Ms Michelle Christie > Chambers of Sara Lewis KC > Birmingham, England > Barrister Profile
St Philips Chambers Offices
St Philips Chambers
55 TEMPLE ROW
BIRMINGHAM
B2 5LS
England
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Ms Michelle Christie
Work Department
Family
Position
Michelle Christie is a specialist in the law relating to children. Her practice consists of approximately 90% Public Law through which she represents the full ambit of parties; parents including via the Official Solicitor, local authorities, Children’s Guardians and children who can be represented in their own right.
Michelle has particular expertise in the following areas:
• Complex Care Proceedings
• Fabricated and Induced Illness
• Infant deaths and near fatal injuries
• Complex medical cases
• Sexual abuse including inter-familial and inter-sibling
• Running Care proceedings where there are concurrent criminal proceedings
Michelle has over 25 years of experience in Private Law Children Matters and frequently deals with the most protracted and difficult of proceedings including:
• Allegations of abuse are raised
• Parental Alienation
• There is a high profile element
Michelle has been junior to leading counsel on many occasions and also acts as a leading junior in complex cases.
Career
Called to the Bar 1999.
Memberships
Family Law Bar Association
Middle Temple
Education
De Montfort University (1998)
Inns of Court School of Law (1999)
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > Midland Circuit > Family: children and domestic violence
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Michelle Christie –St Philips Chambers ‘A superb advocate.’
In Birmingham, St Philips Chambers is ‘an excellent family set with a number of exceptionally talented and experienced counsel available at all levels’. Sara Lewis KC is ‘an exceptional silk’ who handles the most serious children law cases before the High Court, while Christopher Adams ‘is a very knowledgeable and sensitive advocate’ who regularly acts on behalf of local authorities, parents, and children in cases involving serious and medically complex injuries, as does Yolanda Pemberton. Michelle Christie and Abigail Turner joined the team in September 2023.