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Contacting Clerksroom Direct in assistance with my child arrangement order was the best move I made.
Being assigned Nadeem Aslam as my Barrister made the difference to having a successful case and final hearing in court.
I have never been through a court process like this. With so much at stake regarding my son and given some of the allegations it was very stressful time which Nadeem put a blanket of calmness over instantly. His professionalism along with personal experience really made a huge difference in how we moved forward. Nadeem secured what I wanted from court and more. Going above abd beyond from day one of speaking up to and after the final court hearing.
It is a day and moment I shall never forget. I cannot show him enough gratitude aa deserves.

If you have a child arrangement order/dispute. 100% go through Nadeem Aslam. He really is a great guy.

Now I can enjoy building a relationship up with my son...

Nadeem aslam - represented me in court. As I struggle with anxiety, and as we met in person he gave me full confidence and made me at ease with the whole situation, and I’m continuing to use him for further matters. My family was with me as well and they couldn’t speak highly enough of him. I would highly recommend him.

Outstanding service from Nick Wright!
An amazing barrister, great knowledge, challenging and absolutely the right person to have by your side.
You would not want to go up against Nick, he is thorough, detailed and knows the system very well.

Nick - a big thank you for being amazing! What a great result today even when initially things didn't look great for us! Justice was served... honesty won!

Hopefully I never need to use your services again, but if I do, I would 1000% come to you.

Now! I don’t ever write reviews, nor do I like to bad mouth people, or hurt peoples feelings! That is not my intention when writing this review.

But I feel that I should give people the heads up, who may also be in a very similar situation, im not saying that this will be the case may be in all situations but after a very distressing couple of years, I had decided that my only option left to resolve my family issues, was to have to attend court. After my first hearing & representing myself, I decided for the my Final hearing, that I would instruct a barrister, because I didn’t have a solicitor I instructed a barrister. What I did not know, was this was going to be a complete waste of money. To break this down, without rambling on and going into to much detail.

In 2021 my ex-partner took both my children from me, (because I had a new partner) Police wouldn’t do anything. After a few months my eldest came back to me, & he kept my youngest son. But he would only let him come to me once a week & every other wkend. I tried mediation, that didn’t work, as my ex-partner would not agree.
I tried speaking with him, everything. So all that was left was to attend court to be able to get something in place where I could spend more time with my son. Went to court in June this year, & I represented myself. The next hearing was this August.

I contacted clerksroom direct, and was allocated a Barrister. Who I was told he would be in touch, to arrange a convenient time to telephone me, which he did not. He telephoned me at 7:00pm the evening before. He was on the call all of 3 minutes. 😳😲 when we arrived at court & met with him the next morning.
It was as though he had not read through my statement or my respondent’s statement what so ever! He had no idea about any form of psychology abuse or manipulation or anything of the other that me & my children have been put though. Which if he had read my statements then he would have been aware of.

It was as though all he had read was the statement that CAFFCASS had wrote. As that’s all he seemed interested in,
as he said that this is not about you, or what you want. It’s about the children.
Yes, fair enough I agree to some extent. But at the end of the day. They are our children & we should have equal rights to spend equal time with them.
The Barrister even said to me, “I don’t know what we are even doing here! You’re wasting your money!!” He even said that, his own words. He didn’t seem to want to fight for anything else that I wanted. He didn’t seem interested in the case at all.

The issues wasn’t just about time spend with children I wanted to raise other issues up. Which was not even going to get looked at or argued by him, he didn’t want any to entertain any of it, he just wanted to free up court time & get off early.

What a waste of £1,800. I am Really disappointed in the service that I received. This was mine & my children’s future. These Barristers need to take things more seriously. At least put abit more effort in and try.

Deirdre Smythe was recently instructed to represent me in family court. She showed both empathy and confidence throughout the build up of proceedings, taking time to listen & understand past experiences. Without her help in creating the bundle for court & her expertise in court orders, we would not have secured this outcome for our family. She was confident & concise in the court room & a real help to all involved.
Dee, I cannot thank you enough.

