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Richard Norman
Work Department
Family & Divorce, Divorce & Financial Remedy, Children Private Law
Career
Call: 2009
Richard is a family law specialist with particular expertise in financial remedies (Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 and Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989). Richard was for several years ranked by Chambers UK as the ‘up and coming’ family law junior on the Western Circuit before moving up the rankings as an expert in his field.
Richard has considerable experience of cases involving complex issues such as companies, partnerships, farms, pensions, trusts, tracing assets, enforcement and international jurisdiction to name but a few. Richard acts in cases with asset bases ranging from hundreds of thousands of pounds to multi-million pound disputes.
Languages
Conversational French.
Memberships
- Family Law Bar Association
- Western Circuit
Education
- BA Hons, University of Bristol
- Graduate Diploma in Law, BPP
- Bar Vocational Course, City University (Outstanding)
- Lord Justice Holker Scholarship, Gray’s Inn
Leisure
Theatre, choral music, tennis.
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > Western Circuit > Family: divorce and financial remedy
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Richard Norman – St John’s Chambers ‘Richard is a go-to barrister in Bristol. His client care skills are excellent, as is his eye for detail.’
St John’s Chambers is a ‘strong set with an extensive range of specialist and experienced matrimonial and financial remedy barristers’, experienced at handling cross-jurisdictional matters for high-net-worth individuals. Zoe Saunders has ‘exceptional attention to detail, thinks strategically at every turn’, and represents both claimants and defendants in financial remedy and TOLATA disputes. Richard Norman practices exclusively in the field of matrimonial finance and is praised for ‘his good client manner and sound judgement’. Christopher Sharp KC is another key contact.