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Mr Tim Parker KC KC
Work Department
Family Law
Position
Tim is a barrister and arbitrator specialising in family and associated civil litigation. He is instructed in care proceedings featuring non-accidental injury, death and sexual abuse, radicalisation, adoption, special guardianship, Human Rights Act claims arising in care proceedings and judicial review of local authority decisions concerning children. In the Court of Protection, he is instructed in both property and welfare decisions. Tim also undertakes financial remedy cases, cohabitee disputes, financial provision for children and family property disputes. Tim is qualified to arbitrate both financial remedy and child disputes. Tim is licensed to accept instructions directly from members of the public.
Publications:
Editor of “The Revised Public Law Outline” (2015) 2nd Edition, published by 9 Gough Square.
Career
Called to the Bar in 1995. Arbitrator in 2014.
Memberships
Family Law Bar Association, South Eastern Circuit,
Association of Lawyers for Children,
Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Institute of Family Law Arbitrators.
Education
BA (Hons) Univesity College London, MCIArb.
Leisure
Away from work Tim is a keen historic racing driver.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Family: children and domestic abuse
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Tim Parker KC – Deka Chambers ‘Tim is extremely good with clients, making them feel at ease in highly charged situations, while he methodically unpicks the evidence and legal issues.’
Deka Chambers‘ family law team is renowned for having a ‘wealth of knowledge and expertise in complex and sensitive child law cases‘. Tim Parker KC has established strength in handling public child law matters, and often advises on complex cases involving sexual abuse, serious injuries and deaths. Among the juniors, Tabitha Barran is ‘an excellent barrister who excels in complex cases due to her thorough case preparation‘; she is adept at handling cases involving adoption, international child abduction and allegations of physical, emotional and sexual abuse. In a boost to chambers, Edward Lamb KC took silk in March 2024.