Sam Morgan from Clerksroom Direct assigned us barrister Marc Brittain - Marc was very professional, always available, knowledgeable and a pleasure to work with. We would definitely recommend Marc Brittain from Clerksroom Direct to anyone who needs a Barrister.

Thank you Sam and Marc!

Sam, the barrister's clerk was incredibly helpful and responded very quickly to our enquiry. Would definitely recommend using this service rather than the traditional route of employing a solicitor to act as advocate.

Ultra-responsive and helpful throughout, highly recommended.

Clerksroom Direct were unable to find choice of a barrister to honestly advise on a neighbour dispute property damage claim, re: merits on whether to Appeal, though found one, but I feel did not give proper advice on my options, act in my interest as a client with limited affordability & disability, but more in procuring business. It materialises I was advised to appeal and apply to the Court for an Oral Hearing unnecessarily. I complained to Clerksroom Direct, but their resolution fell short of expectations. I sought another barrister from CD to represent for the Oral Hearing, but Clerksroom Direct were unable to find any barrister even though they claim they have "1000+ barristers." I am overall really disappointed with not only their overall service, but the introduction of a barrister - the only one available amongst many who has wasted a year of my time, not to mention futile legal expense, frustration, mental and physical stress of handling it all on my own. It was only later in the year I realised of the poor services received.

Wow, CDB has saved my bacon. I briefed 2 barristers before taking a chance with them and I am so glad I did. With 700 to choose from they're placed to find the Councel with the right knowledge and experience to provide sound advice that you can rely on.
The barrister they chose, Huw Shepheard, has phenomenal expertise in tax, and a such a nice demeanour that, if you're in trouble and worried he just calms things down.

Very grateful to Clerksroom Direct and Stephanie Heijdra barrister. I was recommended to go with Clerksroom by my experiences solicitor and I thank her so much too.

Communication with Clerksroom was quick and always effective. The presented me with the great barrister Stephanie is. On top of that they understood my financial struggle, since as we know barrister representation is so expensive, but they were supportive with payments.

Stephanie, more than a barrister approached my case like a friend and got so empathetically involved from the beginning. To admire is her capacity to see through the respondent's strategy and intentions. Always gave good advice in what my position should be and had great experience and knowledge of the family law and how to manage and lead the court and negotiate with the other party and understand what the judge is thinking.

You will always have to do your part in supporting the barrister with the documents on the day of the hearing. Stephanie did the rest of the work and was so sharp and on point about what I wanted to achieve. So great in exposing the other party lies and fabricated allegations and in presenting my evidence. Thank you Stephanie and Clerksroom from the bottom of my heart, not only from me but on behalf of my beautiful daughters, for accompanying me through that painful broken family courts journey in the road to victory.

I was able to find this clerksroom direct through a solicitor from a firm who could not provide emergency cover for my brothers hearing. Within less than half a day,Charlie from direct access barrister was able to cover me with a barrister, Stephanie, who was able to represent my brother the following day. I really appreciate it all despite the short notice. I am really happy with the outcome and appreciate the help I received from Charlie and Stephanie last minute. I would highly recommend them !

Many thanks to Sam and the whole team for pairing me up with Stephen Harvey KC ,who prepared my bundle for crown court , he was more than helpful , friendly , and very knowledgable , and got me ready for the hearing , I’ve taken out a private prosecution for Fraud , and Stephen guided me through the whole Crown court procedure , , please pass on my grateful thanks to him ,,
Kind regards
, Andrea

