Cecilia Barrett > Harcourt Chambers > London, England > Barrister Profile

Harcourt Chambers
2 HARCOURT BUILDINGS, TEMPLE
LONDON
EC4Y 9DB
England

Position

Also Oxford (0844 561 7135). Barrister specialising in all aspects of family law, with an emphasis on ancillary relief. Experience of cases where the assets range from the very small to the significant, and cases involving third parties, bankruptcy and family businesses. As to matters relating to children, appears regularly in care proceedings and in complex private law applications, in particular in relation to disputes with an international context.

Career

Called 1998, Inner Temple; pupillage 1 Hare Court 1998-99; tenant 2 Pump Court 2000-06; tenant Harcourt Chambers 2006. Publications: ‘Solving the Insoluble Insolvency Problem’ (Family Law 29 [1999] 641).

Languages

French.

Education

St Bede’s School; Universities of Warwick and Lille II, France (1997 European Law 2(1)); Inns of Court School of Law (1998 BVC Very Competent).

Leisure

Family life, travel, theatre.

Lawyer Rankings

Regional Bar > South Eastern Circuit > Family: children and domestic violence

(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2

Cecilia BarrettHarcourt Chambers ‘Cecilia is phenomenal, kind, calming and humane and exactly what her clients need. She knows the case details, which involved very technical and complicated scientific evidence, inside out. She is responsive and very easy to work with.’

Regional Bar > South Eastern Circuit > Family: divorce and financial remedy

(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2

Cecilia BarrettHarcourt Chambers