Overview
Christine Riley is Head of the Family Team and has practiced exclusively at the Family Bar for many years. She practices mainly on the Northern Circuit in the High Court and other Family Courts.
Christine represents parents with learning difficulties and mental health difficulties, including work for the Official Solicitor. She also has considerable experience of working with intermediaries, of children giving oral evidence and of representing parents from different cultures.
Christine has extensive experience in childcare work, acting regularly for guardians and parents in cases including serious non-accidental injury, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation and emotional abuse and neglect.
Family
Christine Riley has practised exclusively at the Family Bar for many years. Her practice encompasses most aspects of family law including divorce and ancillary relief, public and private child care work. She practises mainly on the Northern Circuit in the High Court and County Court but also travels further afield.
Divorce and Ancillary Relief
She has a particular interest and expertise in ancillary relief and divorce. She is instructed by Solicitors throughout the Circuit and beyond in big/medium ancillary relief claims.
Public Law
She has extensive experience in child care work and regularly acts for Guardians, Local Authorities, parents and others. She acts in cases of physical and sexual abuse, neglect and cases involving parents with learning difficulties and mental health difficulties.
Private Law
Her experience in private child care work is considerable. As well as residence and contact disputes she acts in emergency proceedings, including child abduction cases.
Associations
Family Law Bar Association
Child Concern
Education
LLB (Hons), Manchester University LLB
Bar, College of Law (London)
Awards
Gray’s Inn Award
Prescribed Information
Miss Christine Riley is a practising barrister, who is regulated by the Bar Standards Board. Details of information held by the BSB about Miss Christine Riley can be found here.
Miss Christine Riley’s clerks will happily provide no obligation quotations for all legal services that she provides. Their contact details can be found here. It is most common for Miss Christine Riley to undertake court work for a brief fee plus refreshers for additional days. Advisory work, paper work and conferences are usually charged at an hourly rate, although fixed fees are available. Miss Christine Riley also accepts instructions on legal aid rates where those are available, details of which can be found here. Miss Christine Riley will typically return paperwork within 21 days, however professional commitments, complexity and volume of documentation can affect this timescale.