This clarks room barristers ( these are a platform for services of Barristers and are responsible for the service they provide to the public) I went though and got put in touch with a barrister ,Divorce/financial we did a contract, for hearing before the final as searches needed to be done and needed + court jargon for it to.well waste of time and money. I had to show my findings to the judge had no option then judge had to compel barrister to do a search of which he has failed todo..so I risk my life to get eveidance he boast he can do this he was a policeman ( ya we know how that works) work in the system ! I paid for answers..Now want my money back and my files .barrister did not carry out the contract to which he agreed todo. It seems respondent wealth is more interesting along with the judges to.my questions to him and my instructions he took no notice off..instead tried to intimidate me in thinking my worth was nothing.I feel lost and abandoned by a person of uk justice system who I connected with though clarksroom Barrister's ..This Barrister has not contacted me in nearly a year now. I have tried to contact him I even found him though another website he went though and had a zoom call he didn't know it was me, and he said he has spoken to the judge and respondent? And did I have respondent email.address! When he clearly has spoken to him and the judge and respondent have clearly talked.shop ..excluded me..but I have no wealth!! I have ask Sam to get me answers but now they just go to voice mail..I want my money back and my files..sort out your establishment..friends and business don't mix.engaged Oct 2023 no show on hearing 12.5.2024...still no contact.hopefully actions are taken.
Clarksroom barrister when you do your contract barrister say you are private..but all are private..but your address is a contract. people can email.me .avoid.

From the minute I spoke to Rory Nunn I felt heard, understood and dealt with urgency, as I needed a barrister asap. Within an hour I was given barrister Ms Sima Najma, who has been matched perfectly to my case. I just wanted to say a huge thank you for connecting me with Sima Najma, she quickly understood the matter, explained the process at court and handled my case with care and understanding. I was surely in safe hands. I would definitely recommend clerksroom direct if you need a well experienced barrister.

Arlene Small represented my parter (CAO) and from the minute she came onboard we felt heard and understood. Arlene was always so honest, understanding and accommodating. Arlene went above and beyond for us on numerous occasions. Arlene’s advice was invaluable and when Arlene represents you, you know it isn’t about the money, Arlene always weighed up our options explained them and helped us see what was in OUR best interest. I would recommend Arlene to anyone going through it the advice we learnt along the way you can’t be taught. It was along process before we had Arlene and it really has felt like smooth sailing having her represent us, which in the family law system sounds impossible!

To my barrister Chowdhury Sultan and Charlie Samuel-Hill who found refer and helped me to found my amazing barrister.
These are real caring and genuine people.
I recall I felt so lost, and abandoned and broken and didn’t know what to do or how to do things as I never been in any situation to be in court.
I’m so proud of both of them
I’m so proud of my Charlie for helping from the onset and guiding me
And I am so proud of my Barrister Chowdhury Sultan who never give up on me and truly did everything he can not to mention the moral and emotional support I desperately needed to this date. I will never forget this people, they’re my saviour, my children and my kids will never forget them forever.
Very responsive, very smart, very helpful I have the highest respect I cannot compare to anything or anyone.
Times when you are down, that’s when you knew who are the real people and who will help you without judgement.

Thank you so much and I cannot say thank you enough. I owe you big time and I will keep going, truth will set us free.
Thank you guys

We dealt with Sam Morgan at Clerksroom Direct who was extremely helpful and suggested we work with the barrister Barry Cawsey, I can't speak highly enough of Barry, he took on a case at less than 2 weeks notice, a court bundle of nearly 3000 pages and was outstanding. He was straightforward, hard-working and a pleasure to deal with. I would highly recommend Barry.

Stephanie Heijdra is a true professional. Her knowledge and quick mind put me at ease. Stephanie listened and took control to achieve the outcome I required. Thank you Stephanie.

Dee Smythe came in last minute to help on a complex family case, and her approach was both knowledgeable and professional. Dee was able to grasp the situation quickly and was tenacious in her provision in court, resulting in a positive outcome. I am very grateful to Stassi who organised everything quickly and with clarity, and for Dee’s invaluable ability to empower me as a client to tackle paperwork, which ensured me greater understanding of the whole legal process.