London Bar
Family: divorce and financial remedy
Leading junior1Elizabeth Clarke –Queen Elizabeth Building (QEB) ‘Elizabeth is an absolute star of the Bar. She brings calm authority to every case.'
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Elizabeth Clarke
Queen Elizabeth Building (QEB), London
- Phone020 7797 7837
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Position
Liz is rated by Chambers and Partners and other legal directories as one of the leading juniors in matrimonial finance. Liz practises exclusively in family law, with a particular emphasis on ‘big money’ ancillary relief cases, usually conducted before the High Court or in the CFC. Her work frequently involves complicated issues relating to trusts, companies, taxation and conflict of laws, and often has an international element. She has acted for trustees and companies in matrimonial cases.
Career
Liz has practised matrimonial law since being called to the Bar in 1991. Reported cases:
Pierburg v Pierburg [2019] EWFC 24 Versteegh v Versteegh [2018] EWCA Civ 1050 Mantegazza v Mantegazza [2017] EWHC 3811 Re: A (Specific Issue Order: Parental Dispute) (CA) [2001] 1 FLR 121; Bloch v Bloch [2003] 1 FLR 1; Spencer v Spencer [2009] 2 FLR 1416; Z v A [2012] EWHC 1434; Cooper-Hohn v Hohn [2014] EWHC 2014 Cooper-Hohn v Hohn [2014] EWHC 2314 (Fam); (about media reporting);
Memberships
Family Law Bar Association.
Education
Oxford University (law).