ELIZABETH CLARKE

Call: 1991

Practice Profile
Liz is rated by Chambers and Partners and other legal directories as one of the leading juniors in matrimonial finance.

Chambers and Partners entries in recent years include:
2010 "...second to none for trusts work and is tipped to take silk in the near future..."

2009 "...Many solicitors consider [Liz] " the best junior going" for heavy ancillary relief work. " An impeccable advocate"...with "exceptional ability on her feet and powerful analytical skills"...

2008 "...regularly up against silks..." ...her judgement and paperwork are first rate..."

2007 “…an absolute superstar...[who] frightens the opposition through her considered paperwork and first-rate judgement...”.

Liz practises exclusively in family law, with a particular emphasis on “big money” ancillary relief cases, usually conducted in the High Court or Principal Registry. Her work frequently involves complicated issues relating to trusts, companies, taxation and conflict of laws and often have an international element. She has previously acted for trustees and companies in matrimonial cases.

Appointments and Memberships
Liz has practised matrimonial law since being called to the Bar in 1991.  She is a member of the Family Law Bar Association, and was a committee member and assistant secretary of the FLBA from 1992 until 2000.

Reported Cases
Re: A (Specific Issue Order: Parental Dispute) (CA) [2001] 1 FLR 121
Bloch v Bloch [2003] 1 FLR 1
Spencer v Spencer [2009] 2 FLR 1416

Education
Liz read Law at Oxford University.