Richard Harrison KC > Chambers of Christopher Pocock KC and James Roberts KC > London, England > Barrister Profile

Chambers of Christopher Pocock KC and James Roberts KC
1 King's Bench Walk
TEMPLE
LONDON
EC4Y 7DB
England

Position

A specialist family lawyer with particular expertise in financial remedy applications and international children cases.

Career

Qualified 1993; Silk 2012

Languages

Fluent Spanish and French.

Memberships

Appointed a Deputy High Court Judge assigned to the Family Division (2019)
Fellow of International Academy of Family Lawyers
Family Law Bar Association
Lawyers for Liberty

Education

Cambridge University (MA); City University (Dip Law).

Lawyer Rankings

London Bar > Family: divorce and financial remedy

(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1

Richard Harrison KC1 King’s Bench Walk ‘Richard is extremely intelligent and insightful, which shines through in his advice to clients and advocacy.’

1 King’s Bench Walk is ‘one of the strongest sets for family law work with highly-talented leaders and juniors’. Richard Harrison KC is a ‘very clever, persuasive and strategic advocate’ with exceptional finance silks and expert at dealing with international cases involving complex issues of jurisdiction, while ‘expert cross-examiner’ Charles Howard KC’s main expertise is high net-worth financial disputes arising from divorce. Christopher Pocock KC is a ‘fantastic and impressive’ advocate experienced in financial remedy cases involving corporate and business assets. Other key members of the team include the ‘highly knowledgeable’ Richard Castle and Katherine Kelsey , who is praised for her ‘brilliant mind and written advocacy’.

London Bar > Family: children and domestic abuse

(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1

Richard Harrison KC1 King’s Bench Walk ‘Richard is always meticulously prepared and has excellent client care skills. He is well-liked and highly regarded by his peers and the judiciary alike. He has an excellent sense of humour and is very likeable.’

1 King’s Bench Walk is a set with ‘experienced KCs and excellent junior barristers who specialise in all areas of family work’. Deborah Eaton KC is a ‘highly intelligent and pragmatic advocate’ who regularly represents high-profile clients in complex cases. Richard Harrison KC is known for his ‘measured and insightful advice’ and successfully represented a father seeking an order for the return of his child to Ukraine in Re R (A Child). ‘Fierce and determined advocate’ Caroline Lister specialises in cases related to parental responsibility and surrogacy, while rising star Victoria Halsall has extensive experience of representing vulnerable clients and is described as someone who ‘goes above and beyond and is always thoroughly prepared’.