He took silk after only 18 years at the bar. Having spent 20 years practising on the Western Circuit, he joined QEB in 2009. At QEB Charles has appeared in a number of reported and well publicised cases.

Solicitors and lay clients are attracted by his pragmatic, ìno-nonsenseî and client focused approach, designed to achieve the best outcome at the least possible emotional cost. His pragmatic approach reflects years of work at the Bar and also his experiences sitting at Royal Courts of Justice as a Deputy High Court Judge, where he has authority to hear the most complex financial and children cases. Moreover his judicial experience is not confined to London; he sits as a Recorder (in Private and Public Law) all over the West of England and keeps abreast with what is happening in the family courts outside London.

He is a regular lecturer both nationally and internationally. In spring 2013 he presented to the IAML Conference in Salzburg (an excerpt from which can be seen by following the attached webinar link). Previously he appeared at a workshop at the European Parliament, to consider the extent to which there is scope for a unified European approach to Matrimonial Law. Domestically, he has provided many seminars and lectured for Jordans and Butterworths on their National Courses.

He has contributed to a number of legal publications.Charles has been a member of the Family Procedure Rules Committee since 2004.

Deputy High Court Judge (Family Division) 2011. Recorder (Crime and Family) 2005.Family Procedure Rule Committee.Family Law Bar Association.

T v B [2011] 1 FCR (forthcoming)
Sandler v Sandler v Lloyd Platt [2010] Fam Law 1266
Re M (Children) Residence Order Finding of Fact [2010] 2 FCR 236.
Re W and M (Children) (2010) All ER (D) 77
Halsburys Laws Vol 5 (Children)
Essential Family Practice
Past contributor to Encyclopaedia of Financial Provision

Manchester University.

Charles is married with three children. He is an enthusiastic natural historian. He enjoys any live music and watching the progress of his sonsí bands. He is a keen spectator of sport and endeavours to keep reasonably fit.

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