Emily Ward
Emily is a specialist family barrister, pFDR evaluator and experienced arbitrator, with a practice encompassing both children and financial disputes.
Emily is dual-qualified to arbitrate both children and financial disputes, allowing her to determine a broad range of issues within a single arbitration. Her financial arbitration practice encompasses financial remedy disputes, Schedule 1 applications and TOLATA claims. In the children law sphere, Emily has determined disputes concerning child arrangements, specific issues (including schooling) and relocation.
Appointed as a Deputy District Judge at the age of 30, Emily brings significant judicial experience and specialist family law expertise to her work as an arbitrator and evaluator. She adopts a decisive, pragmatic and focused approach to dispute resolution, providing parties with an authoritative alternative to contested court proceedings.