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Nicola Fox
Work Department
Family finance, family children, deputy district judge (family and civil). Arbitrator
Position
Nicola maintains a high calibre practice in private children law and financial work. Her financial work encompasses matrimonial finance, Schedule One, international issues and complex substantial asset cases. Her children work includes international relocation, complex disputes involving allegations of harm, mental health issues and parental alienation. A qualified Arbitrator in children cases and sits as a Deputy District Judge in family (CFC and South Eastern circuit) and civil cases.
Career
Called 1996; Middle Temple.
Deputy District Judge since 2010 (CFC and South Eastern Circuit – family and civil)
CIArb (Aribitrator) since 2016
Memberships
Member of the Family Law Bar Association
Member of the Association of Lawyers for Children
Member of Resolution
Member of South Eastern Circuit
Member of the Bar Pro Bono Unit Panel
Education
University College London
Institute of Psychiatry/Maudsley Hospital
City University
Inns of Court School of Law
MCI Arb (Arbitrator)
Prior to coming to the bar, Nicola was a clinical psychologist working with children and a lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Family: divorce and financial remedy
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Nicola Fox – 1 King’s Bench Walk ‘Nicola is a calm, assured and polished advocate. She always has the judge’s ear. She is very persuasive and forceful in her submissions. She is a class act.‘
London Bar > Family: children and domestic abuse
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Nicola Fox –1 King’s Bench Walk ‘Nicola is an exceptional advocate, possessing remarkable judgement and astute strategic oversight. Her deep understanding of cases allows her to delve beneath the surface.’
1 King’s Bench Walk is ‘an excellent set full of talented barristers at the top of their game’. Deborah Eaton KC is ‘an exceptional, strategic and impressive advocate’ who handles complex cases involving allegations of physical and sexual abuse. Among the juniors, Caroline Lister is well versed in assisting with a broad range of private law children matters, and Nicola Fox is ‘an extremely effective advocate‘. Richard Harrison KC, as was, is now a High Court judge.
London Bar > Family: private FDR judges and arbitrators
(Leading Private FDR Judges and Arbitrators)Ranked: Tier 2Nicola Fox – 1 King’s Bench Walk ‘Nicola is an excellent private FDR judge. Her indications are precise, and she has a masterful ability to grasp the salient facts of a case.’
1 King’s Bench Walk boasts ‘huge strength in depth, with experienced and able silks and juniors for both finance and children PFDR tribunals’. Alexander Chandler KC ‘delivers unrivalled judgments with gravitas‘, and has an excellent track record in advising on matrimonial finance and cohabitee claims. Other key contacts include the ‘perceptive and experienced tribunal‘ Nicola Fox and the ‘fair and pragmatic‘ Richard Castle, who is highly regarded for his strength in handling the international aspects of divorce and financial remedy work.