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Christopher Ferguson

Year of Call:

1979

Education:

Sherborne
Inns of Court School of Law
Ede and Ravenscroft Prize

Career:

Called to the Bar 1979, Middle Temple
Pupillage at Farrar’s Building & 1 Hare Court (1979 – 1980)
and at Assize Court Chambers, Bristol (1980)
Tenancy at Assize Court Chambers (1981 – 2001)
Tenancy at Unity Street Chambers, Bristol (2001 – 2008)
Member of the Family Law Bar Association
Chaired Disciplinary Tribunal of the Modern Pentathlon Association of Great Britain
Appeal Committee Member of Legal Services Commission

Christopher Ferguson specialises in Family Law. He has extensive experience in Private and Public Law (representing parents, extended family, Local Authorities and children via Guardians including the Official Solicitor and The National Youth Advocacy Service).  Since moving to Leeds in 2008 he has organised seminars on subjects such as NYAS, the judicial interviewing of children and the role of Grandparents and Kinship Care in proceeings relating to children.

He also has substantial experience of Ancillary Relief extending across a broad range of clients, from the socially disadvantaged through to property speculators. Christopher has developed a reputation for his good “bedside manner”, which has been repeatedly noted by solicitors with vulnerable or sensitive clients.

He has, however, also maintained a reputation as a tenacious opponent.

Recommended in Chambers & Partners as “a safe pair of hands”.

Languages: Basic French

For further details contact Claudine Cooper on 0113 245 1841