
Assessments of Ethnic Minority Families - When in Rome do as the Romans do?
The second session in our Autumn/Winter Family Law Webinar Series, presented by Hazel Samuriwo and Charmaine Clubb.
Published: 20th Nov 2023
Call 2020
Telephone 020 7831 0222
Email charmaine.clubb@42br.com
Call 2020
Telephone 020 7831 0222
Email charmaine.clubb@42br.com
Charmaine specialises in family law, employment law and public inquiries. Alongside her busy practice, Charmaine is active in the wider legal community. She is particularly passionate about access to justice and equality and diversity at the Bar. Through Bridging the Bar, Charmaine mentors aspiring barristers from underrepresented groups. She also sits on Advocate’s Young Bar Executive Committee and Chambers’ Equality & Diversity Committee. In 2021, Charmaine was nominated for Young Pro Bono Barrister of the Year at the Bar Pro Bono Awards.
Charmaine accepts instructions across the full spectrum of family law, including public and private children, financial remedies and protective orders under the Family Law Act. Charmaine has recently completed the ICCA and FLBA Vulnerable Witness Training.
Charmaine has a particular interest in public children law, and she has experience acting for local authorities, parents and children’s guardians at all stages of care proceedings. She has appeared in cases involving allegations of non-accidental injury, sexual abuse, neglect and domestic abuse. She is particularly adept at forensically analysing medical and expert evidence having been led in two lengthy fact-finding hearings in 2022 by Gemma Farrington KC and Mark Chaloner, respectively.
Charmaine has extensive experience in private children law having appeared for clients at all stages of the Child Arrangements Programme. She has been instructed in cases involving domestic abuse, parental alienation and relocation. She has a strong track record of securing findings of domestic abuse at fact-finding hearings. Charmaine has experience representing clients in cases where a rule 16.4 guardian has been appointed.
Charmaine has a growing financial remedies practice. She is regularly instructed in First Appointments and FDRs as well as final hearings. Charmaine’s paper practice includes advising clients on issues such as such maintenance pending suit and applications under Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989.
Recent Cases
Charmaine has a developing practice in public inquiries. She is currently instructed as junior counsel to the Undercover Policing Inquiry, assisting the Inquiry Chair, Sir John Mitting, in this high-profile inquiry into undercover policing across England and Wales since 1968.
Between May to September 2022, Charmaine worked as junior counsel to the Scottish Infected and Affected Core Participants in the Infected Blood Inquiry, which is frequently referred to as the UK’s largest ever public inquiry.
University of Cambridge (Peterhouse), BA Law
BPP Law School, LLM Legal Practice (Barristers)
BPP Law School, Bar Professional Training Course
In her spare time, Charmaine enjoys food and wine, yoga, reading and travelling. In a past life, Charmaine played viola and piano at Junior Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music.
The second session in our Autumn/Winter Family Law Webinar Series, presented by Hazel Samuriwo and Charmaine Clubb.
Published: 20th Nov 2023
Our latest Family Law Webinar Series, spanning the Autumnal and Winter months, covering private, public and financial remedies proceedings.
Published: 9th Aug 2023
Jennifer Youngs and Charmaine Clubb present the third installment of our Junior Family Law Webinar Series.
Published: 16th Jun 2023
Our junior members are pleased to present a series of four webinars, aimed at junior solicitors, covering different areas of family law.
Published: 18th May 2023
Our Family Group is delighted to present our Spring/Summer webinar programme, covering financial remedies, private and public law.
Published: 20th Feb 2023
42BR's Family Group is pleased to present a webinar series, comprising of three sessions, in which they will explore different elements of financial remedies cases.
Published: 1st Dec 2022
We will be hosting a virtual round table discussion where a group of five practitioners, specialising in different areas of law, will discuss the status of a pet or companion animal in law.
Published: 26th Sep 2022
Tina Cook QC & Charmaine Clubb will be providing free virtual training in the form of a Family Law Webinar.
Published: 17th Feb 2022
Money doesn’t grow on trees: how (not) to conduct an affordability exercise
Published: 16th Feb 2022
Congratulations Charmaine Clubb for your nomination.
Published: 11th Oct 2021
Awards & Recognition