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Alexander Chandler

       

Date of Call: 1995 (Middle Temple)
Email address: chandler@1gc.com
   
Degrees and other qualifications

Ranked as a leading practitioner in Family Law by The Legal 500; "...a good reputation for ancillary relief" (2008), "...recommended and offers meticulous preparation"(2009). Instructed by the Official Solicitor in ancillary relief.
MA (Oxon), Diploma in Law (City)



Professional associations

Family law Bar Association

Chancery Bar Association

London Common Law and Commercial Bar Association
Middle Temple
South Eastern Circuit

Middle Temple Golf Society
Bar Pro Bono Unit



Personal, including interests

Married, one child

Interests: distant travel, music, tennis, golf & skiing.




Publications

 

Books

Specialist Contributing Editor to Jowitt's Dictionary of English Law,

Contributor to Halsbury's Laws, volume 5(4), (Children and Young Persons)

Contributor to Butterworths Civil Court Precendent (Ancillary Relief)

 

Reported Cases

G v G (Judgment), EWHC 2009 (forthcoming)

 

Articles

"Quantifying Shares in Jointly Owned Property: Stack v Dowden and Kernott v Jones", [2010] Fam Law 834

"The Maintenance Pending Suit: A User's Guide", Family Law Week

http://www.familylawweek.co

.uk/site.aspx?i=ed53398

"Costs Allowances in Maintenance Pending Suit", Family Law Week

(http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=54036

"The Secret of Maintenance Revealed", Surrey Lawyer

"When should a party state their case in ancillary relief? Family Law Week

(http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed37814)

"What is the Measure of Maintenance?", Family Law Week

(http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed33597)

"Express Declarations of Trust, Rectification and Rescission", [2008] Family Law 1210

"Pre Nuptial Agreements After Crossley", Family Law Week

(http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed24924)

"Can remarriage be a Barder event/ Dixon v Marchant", Family Law Week

(http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed24314)

"Protecting the Family Home in Ancillary Relief, TOLATA and Sch 1 applications", The Review
"The Boundaries of Ancillary Relief", [2008] Family Law 128
"Making Sense of Fairness: Miller/ McFarlane one year on", The Review
"House of Lords decision in Stack v Dowden", [2007] Fam Law 533
"Delayed Claims and After-Acquired Assets", [2007] Fam Law 317
"Ancillary Relief and Family Money", Family Law Week

http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed1406

"Conduct up and coming: How Miller v Miller redraws the lines", Family Law Journal
"Cohabitees: Intention, inference and constructive Trusts" Family Law Journal
"POCA and NICS: Bowman v Fels"  [2005] Fam Law 359

 

Podcasts and Webinars

"Applications to vary and set aside in ancillary relief", LexisNexis

(http://www.conferencesandtraining.com/en/Browse-Events/Law/Applications-To-Vary-And-Set-Aside)

"Pre-nuptial contracts after Radmacher v Granatino", CPDcast

"Financial provision update", LexisNexis ... link

"An Introduction to TOLATA", Family Law Week

(http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=fo4)

"Enforcement in family proceedings and the application of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998", LexisNexis ...link

"Pre-Nuptial agreements after Crossley", CPDCast (Cpdcast.com) ..link

 

Languages

French and Italian (conversational), some Afrikaans

 

Lectures

Alexander has extensively lectured on ancillary relief and cohabitee claims to branches of Resolution and Central Law Training in addition to 1 Garden Court’s own seminars. Recent lectures have covered pre-nuptial agreements, the impact of the recession on ancillary relief, the preservation of assets, TOLATA claims post-Stack v Dowden, and enforcement at the County Court. Alexander is also a contributor to Legal Network Television and the College of Law media.

Practice Team membership

 Ancillary Relief

Further Details

Trusts of Land /cohabitee claims

Family provision/ Inheritance Act Claims

Professional Negligence

General Family Law


Seminars:
 Ancillary Relief Seminar - 24/06/2009

Articles:
 "Making Sense of Fairness: Miller/ McFarlane one year on"
 "Ancillary Relief and Family Money", Family Law Week, March 2006,
 "The Boundaries of Ancillary Relief: Decisions of Munby J in A v A and Whig v Whig",

Publications:
 "House of Lords decision in Stack v Dowden", Family Law, June 2007
 Contributor to Butterworths Civil Court Precedents (Ancillary Relief)
 Halsbury's Laws of England fifth re-issue of the volume entitled "Children & Young Persons".


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