Jeremy Weston is Queen’s Counsel specialising in all aspects of Family law.
Jeremy is the Head of St Ives Chambers, Head of Family Team and is a Member of the Parole Board.
He represents local authorities, parents and children (via Children’s Guardians) at first instance and appellate level.
He is well attuned to the needs of the client and is highly regarded for his approachable and personable manner, including his capacity to explain complex issues clearly.
Jeremy is a Family Law Recorder (South Eastern Circuit) 2018.
LLB (Hons)
Head of Chambers
Head of Family Team
Member of the Parole Board
Family Law Recorder (South Eastern Circuit) 2018
Chair of West Midlands Family Law Bar Association
Association of Lawyers for Children
British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF)
Guidance on the law regarding FGM for healthcare professionals. Published in the BMJ archive – click here
Challenging and Defending Local Authority Child Care Decisions (April 2013) Jordans Publishing (Co-Author)
Chambers & Partners 2019: “He puts clients at ease and quickly builds up a rapport.”
Legal 500 2018: “Highly recommended for complex public law children cases.”
Chambers & Partners 2018: “Charming, able and well regarded by the judges. Reassures the client and takes the stress out of proceedings.” “A leading silk.”
Legal 500 2017: “Very experienced in sensitive and complex care cases.”
Chambers & Partners 2017: “Specialist children’s counsel, highly regarded and tactically astute.” “Jeremy is approachable, easy to work with, affable with the client and gives good advice.”
Legal 500 2016: “An expert on highly complex public children law matters.”
Chambers & Partners 2016: “He is a very persuasive advocate who doesn’t waste words. He gets to the point and judges like him because his style is straightforward and down to earth.” “A specialist children’s counsel who is highly regarded and tactically astute.”
Chambers & Partners 2015: “He is a skilled and intelligent advocate.”
Legal 500 2014: “Strikes the right balance between robust and fair.”
Chambers & Partners 2014: “His cross-examination and the way he handles cases is astounding. He always ensures that the client is involved in decision-making and that they understand what is actually going on. Jeremy is also very willing to go the extra mile.”
Legal 500 2013: The “excellent” Jeremy Weston QC is “smooth” and “unflappable.”
Chambers & Partners 2013: A family law specialist with “a fantastic eye for the detail of a case”. His practice is principally focused on difficult care cases concerning the death or sexual abuse of children.
Legal 500 2012: Jeremy Weston QC has “a gift for reducing the temperature in acrimonious or sensitive cases.”
Chambers & Partners 2012: Joining Keehan in Silk this year is Jeremy Weston QC, whom observers describe as an “efficient, thorough and intelligent barrister with a good manner with clients.”
Legal 500 2011: Jeremy Weston QC is “intellectually astute and creative in the application of cutting-edge developments” and “provides comprehensive and elegantly crafted documents.”
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St Ives Chambers is particularly well known for its family law expertise, which spans family finance, children and care matters………. Other key areas include crime and regulatory, commercial, Chancery and banking matters……Legal 500
