UK Bar
Practice Areas
James is Joint Head of Chambers at 1KBW. He is a top-ranked silk who has been recommended for many years in the professional directories as a barrister specialising in “heavy” and complex financial remedy cases. He is extremely numerate and is a formidable advocate. James is also recognised as one of the leading lights of NCDR in Family Law, with a reputation for ‘achieving the unachievable’ in facilitating settlements in extremely polarised cases
He sits as a part-time Judge authorised to deal with complex cases in the Financial Remedy Unit at the Central Family Court. James is current Chair of the Family Law Bar Association (2024–2026).
Career
Called 1993; Gray’s Inn; Recorder 2009 ; KC 2019; Door Tenant St John’s Buildings 2023; Head of Chambers 2020 .
Professional Memberships
Executive Officer (Treasurer) of the Family Law Bar Association (“FLBA”) (2006-2021), Vice Chair (2022–2024) and Chair (2024-2026); Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers; Member of the Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn; Member of the Honourable Society of The Inner Temple; Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; Board member and Advisory Committee member of the Institute of Family Law Arbitrators Ltd (“IFLA”); Elected National Committee Member FLBA (1999 to date); Past Member of the Remuneration Committee of the Bar Council; Member of the Bar Council Quality Advisory Panel Accredited Pupil Supervisor; Accredited Advocacy Trainer.
Publications
Wildblood & Eaton (Enforcement Chapter).
