Trusts, Farming cases and Compensation.

Called 1986; Middle Temple.

French; functional Norwegian.

FLBA.

Canford School, Wimborne; Brasenose College, Oxford (MA; 1983 BA) Université d’Aix-Marseille III, France (1984 Diplôme d’Etudes Supérieures).

Outside work, Christopher’s interests including history and the history of art, ballet and music, cross country skiing and sailing.