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Claire Murden

Year of Call:

1999

Education:

Guiseley Comprehensive School, Leeds
Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, 2:1 in Modern History
College of Law, York, CPE, Commendation
Inns of Court School of Law, BVC, Very Competent
Awarded two scholarships by the Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn 1999

Career:

Called to the Bar 1999, Gray’s Inn
Pupillage at 30 Park Square, Leeds 1999-2000 supervised by Kate Buckingham
Marshal to Black J
Member of the North Eastern Circuit
Member of the Family Law Bar Association
Member of Pupillage Committee
Chambers’ Equality and Diversity Representative

Claire’s experience of family law began in pupillage with Kate Buckingham. Since this time she has regularly appeared in the family courts across the region in private and public law cases. She has represented a variety of different Local Authorities, lay parties and Children’s Guardians in an assortment of different proceedings ranging from fact finding hearings to Placement Order applications.

As a specialist family practitioner, Claire is often briefed to act in the more serious cases and has recently appeared in a number of proceedings involving extremely serious injuries to children. Equally, she is frequently called upon to act in the more intractable private law disputes challenging psychological evidence and dealing with the involvement of social services.

In addition to her work in the family courts, Claire is developing a practice in the sphere of the Court of Protection and is happy to assist and advise in relation to those proceedings. Claire has also recently been asked to advise on a number of cases involving challenges to the decision-making of Local Authorities by way of judicial review, civil actions in negligence and/or actions taken under the Human Rights Act.

Languages: Basic French

For further details contact Claudine Cooper on 0113 245 1841