Rebecca Christie

Practice Areas

Rebecca has experience in all areas of family law and has acted for a wide variety of clients both internationally and throughout the UK, but especially cases that require substantial client care. As well as family law, Rebecca has expertise in art and cultural property law, so is particularly adept at dealing with high net worth divorces and dissolution of civil partnerships where knowledge of the art market is required.

Rebecca’s family practice includes a mix of financial remedies, private children law and modern families work. Dealing with domestic abuse and other trauma related issues in family cases is an integral part of her work. In 2022 Rebecca was appointed to Resolution’s Domestic Abuse Committee to assist with its work on developing and promoting awareness of issues on all aspects of domestic abuse. In 2024 she was elected as Co-Chair of that committee. In 2025 Rebecca created and implemented the firm’s policy to support employees who are navigating the breakdown of a relationship. This policy included educating people on the legal repercussions of separating from a partner, as well as addressing relationship issues such as domestic abuse. This initiative received recognition in the Law Society Gazette for being “the first” of its kind.

Rebecca supports Resolution’s constructive approach to family issues, while considering the needs of the whole family. Her aim is to take a caring and empathetic approach whilst also protecting and promoting her client’s best interests.

Rebecca’s art and cultural property practice includes both a range of contentious and non-contentious matters for private clients. Her areas of expertise include disputes involving attribution, provenance, title, authenticity, and illegally trafficked goods.

In 2021 Rebecca set up “PING”, the Next Generation arm of the Professional Advisors to the International Art Market (“PAIAM”), chairing the Committee until December 2023, when she was promoted to the main Board for the UK and Europe. In July 2024 Rebecca was appointed as Vice Chair of the PAIAM Board (UK and Europe), following which in March 2025 she was elected as the organisation’s Chair.

Career

Rebecca Christie is a Senior Associate at Fladgate LLP in London.

Since her qualification in 2017, she has consistently made a major contribution to Family and Art and Cultural Property law.

Her family practice includes a mix of financial remedies and private children law work. Much of her case work involves Domestic Abuse, a topic for which she is known throughout the family community through her work for Resolution (Committee Member) and her articles for national newspapers. Rebecca champions Resolution’s constructive approach to family issues, while considering the needs of the whole family. She is renowned for her caring and empathetic approach and for fighting her clients’ corner whilst retaining a high degree of objectivity and good sense.

Rebecca’s art and cultural property practice includes both a range of contentious and non-contentious matters for private clients. Her areas of expertise include disputes involving attribution, provenance, title, authenticity, and illegally trafficked goods.

Rebecca’s two specialisms, mean she is particularly adept at dealing with high net worth divorces and dissolution of a civil partnerships, where knowledge of the art market is required.

Professional Memberships

Family Law

Rebecca has been a member of Resolution since 2017. In July 2022 she was appointed to Resolution’s Domestic Abuse Committee and in January 2024 elected as Co-Chair of the Committee.

Art And Cultural Property Law

In 2021 Rebecca set up “PING”, the Next Generation arm of the Professional Advisors to the International Art Market (“PAIAM”), chairing the Committee until December 2023, when she was promoted to the main Board for the UK and Europe. She is the youngest person to be appointed to the board.

In July 2024 Rebecca was appointed as Vice Chair of the PAIAM Board.

Publications

• Richardson and Clark: Sexual Offences -A Practitioner’s Guide’ –Chapter about Sex Work and related Offences (2013-2014)

• ‘Pre-Nuptial Agreements, Social Media and the Royal Wedding’ - The Times Brief (November 2017)

• ‘Financial wellbeing in later life in Family Law’ with Kate McGahey at Weatherbys (now at Investec) - Family Law (January 2018)

• ‘Jane Austen and Pre-Nuptial Agreements’ - Spear’s Magazine (February 2018)

• ‘Love Island and ‘Gaslighting’: A Family Lawyer’s perspective’ - Spear’s Magazine (July 2018)

• ‘Be Civil’ - Times Law Diary (April 2019)

• ‘Washing your dirty laundry in public’- Citywealth Magazine (May 2019)

• ‘Sally Challen – A Family Lawyer’s Perspective’- Lawyer Monthly (May 2019)

• ‘Justice system smeared our mother, say Sally Challen’s sons’ – The Guardian (June 2019)

• ‘UHNWs Brace For More Media Access to UK Family Courts’- Wealth Briefing (June 2019)

• ‘Why married farmers should consider legal protection’ – The Law Society Gazette (July 2019)

• ‘Held to Account: Farming Divorces’ – Thomson Reuters Practical Law (August 2019)

• ‘Family Law: Babynups’ – Citywealth Magazine (December 2019)

• ‘A family lawyer’s review of Marriage Story’ – Spear’s (December 2019)

• Divorce: Rich rock stars and their royalties – Citywealth Magazine (February 2020)

• ‘Love Under Lockdown’ – Edward Fennell’s Legal Diary (April 2020)

• ‘Commentaries of the week: The “55” Silent Solution for suffers of Domestic Violence’ (April 2020) - Edward Fennell’s Legal Diary (May 2020)

• ‘Rights that unmarried couples do and don’t have’ – FT Advisor (June 2020)

• ‘Economic Abuse and Divorce’ - Family Law Week (October 2020)

• ‘Economic Abuse: Its New Role in Divorce’ - Wealth Briefing (November 2020)

• ‘Divorce rows over money must end after death, Supreme Court rules’, The Times (May 2023)

• ‘Financial provision claim upon divorce cannot proceed if a party dies, UKSC rules’ Today's Family Lawyer (May 2023)

• ‘The new NCDR rules and Domestic abuse’, The Review – Resolution’s Magazine (May 2024)

• https://www.fladgate.com/insights/essential-legal-tips-for-buying-art-how-to-avoid-costly-mistakes

• https://www.fladgate.com/insights/predatory-marriage-a-hidden-threat

• https://www.fladgate.com/insights/art-market-trends-and-industry-insights-post-budget

Awards