Christie O’Connell

Christie is a family law specialist accepting instructions across the spectrum of private family law, including financial remedies, private children work, child maintenance appeals, TLATA, and applications under the Family Law Act 1996. She has experience representing clients from first to final hearing at all levels up to and including the High Court.

Publications:

Christie is a contributor to the Financial Remedies Journal, in which she provides summaries of recent cases of interest. Alongside her practice, she also delivers seminars and lectures to firms across the country.

Called 2022

Memberships 

• The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple
• Inner Temple LGBTQIA+ Society
• Family Law Bar Association
• Resolution

Positions

• Treasurer of the Inner Temple Junior Barristers Association
• Inner Temple Retention & Return to Practice Working Group committee
• Freebar committee (the Bar’s LGBTQIA+ network)

Qualifications

• BPP Law School: LLM & BPTC (Distinction)
• King’s College London: BA Religion & Politics (First Class Honours)
• University of Sydney: Study Abroad Programme (First Class Honours)

Scholarships, Awards and Prizes

• Jarman Advocacy Prize – Inner Temple – Awarded to the best advocate in the 2022/23 cohort of Inner Temple Pupils
• Major Bar Course Scholarship– Inner Temple
• Duke of Edinburgh Entrance Award Inner Temple
• Major GDL Scholarship – Inner Temple
• Career Commitment Scholarship – BPP Law School
• Broadening Horizons Award – King’s College London