Alice Darian

Degree:

LLB Cardiff

Year of call and Inn:

2006; Middle Temple

Professional Membership:

Western Circuit; FLBA

Email:

alice.darian@albionchambers.co.uk

Specialist Areas:

Child Law

Practice Overview:

Alice Darian is a specialist in family law, and has built a substantial child care practice based on a combination of thorough preparation, confident and effective advocacy, and an ability to put clients at ease in the most difficult circumstances. She is regularly instructed to represent local authorities, parents and children in County and Family Proceedings Courts across the circuit.

Recommendations:

"She is exceptional. She builds an excellent rapport with clients and has great attention to detail. Her paperwork is very strong and she is a great all-round advocate." "She's super-bright and also really personable. She's really easy to work with but no pushover either."
Chambers and Partners 2022

Ranked
Legal 500 2022

"A fearless advocate. Strong and quick on her feet. Years ahead of her call. Very diligent, strong paperwork with phenomenal attention to detail. Very user friendly. My go-to counsel for everything."
Legal 500 2021

“She is clear and concise, and articulates her case in a very appropriate and sensible fashion.”
Chambers and Partners 2015

‘Alice Darian… possessed of a solid family law practice, with a particular focus on care proceedings. She is widely praised by peers and instructing solicitors for her dedication, calm approach and sensitive manner with the clients… “Alice is very diligent and approachable. She is good with clients and works really hard.” Recently handled various complicated and sensitive care cases, involving non-accidental injury, allegations of rape and sexual abuse, and concerns about contact and residence.’
Chambers and Partners 2014

Areas of Practice

Child Law

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Alice has extensive experience representing parties in all contested matters including:

EPO applications
ICO applications
Contact applications
Applications for assessment under section 38(6)
Fact-findings involving allegations of sexual/physical abuse
Applications for care and placement orders at final hearing

She also has considerable experience representing those who do not have capacity to act in proceedings and require assistance from the Official Solicitor. Including experience of difficulties encountered when a party does not accept that they lack capacity and the need for the Court to make findings in that regard.

Recent cases have also required experience of representing those with significant learning disability, identifying appropriate form of assessment including appropriate approach of parenting assessment.